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A39682	A saint indeed: or The great work of a Christian, opened and pressed; from Prov. 4. 23 Being a seasonable and proper expedient for the recovery of the much decayed power of godliness, among the professors of these times. By John Flavell M. of the Gospel.	Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.	1668 (1668)	Wing F1187; ESTC R218294	100,660	242

man he drives on a home trade a heart trade never be troubled then for the want of those things that a man may have and be eternally damned but rather bless God for that which none but the favorites and darlings of heaven have many a one is now in hell that had a better head then thine and many a one now in Heaven that complained of as bad an heart as thine 2. Com. Know farther for thy comfort that God would never leave thee under so many heart troubles and burdens if he intended not thy real benefit thereby Thou art often crying out Lord why is it thus why goe I mourning all the day having sorrow in my heart thus long I have been exercised with hardness of heart and to this day have not obtained a broken heart many years have I been praying and striving against vain thoughts yet am still infested and perplexed with them O when shall I get a better heart I have been in travel and brought forth but wind I have obtained no deliverance neither have the corruptions of my heart fallen I have brought this heart many times to prayers sermons Sacraments expecting and hoping for a cure from them and still my sore runneth and ceaseth not Pensive Soul let this comfort thee thy God designs thy benefit even by these occasions of thy sad complaints For 1. Hereby he would let thee see what thy heart by Nature is and was and therein take notice how much thou art beholding to free-Grace He leaves thee under these exercises of Spirit that thou mayest lye as with thy face upon the ground admiring that ever the Lord of Glory should take such a Toad so vile a Creature into his bosome thy base heart if it be good for nothing else yet serves to commend and set off the unsearchable riches of Free-Grace 2. This serves to beat thee off continually from resting yea or but glancing upon thine own righteousness or excellency the corruption of thy heart working in all thy duties makes thee sensible to feel that the bed is too short and the covering too narrow Were it not for those reflections thou hast after duties upon the dulness and distractions of thine heart in them how apt wouldst thou be to fall in love with and admire thy own Performances and Inlargements For if notwithstanding these thou hast much to do with the pride of thy heart how much more if such humbling and self-abasing considerations were wanting And lastly this tends to make thee the more compassionate and tender towards others Perhaps thou wouldst have little pity for the distresses and soul troubles of others if thou hadst less experience of thine own Com. 3. To conclude God will shortly put a blessed end to all these troubles cares and watchings The time is coming when thy heart shall be as thou wouldst have it when thou shalt be discharged of these cares fears and sorrows and never cry out Oh my hard my proud my vain my earthly heart any more when all darkness shall be banished from thine understanding and thou shalt clearly discover all truths in God that chrystal Ocean of truth when all vanity shall be purged perfectly out of thy thoughts and they be everlastingly ravishingly and delightfully entertained and exercised upon that supream Goodness and infinite excellency of God from whom they shall never start any more like a broken B●w And as for thy pride passion earthliness and all other the matters of thy complaint and trouble it shall be said of them as of the Egyptians to Israel Stand still and see the salvation of God these corruptions thou seest to day henceforth thou shalt see them no mor● for ever when thou shalt lay down thy weapons of prayers tears and groans and put on the Armour of light not to fight but to triumph in Lord when shall this blessed day come How long How long Holy and True My soul waiteth for thee Come my Beloved and be thou like a Roe or a young Hart upon the Mountains of Bether Amen FINIS Courteous Reader these books following are printed for and sold by Robert Boulter at the Turks head in Bish●psgate Street near the Great James AN exposition with practical notes and observations on the five last Chapters of the Book of Iob By Ioseph Caryl in quarto An expo●ition upon the first eighteen verses of the first Chapter of the Gospel of S. Iohn by Iohn Arrowsmith D. D. in quarto Schola Wintoni●nsi● phrases Latinae the Latine phrases of Winchester School corrected and much augmented in this fifth edition by H. Robinson D. D. A Cloud of Witness●s or the Sufferers Mirrour made up of the Swan like songs and other choice passages of several Martyrs and Confessors to the end of the sixteenth Cen●u●y in their Treatises Speeches Letters Prayers by T. M. M. A. in Octavo Judicious and select essays and observations upon ●he first invention of Shipping Invasive War the Navy Royal and sea service by Sir Walter Rawleigh Sips of Sweetness or Consolation for weak believers A Treatise discoursing of the sweetness of Christs carriage toward all his weak members by Iohn Durant A Treatise of death the l●st enemy to be destroyed shewing wherein its enmity consisteth and how it is destroyed by R●●hard Baxter See Gospel Glasse Fuligattus in vita Bellarm. Caput regulatum illi defuit cor bonum non defuit * I say constant for the reason added in the Text extends the duty to all the states and conditions of a Christians life and makes it bind ad semper If the heart must be kept because out of it are the issues of life then as long as these issues of life do flow out of it we are obliged to keep it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Great Exemp p. 310. Char. of Wisdom p. 358. Bez. in Vit. Cal. p. 109. Icon. Cameronis Gospel Glass p. 3. Caution Mr. Strong Gospel glass Seneca Boyles occasional reflect pag. 9. 10.