The Balm of the Covenant
John Flavel
Public DomainTheology
Chapters 17
- To the Virtuous and Much Honoured Madam, Ursula Upton ≈ 10 min
- The Balm of the Covenant ≈ 17 min
- Observation 1. That God's covenant people may be exercised with many sharp afflictions ≈ 5 min
- Observation 2. A declining family is a sore stroke from the hand of God ≈ 5 min
- Observ. 3. That the sure covenant of grace, affords sure relief to all that are within the bonds of ≈ 5 min
- Proposition 2. The merciful God, in condescension to the weakness of his people, hath provided the b ≈ 8 min
- Argument I. Whatsoever disarms afflictions of the only sting whereby they wound us, must needs be a ≈ 10 min
- Argument. II. As the covenant of grace disarms all the afflictions of believers of the only sting by ≈ 8 min
- Argument. III. The covenant doth not only alter the nature and property of the saints, afflictions, ≈ 6 min
- Argument. IV. As the covenant sorts and ranks all your troubles into their proper classes and places ≈ 10 min
- Argument. V. As this covenant assures you of God's gracious and special presence, so it fully secure ≈ 5 min
- Argument. VI. As God strikes none of the substantial mercies of his covenant people, so when he doth ≈ 5 min
- Argument. VII. Lastly, The covenant doth not only discover the consistence and connection betwixt th ≈ 19 min
- Use I. For information, in three corollaries. ≈ 10 min
- Use II. Seeing then that the covenant of God is the great relief and support of all his afflicted pe ≈ 10 min
- Use III. The great question to be decided, is, whether God be our covenant-God, and we his people? ≈ 9 min
- Use IV. A word of consolation to your dejected and drooping hearts, upon this sad and mournful occas ≈ 10 min
| Author | John Flavel |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Era | 1600s |
| Categories | Theology · Puritans · Christian Classics |
| Length | 17 chapters · ≈ 2 h 32 min read |
| Formats | Web Book · PDF |
| Status | Public Domain |
Public Domain.
