Keeping Your Heart in Trials

John Flavel in the 5th Volume of his Works begins on Page 437 and continues to Page 494 in relating 12 Cases in which a Christian may keep his own heart under many different situations – Last time we looked at Case # 1 – How a Christian may keep his heart from pride and carnal security, under the smiles of providence, and constancy of creature-comforts.

Now we will look at Case # 2, which is this –
How a Christian under great afflictions may keep his heart from repining, or desponding under the hand of God? He gives us nine special helps. (We will only look at the 1st.) The 1st Help – That by these cross providences, God is faithfully pursuing the great design of electing love upon the souls of His people, and orders all these afflictions as means sanctified to that end.