Preparations for Sufferings - Puritan John Flavel / Full Christian Audio Book

00:10:04 02 Shews, that although God takes no delight in afflicting his people, yet he sometimes exposeth them to great and grievous sufferings; with a brief about why, and how he calls them thereunto.

00:24:07 03 Shews that it is usual with God to premonish his people of approaching trials and sufferings; with some account of the manner how, and the reason why he so forewarns them.

00:37:35 04 Demonstrating the excellency of a prepared heart for the worst of sufferings’ and what a blessed thing it is to be ready to be bound, or to die for Christ, as Paul here was.

01:04:12 05 Evincing the necessity of a sound and real work of grace upon the heart, to fit a man for suffering for Christ.

01:19:53 06 Wherein the nature of this work of grace, in which our habitual fitness for suffering lies, is briefly opened, and an account given of the great advantage the gracious person hath for any, even the hardest work thereby.

01:38:31 07 In which the necessity of getting clear evidences of this work of grace in us, in order to our readiness for sufferings, is held forth, the nature of that evidence opened; and divers things that cloud and obscure it removed out of the way.

01:54:46 08 Discovering the necessity of an improved faith for the right management of sufferings, and directing to some special means for the improvement thereof.

02:11:27 09 Wherein the necessity and usefulness of Christian fortitude in order to sufferings is evinced, with a brief account of its nature and the means of attaining it.

02:25:57 10 Discovering the necessity of an heart mortified to all earthly and temporal enjoyments, in order to the right managing of a suffering condition; with several directions for the attaining thereof.

02:47:07 11 Wherein is opened the singular advantage that suffering saints have by their skill and insights into the rewards and mysteries of Satan’s