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Eli trembling for fear of the ark a sermon preached at St. Mary Aldermanbury,…
Eli trembling for fear of the ark a sermon preached at St. Mary Aldermanbury, December 28, 1662 / by Edmund Calamy ... upon the preaching of which he was committed prisoner to the gaol of Newgate, Jan. 6, 1662 ; together with the mittimus and manner of his imprisonment, annexed hereunto.
Oxford : s.n., 1662
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1. We have old Eli's solicitousness concerning the Ark, H• s•te watching, &c.
2. His fearfulness; Old Eli trembled for fear of the Ark.
2. His fearfulness; Old Eli trem•l•d for fear of the Ark.
3. Old Eli's preferring the safety of th• Ark before the safety of his two sons, and before the safety of his wife and children: Old Eli sate watching, for his heart trembled ⟨p. 3⟩for the Ark of God. But you will say unto me, What was this Ark, this Ark of God? Why should old Eli tremble for fear of the Ark? Why, I will •ell you; This Ark was the holiest of all the holy things of God; it was so holy, that it made every place holy where it came: Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh out of the City of David, unto the house that he had builded for h•r; for h• s•d My Wife shall not dwell in the house of David King of Israel, because the places are holy whereunto the Ark of the Lord had c•me; 2 Chro. 8.11