A31961:123
An Exact collection of farewell sermons preached by the late London-ministers viz. Mr. Calamy,…An Exact collection of farewel sermons preached by the late London-ministers viz. Mr. Calamy,…
An Exact collection of farewell sermons preached by the late London-ministers viz. Mr. Calamy, Mr. Watson, Mr. Jacomb, Mr. Case, Mr. Sclater, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Jenkin, Dr. Manton, Mr. Lye, Mr. Collins : to which is added their prayers before and after sermon as also Mr. Calamy's sermon for which he was imprisoned in Newgate : his sermon at Mr. Ashe's funeral and Dr. Horton's and Mr. Nalton's funeral.An Exact collection of farewel sermons preached by the late London-ministers viz. Mr. Calamy, Mr. Watson, Mr. Jacomb, Mr. Case, Mr. Sclater, Mr. Baxter, Mr. Jenkin, Dr. Manton, Mr. Lye, Mr. Collins : to which is added their prayers before and after sermon as also Mr. Calamy's sermon for which he was imprisoned in Newgate : his sermon at Mr. Ashe's funeral and Dr. Horton's and Mr. Nalton's funeral.
London : s.n., 1662
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It is the first of these that I intend: the Title that the Apostle gives to his children, Dearly beloved.
From hence observe this Doctrine.
That the affections of a right Gospel-Minister towards his people are very ardent.
Dearly beloved, there are two things in every Minister of Christ that are much exercised: his head and his heart; his head with labour, and his heart with love: his head with labour in the work of the Ministry. I• done aright, it is a work fitter for Angels than for men• it is our work to open the Oracles of God, even those sacred profound things that the Angels search into ⟨p. 35⟩and if God did not help us, we might soon sink under the weight of such a burden: and as a Minister's head is exercised with labour, so his heart is exercised with love, and it is hard to say which of the two exceeds: his Labour or his Love. Thus is it here in the Text, my dearly beloved: In these words, we have Saint Paul laying siege to these Corinthians, and labouring to make a happy victory, to conquer them with kindness, dearly beloved. Saint Paul's heart was the spring of love, his lips were the pipe, the Corinthians were the cistern into which this spring did run. This holy Apostle was a mirror and pattern of love, towards the sinning Corinthians: Paul's tears did drop towards the praying Corinthians, his love did burn: holy Paul was a Seraphin, his heart did burn in a flame of affection to his people: how many passages do we find scattered in his Epistles? he tells this people, which sometimes he did write to, and sometimes he preached to, He looked after their souls more then their silver,