A31961:139
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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First, I beseech you, keep your constant hours every day with God: the godly man is a man set apart, Psal. 4, 3. not ⟨image 24⟩only because God hath set him apart by election, but because he hath set himself a part by devotion. Give God the Aur•rae filium, begin the day with God, visit God in the morning before you make any others visits: wind up your hearts toward heaven in the morning, and they will go the better all the day after. O turn your Closets into Temples: read the Scriptures: the two Testaments are the two lips by which God speaks to us; these will make you wise unto salvation: the Scripture is both a glass to show you your spots, and a laver to wash them away: besiege heaven every day with Prayer: thus perfume your houses, and keep a constant intercourse with heaven.
First, I beseech you, keep your constant hours every day with God: the godly man is a man set apar•, Psal. 4, 3. not ⟨image 24⟩only because God hath set him apart by election, but because he hath set himself a part by devotion. Give God the Aur•rae filium, begin the day with God, visit God in the morning before you make any others visits: wind up your hearts toward heaven in the morning, and they will go the better all the day after. O turn your Closets into Temples: read the Scriptures: the two Testaments are the two lips by which God speaks to us; these will make you wise unto salvation: the Scripture is both a glass to shew you your spots, and a laver to wash them away: besiege heaven every day with Prayer: thus perfume your houses, and keep a constant intercourse with heaven.
Secondly, get good books into your houses: when you have not the spring near to you, then get water into your cistern; so when you have not that wholesome preaching that you desire, good books are cisterns that hold the waters of life in them to refresh you. When Davids natural heat was taken away, they covered him with warm clothes,