A31961:157
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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19. Do all the good you can, while you live, to others. God hath made every Creature useful for us; the Sun hath not its light for it self, but for us; the Fountain runs freely, and so does the myrrh drop from the Tree; every Creature doth, as it were, deny it self for us; the Beast gives us its labour, the Bird gives us its music, and the Silk-worm its silk: Now hath God made every thing useful for us? and shall not we be useful one for the good of another? O labour to be helpful to the souls of others, and to supply the wants of others: Jesus Christ was a public Blessing in the world, he went about doing good; we ate all members of the body politic; nay, are we not members of the body mystical, and shall not every member be helpful for the good of the body? that is a dead member that doth not communicate to the good of the body. O labour to be useful to others while you live, that so when you die▪ there may be a miss of you; many live so unfruitfully, that truly their life is scarce worth a prayer, nor their death scarce worth a tear.
19. Do all the good you can, while you live, to others. God hath made every Creature useful for us; the Sun hath not its light for it self, but for us; the Fountain runs freely, and so does the myrrhe drop from the Tree; every Creature doth, as it were, deny it self for us; the Beast gives us its labour, the Bird gives us its musick, and the Silk-worm its silk: Now hath God made every thing useful for us? and shall not we be useful one for the good of another? O labour to be helpful to the souls of others, and to supply the wants of others: Jesus Christ was a publique Blessing in the world, he went about doing good; we ate all members of the body politick; nay, are we not members of the body mystical, and shall not every member be helpful for the good of the body? that is a dead member that doth not communicate to the good of the body. O labour to be useful to others while you live, that so when you die▪ there may be a miss of you; many live so unfruitfully, that truly their life is scarce worth a prayer, nor their death scarce worth a tear.
20. Every day spend some thoughts upon Eternity O Eternity, Eternity! All of us here are ere long, it may be some of us within a few days or hours, to launch forth into the Ocean of Eternity. Eternity is status interminabilis, says Roetius; no prospective-glass can see to the end of Eternity. Eternity is a sum that can never be numbered, a line that can never be measured; Eternity is a condition of everlasting m sery or everlasting happiness. If you are godly, then shall you be for ever happy, you shall be always sunning your selves in the light of Gods countenance; if you are wicked, you shall be always miserable, ever lying in the scalding Furnace of the wrath of the Almighty. Eternity to the Godly is a day that hath no sun-setting; Eternity to the Wicked is a night that hath no sun-rising. O, I beseech you my Brethren, every day spend some time upon the thoughts of Eternity. The serious thoughts of an Eternal Condition would be a great means to promote holiness.