A31961:191
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, Many times God takes away the Righteous by death in great mercy; he takes them away that they shall not see the miseries that are coming upon a Land; as Virgil the Heathen Poet said, They were happy that dyed before their Country, meaning, before they saw the ruins of their Country. And truly many times God takes away his Children in mercy, that they shall not see the miseries that are coming on a Land; you have a pregnant and clear Scripture for this, 1 King. 14. 13. He only of the House of Jeroboam shall come to his grave; it is spoken of A•ijah his Son, He only shall come to his grave, because in him there was found some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel. God would put this man into his grave betimes in mercy, because he should not see the evil that was coming upon the Land. You have a parallel Scripture to this, 2 King. 22. v. ult. It is spoken of Josiah, I will gather thee to thy Fathers, thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, and thine eye shall not see the evil that I will bring upon this place. Why, Josiah died in battle: How is it said then, that he went to his grave in peace? the meaning is this, because Josiah was an holy man, he had made his peace with God, and so went to his grave in peace; and because he should not see the evil approaching, therefore God gathered him to his grave in peace.
First, Many times God takes away the Righteous by death in great mercy; he takes them away that they shall not see the miseries that are coming upon a Land; as Virgil the Heathen Poet said, They were happy that dyed before their Countrey, meaning, before they saw the ruins of their Countrey. And truly many times God takes away his Children in mercy, that they shall not see the miseries that are coming on a Land; you have a pregnant and clear Scripture for this, 1 King. 14. 13. He only of the House of Jeroboam shall come to his grave; it is spoken of A•ijah his Son, He only shall come to his grave, because in him there was found some good thing towards the Lord God of Israel. God would put this man into his grave betimes in mercy, because he should not see the evil that was coming upon the Land. You have a parallel Scripture to this,