A31961:197
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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To conclude this first point, what encouragement is this to all you that hear me now, to begin to be righteous! This Text may tempt us all to be godly. Say to the righteous, It shall be well with him; when things go never so ill with him; yet still it shall be well with him: Grant that all things are ill with you in your estate, in your relations; yet then, if you are righteous, all things shall be well with you; your pardon is sealed, you are an Heir of Gods Promises, all things shall work for good; you have God for your Father, you have heaven in reversion for your inheritance; and is it not well with you? how may this make us all in love with godliness, how▪ may this tempt us to be godly? For if ever we would enjoy happiness, we must espouse holiness; Say to the righteous, it shall be well with him. And so much for the first proposition. The godly mans comfort in life and death.
Now if this will not prevail with men to make them ⟨p. 60⟩leave their sins and become righteous. I must pass in a few words to the next branch of my Text, to scare men out of their sins, to affright them out of their wickedness: Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him. This, my beloved, is▪ the dark side of the cloud, and it may cause in every▪ wicked man that hears me, a palpitation and trembling at the heart, Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, And so the Proposition is this:
Now if this will not prevail with men to make them ⟨p. 60⟩leave their sins and become righteous. I must passe in a few words to the next branch of my Text, to scare men out of their sins, to affright them out of their wickednesse: Wo to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him. This, my beloved, is▪ the dark side of the cloud, and it may cause in every wicked man that hears me, a papitation and trembling at the heart, Wo to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, And so the Proposition is this: