A31961:301
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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Dr. Jacomb's Afternoon Sermon.Dr. Iacomb's Afternoon Sermon.
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2. Consider that relation wherein you profess your selves to stand to God; he is your Master; you his Servants; he is your Father, you his Children; he is your Lord, you his Subjects: You know all that are in close Relations, will study to please them that are above them, as the Servant his master, the child his father, the subject his Prince; All persons that are in a state of inferiority, will study to please their Superiors, especially when they do depend upon them. Oh! how infinitely is God above those Relations! Alas, there is but a very little distance betwixt you and your Servants, and yet you expect they should please you; will you not therefore please God? especially considering your dependence upon him.
2. Consider that relation wherein you profess your selves to stand to God; he is your Master; you his Servants; he is your Father, you his Children; he is your Lord, you his Subjects: You know all that are in close Relations, will study to please them that are above them, as the Servant his master, the child his father, the subject his Prince; All persons that are in a state of inferiority, will study to please their Superiours, especially when they do depend upon them. Oh! how infinitely is God above those Relations! Alas, there is but a very little distance betwixt you and your Servants, and yet you expect they should please you; will you not therefore please God? especially considering your dependance upon him.
3. You shall not lose by pleasing God; that is enough to put us upon this; He that pleaseth God, profiteth himself; in that very act wherein we please God, we profit our selves: Men can do but little for us, and yet upon what they can do, we study to please them.
Let me open this in a few particulars: