A31961:343
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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1. Self-reflection, Remember from whence, &c. 2. Holy-contrition and humiliation before the Lord, Repent. 3. Thorough-Reformation, Do thy first works.
I left the last time upon the second of these, namely, Repentance; and that which I did upon this part of Christs advice was, not so much to open to you the nature of Repentance (which is not so proper for this place) as to give in a catalogue or list of such special sins, as Christ doth expect that all his people in these three Nations should lay to heart, and repent of before the Lord. I gave you, in a list, eleven special sins that we should repent of, and humble our selves for, before the Lord. As,
1. Omission of duty. Prayer, reading the Word, Meditation, &c. Any thing will be for excuse to lay by duties, and we are secretly glad of an excuse. ⟨p. 96⟩2. Remissness in duty. In things of the world we are all in all, and all in every part; a man cannot thrust another thought into us; but in Prayer, how many things are we doing? 3. Hypocrisy. How unlike are we at home, to what abroad? and in company, to what in secret? 4. Pride. In apparel, houses, parts, blood, birth-right, yea, of grace it self, of humility, Ministers, Ordinances, &c. 5. Covetousness. Never did covetousness invade the professing party as now: The more goods men get, the less good they do. 6. Sensuality. Voluptuousness, wantonness: Christians let themselves loose to the Creature; lay out their affections on things below, as if that part in the Serpents curse (to lick the dust of the earth) were the•r own ss well as his. 7. Animosities and divisions amongst Christians: many have been active to kindle, but few to quench divisions. 8. Uncharitable censuring one another. 9. Formality in duty. Witness 1. Unprepared coming. 2. Unsuitableness of spirit to: And 3. Want of reflection after duty, how we have sped, what we have got; Sabbath, Sacraments, come and goes, Monday morning finds us the same as before. Misspent-Sabbaths. Some profane, others idle away the Sabbath, &c. 11. Neglect of our Bibles in our […] and Closets. I pray God it forego not some great evil coming upon you, as before the massacre in Germany it was observed, &c. I proceed.