A31961:443
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, let us begin with those that our business at present doth not mainly lye on. Must men walk in Christ as they have received him? What shall we say to those that have not, will not, receive him, that stop us at the door, that we can't bring in the Doctrine of Christ; that will not receive the principles of Christ? How can we bring them, and build them up, that ⟨p. 140⟩will not suffer the Foundation to be laid, the seed to be received? Hast thou not received Christ? Then thou hast refused Christ, been a despiser of the Gospel of Christ, which will prove thy great condemnation. What is it for thee to bear the Name, and not to have the Spirit of Christ? Do not go upon conjectures: It's one thing to number thy self with those that are Christians, as to outward appearance; and another thing to open thy heart, and deliver up thy self to Christ's Government; and as a lost sinner, to receive him to those ends a Saviour must be received. And remember, this was no small Work, God's sending Christ into the World; no small thing, to fetch thee from Hell and Satan, to wash guilty Souls from all their sins, and to bring them to everlasting glory. If these great things be rightly understood and believed by thee, if Christ be understood well as Christ, it must be done with a wakened, humbled, self-resigning heart, making the greatest matter in the World of these things: Hath thy soul been seriously taken up about thy own recovery? And hast thou received Christ as a man that was ready to be damned? as one that had a load on his soul heavier than all the Mountains of Earth, to ease and deliver him? As one, that was under the frowns of God, in an estate of enmity, receives reconciliation? Hast thou received Christ, as if thou hadst received Heaven in him? Believe it, these are great Transactions, and will affect thy heart; and it is not a sleepy or jesting matter thus to receive Christ. Consider what it is to receive Christ.
First, If you have received Christ, you have received the great Reconciler, that binds up the brokenhearted, quiets those that tremble under the threatenings of God, for fear he should forsake, and cast them off for ever.