A31961:473
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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12. Those that are not confirmed and established in grace, the Devil, when he hath prevailed by a temptation on themselves, can easily make them his Instruments to draw and tempt others from their duty, to discourage them in their Religion, and to do that mischief in the world he hath done by temptation on their own soul. 'Tis ordinary for Satan to make use of lapsed, distempered Christians, to be the instruments of his temptations to those that are better, &c. ⟨p. 149⟩An honest Christian will not so easily hearken to a drunkard, or swearer, as to a Professor he had good thoughts of, Gal. 2. 13.
13. For want of strength and establishment in grace, poor weak Christians are a very great encouragement to the carnal hopes of wicked men. I think, scarce any thing in the world hinders our preaching more then this; when the wicked see those that make the greatest profession no better then themselves, and in some things worse; this hardens him against all the convictions that can be brought against him: Tell him he cannot be saved without conversion, he looks upon Professors, sees them contentious, worldly, peevish, passionate, &c. sees some sin or other; this makes him think, he is as well as they: Must there be so much ado to bring men to this state? Is this the difference? (say they) &c.
14. Methinks it should be some trouble to an honest heart, that yet we must be so like to the children of the wicked One: and the weakest christians, are the likest to the wicked: I do not mean weakness in gifts, or knowledge, &c. but a weakness in practical saving knowledge, love of God, self-denial, mortification, heavenly-mindedness, &c. they that are in these the weakest Christians, are the next and likest to the wicked: And doth not this grieve thee, that, though thou art not a child of the Devil, thou art so like one? We should not be conformed to the World, nor like to them in any thing, no not in outward vanities: but to imitate the fashion of the World, as to inward corruptions, to go in their garb when a palpable vanity, to have so much of their pride, peevishness, malice,