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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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4. He is one that can exercise various graces without setting one against another, destroying or contradicting one another. He can do many works, believe many Truths, perform many Duties at once. He can rejoice and sorrow at once, and make his sorrow an help to his joy, and his joy an help to his sorrow; and so exercise both, in that nature as will not directly hinder or weaken one another. He can tell how in such a time as we are in, to rejoice, yet to be humble: to be cast down at God's feet in the sense of the sins we have committed, and of God's displeasure, &c. yet to rejoice in the mercies we have, and do expect to possess. He doth not look all upon sin, all upon affliction, or all upon mercy: but can eye every thing, and give every thing its part: can exercise graces methodically, gives truths and providences their proper place in his meditations and affections: and this makes his life orderly, beautiful, regular and useful: whereas a weak Christian, let him set himself against one temptation, he is taken in another: if he humble himself in soul, he can do nothing but humble, weep, grieve, fear, and be ready to cast away all comfort, all sense of the love of God: if he set himself to the consideration of the grace of Christ, he is apt to forget Humiliation, and to be puffed up with spiritual Pride, &c. Thus he hath not skill, strength and ability to carry on all the whole work of grace together.
4. He is one that can exercise various graces without setting one against another, destroying or contradicting one another. He can do many works, believe many Truths, perform many Duties at once. He can rejoyce and sorrow at once, and make his sorrow an help to his joy, and his joy an help to his sorrow; and so exercise both, in that nature as will not directly hinder or weaken one another. He can tell how in such a time as we are in, to rejoyce, yet to be humble: to be cast down at God's feet in the sense of the sins we have committed, and of God's displeasure, &c. yet to rejoyce in the mercies we have, and do expect to possess. He doth not look all upon sin, all upon affliction, or all upon mercy: but can eye every thing, and give every thing its part: can exercise graces methodically, gives truths and providences their proper place in his meditations and affections: and this makes his life orderly, beautiful, regular and useful: whereas a weak Christian, let him set himself against one temptation, he is taken in another: if he humble himself in soul, he can do nothing but humble, weep, grieve, fear, and be ready to cast away all comfort, all sense of the love of God: if he set himself to the consideration of the grace of Christ, he is apt to forget Humiliation, and to be puffed up with spiritual Pride, &c. Thus he hath not skill, strength and ability to carry on all the whole work of grace together.