A31961:533
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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We would •ain be at war with sin that we may be at peace with thee: though we cannot return as much as we have received, yet help us to return as much as we can: give us repentance unto life, repentance from dead works: a mourning far greater for the remembrance of sin then we had pleasure in the committing of sin, those secret distempers ⟨p. 253⟩in our souls, that no eye sees but thine, let us cry out, wretched men that we are, who shall deliver us from this body of sin And as the fear •f condemnation doth decrease, so let the fear of transgression in crease: and because O Lord that thou hast not made us to ble• with thy greatness O Lord make us to blush with thy goodness; let us as truly desire that heaven would enter into us in the way of holiness here, as we desire to enter into heaven in the way of happiness hereafter.
Let us see that our kindness to sin is cruelty to our Saviour, let not that live quietly one minute with us that would not let Christ live: let us see there is nothing small, by which th• great God is […], and an immortal soul is damned: we are to be in the world but •r a while, to take a […] or two and b• go•: oh that we might make it the business of our life to get into Christ, though it be the scorn of men and burdensome to nature, yet this is that which will […] us p•ace at the la•: let us be what we profess our selves to be, let us love Christ and evangelically keep his commandments, let us live by Faith, let us keep thy commandments, let us be above t•e wo•ld in the would, above the love of life, and above the fear of death, let nt te smile of the wold allure us, nor the frowns thereof affright us from thee, but in all these things let us e more then Conquerors though Jesus Christ. Let us love him much whom we cannot love too much; elp us to be above the power of hell, let us ever say, My soul it is god for me to draw nigh to God. Let us e willing rather to be saved with a few than go to hell in a crowd, let us live as if eternity were long, and life but shot: let us thrive in holiness, and be brought […] to ty self by every dispensation; let us in ti our day w the […] that concern our peace, before they be hid from ou s, and know the time of our visitation: and though God suffer lng, he will strike at last. O Lord, bow the heavens, and come down among us at this time, and be with the unworthiest of thy Servants, and ge unto i a door of utterance, and to this great people a door of t ae, and let them be all aught of God, and let them moe truly find that te great God is teaching to the heart, whe that a weak worm it speaking to the ear, let all the work be done by thee, an let all th praise redound unto thee, and let im that is with us, be great the he that is in the world, behold us in the Son of thy love; smell a swee savour of rest, on these our poor prayers, speak peace t ur consciences rebuke the Tempter, td him under our eet shortly, raise us up to newness of life, let us remember whn that which is perfect is come, that which is imperfect shall be done away: her us, an elp us, through our dear Redeem: