A31961:559
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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Mark how witty this good man was in his loving contrivances, for fear the cords should hurt the arm-holes of ⟨p. 259⟩this good man, he lines them with rags, though indeed they were lined more with love than with rags, but these ro•en rags was not fo•tten by God, and therefore God promises that he should have a merciful deliverance, and that he should not partake of the sword, and those other miseries that were to fall upon that people for abusing of Jeremiah: You have another instance of Obadiah in 1 Kings 18. 4 King Ahab was a great persecutor of the Saints and people of God, now at the 4. verse, When Jezebel cut off the Prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took an hundred Prophets and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water: I will not undertake to Prophesy to you this day, but it may come to that, bread and water may be very good commons for an honest Prophet, and faithful servant of Jesus Christ: for this was their condition, while the false prophets and Idol Priests was feasting at Jezebels Table: Here note the gracious disposition of good Obadiah, as well as the providence of God in this Act. I will name you one Instance more, and it is a most excellent one that will make all the people in the world in love with Gods Saints, especially Gods Ministers above all the rest, It is in 2 Tim. 1. 16, 17, 18. you sh•ll there find that blessed Paul, the excellentest servant that ever Christ had, one of them in the world, he was thrown into bonds and imprisonments, all forsook him, but saith he a• verse 16. The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: •ow did he show it? why at ver. 17. when he was at Rome (which was the place where Paul died, and where the cruellest Nero (as some conceive) then Ruled) yet notwithstanding, Nero was my enemy, and Cesar resolved my death, and all men were against me, this good man sought me out: [he did not meet me in a by▪ lane, or a narrow corner, where he could not miss me] but he sought me out, and was troubled