A31961:681
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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1. That there are examples; Christians of later times have more to answer for their Infidelity, than those of former ages; they that first believed the promises, believed without such a cloud of witnesses, or multitude of examples; many have gone before us that have broken the Ice, and that found good success from their own experience; they have commended God to us as a true and faithful God, and will not you go on? When Jonathan and his Armour bearer climbed up the rocks of the Philistines, then the people were encouraged to go up after; So here are some that are gone before you, and it hath succeeded well with them.
1. That there are examples; Christians of later times have more to answer for their Infidelity, than those of former ages; they that first believed the promises, believed without such a cloud of witnesses, or multitude of examples; many have gone before us that have broken the Ice, and that found good success from their own experience; they have commended God to us as a true and faithfull God, and will not you go on? When Ionathan and his Armour bearer climbed up the rocks of the Philistins, then the people were encouraged to go up after; So here are some that are gone before you, and it hath succeeded well with them.
2. These examples are many; not one or two that might be supposed to be singularly assisted, and to have eminent Prerogatives above the rest of their Brethren, but many in every age, a whole cloud of them.
3. There are examples of many rare and excellent men, the best that ever lived under Heaven. Take (my Brethren) the Prophets for an example, &c. Jam. 5. 10.