A31961:773
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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2. With respect to our Congregations. ('tis not against the Law yet to call them our Congregations.) This I confess, I can rather weep then speak to, I cannot speak, my heart is too big for my head here. Lord, is it the duty of people, of Saints, to stand, to be steadfast? how then should we mourn over those poor souls, that because their pillars are taken away, must needs for ought we know fall, unless thou dost support them? What, Lord, dost thou complain of a flock of sheep that are scattered? oh! there's no wonder in it, their Shepherd is gone. Do you look on it as a strange thing, to see a poor Ship to be tossed here and there in the Sea, when their Pilot is destroyed? why Mother, is it a strange thing for your Children to fall and knock their Arms, Legs, their Brains out? why their Mother is taken from them oh poor people! good God provide for this Congregation, I, and this City, that (let defacing, abominable wretches say what they will) is certainly one of the best Cities God hath in the world, and therefore they hate it so desperately because God loves it, and because they hate that God that loves it. I bless God, I can speak of my own people, they are not a mad pestiferous people, for the most of them. How many thousands have their hearts at their mouths now at this time before God in England: alas, alas, that we should ever have our Seers carried away from us! but what think you, when poor people shall be exposed to greater temptations, to an Ulcer in the very Kidneys, to a Plague in the very Heart, or Head: you now fear it, but when you feel it, what then?
2. With respect to our Congregations. ('tis not against the Law yet to call them our Congregations.) This I confess, I can rather weep then speak to, I cannot speak, my heart is too big for my head here. Lord, is it the duty of people, of Saints, to stand, to be stedfast? how then should we mourn over those poor souls, that because their pillers are taken away, must needs for ought we know fall, unless thou dost support them? What, Lord, dost thou complain of a flock of sheep that are scattered? oh! there's no wonder in it, their Shepherd is gone. Do you look on it as a strange thing, to see a poor Ship to be tossed here and there in the Sea, when their Pilot is destroyed? why Mother, is it a strange thing for your Children to fall and knock their Arms, Legs, their Brains out? why their Mother is taken from them oh poor people! good God provide for this Congregation, I, and this City, that (let defacing, abominable wretches say what they will) is certainly one of the best Cities God hath in the world, and therefore they hate it so desperately because God loves it, and because they hate that God that loves it. I bless God, I can speak of my own people, they are not a mad pestiserous people, for the most of them. How many thousands have their hearts at their mouthes now at this time before God in England: alas, alas, that we should ever have our Seers carried away from us! but what think you, when poor people shall be exposed to greater temptations, to an Ulcer in the very Kidneys, to a Plague in the very Heart, or Head: you now fear it, but when you feel it, what then?