A31961:781
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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Ans. 1. If ever you would stand, if ever you would be firm standing Christians indeed, take heed you be not light and proud Christians: a feather will never stand against a whirlwind, Error and Profaneness are most apt to breed in proud hearts. The Proud and Blasphemers are put together, (2 Tim. 3. 2.) Be but humble Christians, that's the way to be standing steady Christians: if ever you would be steady in your stations, you must be low in your own eyes: do not you go and judge. And now, we shall have another kind of Religion come up, as we have had it a great while; such a man cannot be an honest man, alas, he is a Presbyterian, he's an Independent, he's an Anabaptist, &c. Now, all our great business will be, such a man cannot be a good, an honest man, for he doth not conform; on the other side, he cannot be an honest man, for he doth conform: These are poor things: I bless God, I lay not the stress of my Salvation upon these: tis true, I cannot in conscience conform, but I do not lay the stress of salvation on it as I did not lay the stress of my salvation on my being a Presbyterian; I confess I am so, & have been; it hath been my unhappiness to be always on the sinking side; yet I lay not the stress of my salvation upon it. 'Tis my conscience, but it may be I have not so much light as another man; and I profess in the presence of God, ⟨p. 352⟩could I conform without sin to my own […], I would; if I should do any thing against my conscience, I should sin, and break my peace, and conscience, and all, and never see good day: do not then spend the strength of your zeal for your religion in censuring others. That man that is most busy in censuring others, is always least employed in examining himself. Remember good John Bradford, he would not censure Bonner nor Gardiner, but saith he, they called I. Bradford, the hypocritical I. Bradford, &c. I do not speak this, as though I can, or did in conscience approve of those things for which I must suffer, that I cannot approve of them, but to take off people from those things that are so far from the foundation. Look you but to the main things, and look but into your own hearts, examine them, and then you need not be much persuaded to look about to others.
Ans. 1. If ever you would stand, if ever you would be firm standing Christians indeed, take heed you be not light and proud Christians: a feather will never stand against a whirlwind, Errour and Prophaneness are most apt to breed in proud hearts. The Proud and Blasphemers are put together, (