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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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Mr. Calamy's Sermon at Mr. Ashes Funeral.
Isaiah 57. 1. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and merciful men are taken away, none considering, that the righteous are taken away from the evil to come.
Esay 57. 1. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart, and merciful men are taken away, none considering, that the righteous are taken away from the evil to come.
WE are here met this Evening to perform the last Office of Love for an eminent and ancient Servant of Jesus Christ, and excellent Minister of the Gospel, Mr. Simeon Ash, one who hath formerly performed this office for many other Ministers, and now we are met to perform this office for him; and it is not long before others will meet to perform the same office for us, so frail, so brittle, and so uncertain is the life of man.
Now the Text that I have chosen, is suitable for this occasion; for this Reverend Minister was first a righteous man; he was righteous in an Evangelical sense, he was one that was justified and sanctified. Secondly; He was a merciful man both in an active and passive sense; he was one that showed mercy to the distressed Members of Jesus Christ, and he was one to whom God showed mercy; this righteous and merciful man is now perished as to his outward condition, not as to his everlasting condition; but as to his outward bodily condition he is perished, and he is taken away: The word in the Hebrew is very emphatical; Merciful men, Colliguntur,