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The fixed saint held forth in a farewell sermon preached at Mary-Aldermanbury, London, August…The fixed saint held forth in a farwell sermon preached at Mary-Aldermanbury, London, August…
The fixed saint held forth in a farewell sermon preached at Mary-Aldermanbury, London, August 17, 1662 / Mr. Edmond Calamy.The fixed saint held forth in a farwell sermon preached at Mary-Aldermanbury, London, August 17, 1662 / Mr. Edmond Calamy.
London : s.n., 1662
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. There are straits suffered for God and a good conscience. Heb. 11. 36, 37. those Martyrs there were driven to great straits: but these were straits for God and a good Conscience, and these straits were the Saints greatest enlargements, they were so sweetened to them by the consolations, and supportations of Gods Spirit; a prison was a paradise to them. Heb. 10. 34. they look joyfully at the spoiling of their goods. Acts 5. 41. they departed ⟨p. 6⟩from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. Straits for a good conscience are greatest enlargements; therefore Paul glorieth in this strait, Paul a prisoner, &c.
1. There are straits suffered for God and a good conscience. Heb. 11. 36, 37. those Martyrs there were driven to great straits: but these were straits for God and a good Conscience, and these straits were the Saints greatest enlargements, they were so sweetned to them by the consolations, and supportations of Gods Spirit; a prison was a paradise to them. Heb. 10. 34. they look joyfully at the spoiling of their goods. Acts 5. 41. they departed ⟨p. 6⟩from the presence of the Council, rejoycing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. Straits for a good conscience are greatest enlargements; therefore Paul gloryeth in this strait, Paul a prisoner, &c.
2. There are straits suffered for sin, and these are envenomed by the guilt of sin: sin puts poison into all our distresses and perplexities Now such was the strait into which David was now driven: it was a strait caused by sin, and that made it so unwelcome and uncomfortable: so that from hence I gather this Observation.