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The Godly mans ark, or, City of refuge, in the day of his distress…The Godly mans ark, or, City of refuge, in the day of his distresse…
The Godly mans ark, or, City of refuge, in the day of his distress discovered in divers sermons, the first of which was preached at the funeral of Mistress Elizabeth Moore : the other four were afterwards preached, and are all of them now made public, for the supportation and consolation of the saints of God in the hour of tribulation : hereunto are annexed Mris. [sic] Moors evidences for heaven, composed and collected by her in the time of her health, for her comfort in the time of sickness / by Ed. Calamy ...The Godly mans ark, or, City of refuge, in the day of his distresse discovered in divers sermons, the first of which was preached at the funerall of Mistresse Elizabeth Moore : the other four were afterwards preached, and are all of them now made publick, for the supportation and consolation of the saints of God in the hour of tribulation : hereunto are annexed Mris. [sic] Moores evidences for heaven, composed and collected by her in the time of her health, for her comfort in the time of sickness / by Ed. Calamy ...
London: printed for John Hancock, 1658
Sermon 1: The Godly mans Ark; OR, City of Refuge in the day of his Distresses. SERMON I.
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.
4 They will command us to depart from iniquity, Job. 36. •, 9, 10.
Afflictions are Gods Furnaces, to purge out the dross of our sins, Gods files to pare off our spiritual rust, Gods Fans ⟨p. 16⟩to winnow out our chaff. In prosperity we gather much soil, but adversity purgeth and purifieth us. This is its proper work, to work out unrighteousness, Dan. 11. 35. Dan. 12. 10.
Afflictions are Gods Furnaces, to purge out the dross of our sins, Gods files to pare off our spiritual rust, Gods Fannes ⟨p. 16⟩to winnow out our chaffe. In prosperity wee gather much soil, but adversity purgeth and purifieth us. This is its proper work, to work out unrighteousness, Dan. 11. 35. Dan. 12. 10.
3 Gods end is not only to keep us from sin,1 but to make us holy and righteous, therefore it is said, Isa. 26. 9