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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.
2 To make Christ sweet and precious. When Christ and his Disciples were in a ⟨p. 18⟩ship together, Mat. 8. 25. it is said, That Christ was asleep, and as long as the Sea was calm, his Disciples suffered him to sleep, but when they were ready to be drowned, then they awoke Christ, and said, Master, save us, we perish. Even the best of Saints when fatted with outward plenty and abundance, are prone to suffer Christ […] lye asleep within them, and so neglect the lively actings of Faith upon Christ; but when the storms of affliction, and outward calamity begin to arise, and they are ready to be overwhelmed with distresses, then None but Christ, none but Christ.
2 To make Christ sweet and precious. When Christ and his Disciples were in a ⟨p. 18⟩ship together, Mat. 8. 25. it is said, That Christ was asleep, and as long as the Sea was calm, his Disciples suffered him to sleep, but when they were ready to bee drowned, then they awoke Christ, and said, Master, save us, wee perish. Even the best of Saints when fatted with outward plenty and abundance, are prone to suffer Christ 〈…〉 lye asleep within them, and so neglect the lively actings of Faith upon Christ; but when the storms of affliction, and outward calamity begin to arise, and they are ready to bee overwhelmed with distresses, then None but Christ, none but Christ.
5 Gods design in afflicting his children, is to prove, and improve their graces.