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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.
Use 2. Here is rich comfort to the children of God, under the greatest afflictions. For the best of Saints are subject to the worst afflictions: This is the lot of all Gods children, Christ himself not excepted. Afflictions (indeed) considered in their own nature, are evil things, and so are called, Amos 5. 1•. They are part of the curse due to sin, the ⟨p. 25⟩fruit of Gods revenging wrath; they are as a biting and stinging Serpent. And to a wicked man, remaining wicked, they are the beginning of Hell: Unsanctified afflictions parboil a wicked man for hell and damnation. But now to a child of God, they have lost both their name and nature, they are not punishments properly, but chastisements, not [Greek or Hebrew], but [Greek or Hebrew]. They are not satisfactory, but castigatory. Jesus Christ hath taken away the sting of these Serpents; they are not fiery, but brazen Serpents, they have a healing, not a hurting power. Christ hath removed the curse, and bitterness of them; as the wood sweetened the waters of Marah, Exod. 15. 25. So Christs Cross hath sweetened the bitterness of Afflictions.
Use 2. Here is rich comfort to the children of God, under the greatest afflictions. For the best of Saints are subject to the worst afflictions: This is the lot of all Gods children, Christ himself not excepted. Afflictions (indeed) considered in their own nature, are evil things, and so are called, Amos 5. 1•. They are part of the curse due to sin, the ⟨p. 25⟩fruit of Gods revenging wrath; they are as a biting and stinging Serpent. And to a wicked man, remaining wicked, they are the beginning of Hell: Unsanctified afflictions parboil a wicked man for hell and damnation. But now to a childe of God, they have lost both their name and nature, they are not punishments properly, but chastisements, not 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, but 〈non-Latin alphabet〉. They are not satisfactory, but castigatory. Jesus Christ hath taken away the sting of these Serpents; they are not fiery, but brazen Serpents, they have a healing, not a hurting power. Christ hath removed the curse, and bitterness of them; as the wood sweetned the waters of Marah,