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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.
3 A great stock of Self-denial, humility, repentance, contempt of the world, and heavenly-mindedness. He that is furnished with grace in an evil hour, will be as safe and secure, as Noah was in the Ark, in the time of the Deluge, or as those were who had sufficiency of corn in the time of the seven years ⟨p. 36⟩dearth in Egypt.
3 A great stock of Self-denial, humility, repentance, contempt of the world, and heavenly-mindedness. Hee that is furnished with grace in an evill hour, will bee as safe and secure, as Noah was in the Ark, in the time of the Deluge, or as those were who had sufficiency of corn in the time of the seven years ⟨p. 36⟩dearth in Aegypt.
2 A stock of assurance of Salvation: 1For though a man hath never so much grace, yet if he wants the assurance of it, he cannot receive any comfort by it in the day of his distress. Jacob was not at all quieted in his spirit, for Josephs being alive, till he came to know of it. And therefore we must not only provide grace, but the assurance of grace, that we may be able to say with confidence, as Job did upon the dung-hill, Job 19. 25. I know that my Redeemer liveth, and with the holy Apostle, Rom. 8. 38. I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. That man who hath got a Scripture assurance of his salvation, will be more than a Conqueror in the day of his distress.
2 A stock of assurance of Salvation: