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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.
Answ. 1. Sometimes we may read our sin in our punishment. Adonibezek, though a Heathen King, did this, Judg. 1. 7. Threescore and ten Kings, having their Thumbs▪ and their great Toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited me. I read of holy Ephrem, that he was converted by the suitableness of his affliction, unto the sin he had committed, for he saw clearly that his misery came not by chance, but from God immediately, and for sin. As a man may sometime gather the disease ⟨p. 50⟩of the Patient by observing the Physicians Bill, so he may guess at his sin, by considering his punishment.
Answ. 1. Sometimes wee may read our sin in our punishment. Adonibezek, though a Heathen King, did this, Iudg. 1. 7. Threescore and ten Kings, having their Thumbs▪ and their great Toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table; as I have done, so God hath requited mee. I read of holy Ephrem, that hee was converted by the suitableness of his affliction, unto the sin hee had committed, for hee saw clearly that his misery came not by chance, but from God immediately, and for sin. As a man may sometime gather the disease ⟨p. 50⟩of the Patient by observing the Physitians Bill, so hee may guess at his sin, by considering his punishment.
2 Consider what that sin is for which they conscience doth most of all accuse thee. Conscience is Gods Vicegerent, his bosom Preacher. And when we sleight the voice of Conscience, God seconds it with the voice of his Rod, which speaks the very same language that Conscience doth.
2 Consider what that sin is for which they conscience doth most of all accuse thee. Conscience is Gods Vicegerent, his bosome Preacher. And when wee sleight the voyce of Conscience, God seconds it with the voyce of his Rod, which speaks the very same language that Conscience doth.