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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.
But if thou canst not find out that particular sin, for which God afflicts thee, labour to repent of every sin, and then thou wilt be sure to repent ⟨p. 52⟩of that sin. If thou canst not find out the Bee that stings thee, pull down the whole Hive, or the thorn that pricks thee, pull down the whole Hedge. Do that out of wisdom, which Herod did out of malice, who because he could not find out the Babe Jesus, killed all the children in Bethlehem from two years old, and under, that so he might be sure to' kill Jesus. Let us seek the utter ruin and death of all our sins, and then we shall be sure to destroy that sin for which God afflicts us, and when the cause is removed, the disease will forthwith be cured, and the Almighty pacified, and reconciled unto us.
But if thou canst not finde out that particular sin, for which God afflicts thee, labour to repent of every sin, and then thou wilt bee sure to repent ⟨p. 52⟩of that sin. If thou canst not finde out the Bee that stings thee, pull down the whole Hive, or the thorn that pricks thee, pull down the whole Hedge. Do that out of wisdome, which Herod did out of malice, who because hee could not finde out the Babe Iesus, killed all the children in Bethlehem from two years old, and under, that so hee might bee sure to' kill Iesus. Let us seek the utter ruine and death of all our sins, and then wee shall bee sure to destroy that sin for which God afflicts us, and when the cause is removed, the disease will forthwith bee cured, and the Almighty pacified, and reconciled unto us.
2 Let us labour that the good we reap by our afflictions, 1may abide upon us after, our recovery from them. There are very many who while they are under the Rod, seem to be very penitent, and do purpose and promise to amend their lives, but as soon as the Rod is removed, they return like the Dog ⟨p. 53⟩