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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 2: THE Word of God IS THE Saints Delights. SERMON II.
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. You shall know it by these notes.
1 He that delights in Gods Law, will be very frequent in meditating and reading of it, and very often in speaking of it. Thus saith David, Psal. 1. 2. His delight is in the Law of the Lord, and therein he will meditate day and night. And Psalm. 119. 97. Oh how do I love thy Law, it is my meditation all the day. So also vers. 15, 16. 23. He that takes pleasure in the ⟨p. 69⟩Law, he will be often thinking of it, as Christ saith, Matth. 6. 21. Where the treasure is, there the heart will be also: If the word of God be thy treasure, thou wilt meditate on it, Cogitation crebrâ, longâ, & profundâ. Thou wilt frequently think of it, and when thou beginnest to think of it, thou wilt dwell upon the thought of it, as a Bee dwells (as it were) upon the flower to suck out the sweetness that is in it, and thou wilt think of it with deep and serious meditations and contemplations, thou wilt dive into the unsearchable riches and treasures that are in the Word. And as thou wilt meditate on it, so thou wilt be often, and unwearisome in reading and perusing of it, and discoursing about it. A man that delights in hunting, is never weary of talking of hunting, and he that delights in the world, of speaking about the world; and if you did delight in Gods word, you would be very frequent, and indefatigable in discoursing of it.
1 Hee that delights in Gods Law, will bee very frequent in meditating and reading of it, and very often in speaking of it. Thus saith David, Psal. 1. 2. His delight is in the Law of the Lord, and therein hee will meditate day and night. And Psalm. 119. 97