A31997:206
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.
1 The delight of a godly man, is orderly and seasonable. It is the consequent of conviction and humiliation; For though Joy be the great work of the Spirit, yet it is not the first work. First, The Spirit by the Word convinceth and humbleth, and then comforteth; therefore Christ saith, Mat. 5. 4. Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall be comforted; and David saith, Psal. 126. 5. They that •ow in tears, shall reap in joy. But the joy of an hypocrite is unseasonable and disorderly. It is his first work. It is said of the stony ground, that when they heard the word, they received it immediately with gladness, Mark. 4. 16. It is not said, they received it first with sorrow, and then with gladness. Here is mention of joy without any antecedent humiliation. ⟨p. 76⟩Nay, the Text saith expressly▪ Luke 8. 6. it lacked moisture, and therefore it withered away. There are many Professors in our days that skip from sin, to joy at first, that all in an instant are in the highest form of sin, and in the highest form of comfort, that skip out of the lap of the Devil, into the lap of joy: These are as the stony ground. These are wanton Christians; They sow before they plough; They know not the bitterness of sin, and therefore in time of temptation fall away.
1 The delight of a godly man, is orderly and seasonable. It is the consequent of conviction and humiliation; For though Ioy bee the great work of the Spirit, yet it is not the first work. First, The Spirit by the Word convinceth and humbleth, and then comforteth; therefore Christ saith, Mat. 5. 4. Blessed are those that mourn, for they shall bee comforted; and David saith, Psal. 126. 5. They that •ow in tears, shall reap in joy. But the joy of an hypocrite is unseasonable and disorderly. It is his first work. It is said of the stony ground, that when they heard the word, they received it immediately with gladness,