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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.
Tasting doth not imply habitual grace. A man may taste that which he never digesteth, nor concocteth. The Israelites tasted of the first fruits of the Land of Canaan, and yet did not enter into Canaan. Such is the joy of the hypocrite. It is outward and superficial; But the delight of a true ⟨p. 78⟩Saint is inward, solid, and substantial. Jeremiah saith, that the Word of God was the joy and rejoicing of his heart, and that he did eat it, Jer. 15. 16. he did not only taste it, but eat it. And Paul saith, Rom. 7. 22. I delight in the Law of God after the inner man; His delights had depth of earth, they were well digested and concocted.
Tasting doth not imply habitual grace. A man may taste that which hee never digesteth, nor concocteth. The Israelites tasted of the first fruits of the Land of Canaan, and yet did not enter into Canaan. Such is the joy of the hypocrite. It is outward and superficial; But the delight of a true ⟨p. 78⟩Saint is inward, solid, and substantial. Ieremy saith, that the Word of God was the joy and rejoycing of his heart, and that hee did eat it, Ier. 15. 16. hee did not onely taste it, but eat it. And Paul saith, Rom. 7. 22. I delight in the Law of God after the inner man; His delights had depth of earth, they were well digested and concocted.
3 It is superlative and over-topping. A godly man delighteth more in God and his Word, than in any worldly thing whatsoever. Lord lift thou up (saith David, Psal. 4. 6, 7.) the light of thy countenance upon us, thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. So also