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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.
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 Psal. 43. 4.—Unto God my exceeding joy, Psal. 137. 6. If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. And Psal. 119. 72. 127. The delight of a Saint in Gods Word over-toppeth all his creature-delights, and enjoyments, and for the joy he finds in it, he will sell all he hath to purchase it, Mat. 13. 44. ⟨p. 79⟩But the joy of a wicked man is of an inferior nature, he rejoiceth more in Corn, Wine, and Oil, &c. And when it comes into competition, he will leave his spiritual and heavenly, rather than lose his creature and carnal pleasures. Thus Herod rejoiced in the word that John Baptist preached, but he rejoiced more in his Herodias, and when it came to the trial, he chose to behead John Baptist, rather than to part with Herodias.
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 Psal. 43. 4.—Unto God my exceeding joy, Psal. 137. 6. If I prefer not Ierusalem above my chief joy. And