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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.
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5 The delight that a godly man hath in the Word, is sin-excluding. It cannot consist with a delight in any sin; therefore David saith, Psal. 119. 11. Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee. Sin is as a wooden window, to shut out the true joys of the Spirit. But now a wicked man, though he may delight in the Word, yet he also delights in sinning against the Word. Although Herod heard John Baptist gladly, yet he kept his Herodias; and though the Israelites delighted to know Gods ways, yet they did not delight to walk in his ways. They were as a Nation that did righteousness, he doth not say, ⟨p. 82⟩they were such, but quasi gens, &c. as a Nation that did righteousness. And though they delighted to approach to God, yet they did not delight to obey that God before whom they approached; they took pleasure in sinning against God, as well as in serving of God, Isa. 58. It was not a sin-excluding joy, and therefore it was false and counterfeit.
5 The delight that a godly man hath in the Word, is sin-excluding. It cannot consist with a delight in any sin; therefore David saith, Psal. 119. 11. Thy Word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sinne against thee. Sinne is as a wooden window, to shut out the true joyes of the Spirit. But now a wicked man, though hee may delight in the Word, yet hee also delights in sinning against the Word. Although Herod heard Iohn Baptist gladly, yet hee kept his Herodias; and though the Israelites delighted to know Gods wayes, yet they did not delight to walk in his wayes. They were as a Nation that did righteousness, hee doth not say, ⟨p. 82⟩they were such, but quasi gens, &c. as a Nation that did righteousness. And though they delighted to approach to God, yet they did not delight to obey that God before whom they approached; they took pleasure in sinning against God, as well as in serving of God, Isa. 58. It was not a sin-excluding joy, and therefore it was false and counterfeit.