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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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6 It is grace-increasing. The more a Saint delights in the Word of God, the more careful he will be to obey the Will of God, and to grow and increase in the grace of God; therefore David saith, Psal. 119. 167. My soul hath kept thy testimonies, for I love them exceedingly. And Psal. 40. 8. I delight to do thy Will, O my God, yea thy Law is within my heart; because the Law was written in his heart, therefore he delighted to do it. He that delights to keep Gods Law, God will give him more grace to keep it according to that remarkable text, Psal. 119. ⟨p. 83⟩55, 56. I have remembered thy Name, O Lord, and have kept thy Law, this I had, because I have kept thy Precepts. What had David for keeping Gods Precepts? He had power to keep his Law; that is, to grow and increase in keeping of it. As the Prophet, Hos. 6. 3. speaks of the knowledge of God. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord, that is, if we industriously labour to know God, we shall have this reward, to be made able to know him more. So may I say of the grace of God. He that delights to keep Gods Law, shall have this reward, to be enabled to keep it more perfectly.
6 It is grace-increasing. The more a Saint delights in the Word of God, the more careful hee will bee to obey the Will of God, and to grow and increase in the grace of God; therefore David saith, Psal. 119. 167. My soul hath kept thy testimonies, for I love them exceedingly. And Psal. 40. 8. I delight to doe thy Will, O my God, yea thy Law is within my heart; because the Law was written in his heart, therefore hee delighted to doe it. Hee that delights to keep Gods Law, God will give him more grace to keep it according to that remarkable text, Psal. 119.