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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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In a word, he delights in it, because it is holy and pure, he can say with David, Psal. 119. 140. Thy word is very pure, therefore thy servant loveth it. This no wicked man can truly say.
In a word, hee delights in it, because it is holy and pure, hee can say with David, Psal. 119. 140. Thy word is very pure, therefore thy servant loveth it. This no wicked man can truly say.
8 The delight that a godly man takes in the word, is without any reservation or distinction. He delights in the whole word of God, in the commanding, and threatening word, as well as in ⟨p. 87⟩the promising word; he beholds God, and his wisdom, and goodness in every verse, and therefore he can say with Hezekiah, Isa. 39. 8. Good is the Word of the Lord. He hath the whole Law written in his heart, and rejoiceth in every tittle of it. But a wicked man hath his reservations and distinctions, he may delight in the promising word, but he undervalues the commanding word, and turneth a deaf ear to the threatening word. It is said of the Jews, that they rejoiced in the light of John Baptist; but it is not said, They rejoiced in his heat: He was a burning, and a shining Light, they rejoiced in his shining, but not in his burning. It is hardly possible for a wicked man, remaining wicked, to rejoice in the burning zeal, holiness, and strictness of a John Baptist. But a godly man delighteth both in the light, and heat of the word.
8 The delight that a godly man takes in the word, is without any reservation or distinction. Hee delights in the whole word of God, in the commanding, and threatning word, as well as in ⟨p. 87⟩