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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
Dedication: TO Those of Aldermanbury-Parish, Together, With all others who attend constantly upon t…
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.
1 Take heed of mistaking in the great ⟨image 5⟩work of Believing and Repenting. Faith and Repentance are the two great Gospel-graces: And the reason why so many miscarry to all eternity, is not for want of them (such as they are) but upon a pure mistake, in thinking they have them, when they have but a shadow of them. Where one goeth to Hell by desperation, hundreds go thither by presumption. O! quam multi cum hâc vanâ fide, & vana spe ad aeternos labores descendunt; How many thousands go to hell with a vain faith, and hope of heaven! And therefore be much in examination, whether your Faith be right or no. Examine your selves,1 whether ye be in the Faith, prove your own selves. To be mistaken in the great work of Believing,2 is to be necessitated to damnation. For he that believes not, shall be damned. Ask your souls often, whether your Repentance be of a right stamp or no; whether it be a Repentance unto life, a Repentance never to be repented on. To be mistaken ⟨image 5⟩in purchasing of Lands, can but hurt your outward estates; but to be mistaken in the graces of Faith and Repentance, will undo your souls to all eternity. What the Characters of a true Faith, and true Repentance are, you have frequently heard, I will not now repeat them. Only remember that self-flattery, is self-mockery; that soul-delusion, is soul-damnation. Pray unto God to deliver you from that great murderer of souls, the sin of Presumption.
1 Take heed of mistaking in the great ⟨image 5⟩work of Beleeving and Repenting. Faith and Repentance are the two great Gospel-graces: And the reason why so many miscarry to all eternity, is not for want of them (such as they are) but upon a pure mistake, in thinking they have them, when they have but a shadow of them. Where one goeth to Hell by desperation, hundreds go thither by presumption. O! quam multi cum hâc vanâ fide, & vana spe ad aeternos labores descendunt; How many thousands go to hell with a vain faith, and hope of heaven! And therefore bee much in examination, whether your Faith be right or no. Examine your selves,