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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 You must pray for the grace of Illumination. Whensoever you take the Bible in your hand to read in it, pray Davids prayer, Psal. 119. 18. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous ⟨p. 91⟩things out of thy Law. Philosophers observe, that Lumen est vehiculum influentiae, Light is the Chariot of influence, as it begets the flower in the field, the gold in the Mineral; so the foundation of all regeneration, is illumination. Pray that God would open your eyes that you may understand the Scriptures, as he did to his Apostles, Luke 24. 45. That he would take away the veil that is upon your hearts.
3 You must pray for the grace of Illumination. Whensoever you take the Bible in your hand to read in it, pray Davids prayer, Psal. 119. 18. Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous ⟨p. 91⟩things out of thy Law. Philosophers observe, that Lumen est vehiculum influentiae, Light is the Chariot of influence, as it begets the flower in the field, the gold in the Mineral; so the foundation of all regeneration, is illumination. Pray that God would open your eyes that you may understand the Scriptures, as hee did to his Apostles, Luke 24. 45. That hee would take away the vail that is upon your hearts.
4 Pray that he that made you creatures, would make you new creatures, that as new-born Babes you may desire the sincere milk of the word.