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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 Pray that God would fulfil that excellent promise, Jer. 31. 33. That he would put his Law in your inward parts, and write it in your hearts, and then you cannot but heartily delight in it.
5 Pray that God would fulfill that excellent promise, Ier. 31. 33. That hee would put his Law in your inward parts, and write it in your hearts, and then you cannot but heartily delight in it.
6 Pray to God to give you the same Spirit that wrote the word, to enable you to delight in it.
6 Pray to God to give you the same Spirit that wrote the word, to inable you to delight in it.
7 Pray for a spiritual palate, that you may not only delight in spiritual things, but have a spiritual delight in spiritual things. It is said of the Lioness, that when she hath once tasted of the sweetness of mans flesh, she is never satisfied till she hath more of it. He that hath tasted of the good Word of God, and not only tasted, but eaten it, and digested it into good nourishment, he will not only delight in it, but he will delight in it above gold, yea above fine gold, and he will never be satisfied, till he be filled with the fullness of that God that made it.
7 Pray for a spiritual palate, that you may not only delight in spiritual things, but have a spiritual delight in spiritual things. It is said of the Lioness, that when shee hath once tasted of the sweetness of mans flesh, shee is never satisfied till shee hath more of it. Hee that hath tasted of the good Word of God, and not onely tasted, but eaten it, and digested it into good nourishment, hee will not onely delight in it, but hee will delight in it above gold, yea above fine gold, and hee will never bee satisfied, till hee bee filled with the fulness of that God that made it.