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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 3: THE Excellency and Usefulness OF THE WORD. SERMON III.
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There are eight things may be said (amongst many other) in commendation ⟨p. 95⟩of the Word of God.
There are eight things may bee said (amongst many other) in commendation ⟨p. 95⟩of the Word of God.
1 It is the Magazine and Store-house of all comfort and consolation. There is no condition (but one) that a man can be in, but he may find soul-supporting comfort for it out of the Word. Indeed if thou resolvest to go on in sin, the Word cannot comfort thee; it threateneth Hell and Damnation to all such. If the God of Heaven can make such miserable, they shall be miserable; But excepting this one, there is no condition so miserable, but a man may fetch a Cordial out of the Word, to support him under it. Art thou as empty of riches, and as full of Diseases, as Job under the Old Testament, and Lazarus under the New Testament? are the (sins-with which thou art willing to part) many and great? Is thy Conscience exceedingly wounded and disquieted? Doth the Devil roar upon thee with hideous temptations? let thy condition be never so sad, the Word of God is able ⟨p. 96⟩to afford thee comfort under it. For it is the Word of that God, who is the God of all consolation. There is no kind of true comfort, but here it is to be had, here are Cordials of all sorts. Comforts under bodily troubles, and comforts under soul-troubles. There is no Monarch can furnish his table with such variety of delicates, as God hath furnished his Word with variety of comforts.
1 It is the Magazin and Store-house of all comfort and consolation. There is no condition (but one) that a man can be in, but hee may finde soul-supporting comfort for it out of the Word. Indeed if thou resolvest to go on in sin, the Word cannot comfort thee; it threatneth Hell and Damnation to all such. If the God of Heaven can make such miserable, they shall be miserable; But excepting this one, there is no condition so miserable, but a man may fetch a Cordial out of the Word, to support him under it. Art thou as empty of riches, and as full of Diseases, as Iob under the Old Testament, and Lazarus under the New Testament? are the (sins-with which thou art willing to part) many and great? Is thy Conscience exceedingly wounded and disquieted? Doth the Devil roar upon thee with hideous temptations? let thy condition be never so sad, the Word of God is able