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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.
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.
2 The Word of God is not only the Magazine of all true comfort, but the Fountain from whence it is derived. All the comfort that you receive by reading of good books, is fetched out of this Book. All the refreshings that the Ambassadors of Christ administer to you, are borrowed from this Fountain. As the King of Israel answered the woman (that cried out, saying,1 Help my Lord, O King) If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? So will all the true Ministers of Christ say to any distressed soul that ⟨p. 97⟩cries out for comfort: How can we comfort you, if the Word of God doth not comfort you? All our comforts must be fetched from thence.
2 The Word of God is not only the Magazine of all true comfort, but the Fountain from whence it is derived. All the comfort that you receive by reading of good books, is fetched out of this Book. All the refreshings that the Ambassadors of Christ administer to you, are borrowed from this Fountain. As the King of Israel answered the woman (that cried out, saying,1 Help my Lord, O King) If the Lord do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? So will all the true Ministers of Christ say to any distressed soul that ⟨p. 97⟩cries out for comfort: How can wee comfort you, if the Word of God doth not comfort you? All our comforts must bee fetcht from thence.
3 It will comfort us at such a time, when no outward thing can comfort us. And that is, when we are under soul-agonies, and when our soul sits upon our lips; ready to depart, when we are sailing into the Ocean of Eternity; then, even then, the promises of the Word will comfort us: When gold and silver, Father and Mother, Friends, and Physicians are miserable comforters, then will one promise out of the Word fill us full of joy unspeakable, and glorious.