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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.
8 It is the Sun of the Christian World. As the Sun is the light of the Natural World, and without it, the World is but a Chaos, and a Dungeon full of darkness. So is the Word of God, the light of the spiritual world, without which a Christian is under an eternal night. Therefore David saith, Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path, Psal. 119. 105. ⟨p. 100⟩What would all the World avail, if no Sun to enlighten it, and what comfort would all the wealth of it afford us, if no word to instruct, and counsel us? For this is the Christians compass to sail to Heaven by, his staff to walk withal to Heaven, his spiritual bladders to keep his soul from drowning. The Cork, to keep up the net of his soul from sinking. Afflictions are like the lead of the Net, which weigheth it down, but the Word is as the Cork, which keeps it up, that it sinks not. So saith David in the Text, Unless thy Law had been my delights, &c.
8 It is the Sun of the Christian VVorld. As the Sun is the light of the Natural VVorld, and without it, the World is but a Chaos, and a Dungeon full of darkness. So is the VVord of God, the light of the spiritual world, without which a Christian is under an eternal night. Therefore David saith, Thy VVord is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path, Psal. 119. 105. ⟨p. 100⟩What would all the World avail, if no Sun to illighten it, and what comfort would all the wealth of it afford us, if no word to instruct, and counsel us? For this is the Christians compass to sail to Heaven by, his staffe to walk withall to Heaven, his spiritual bladders to keep his soul from drowning. The Cork, to keep up the net of his soul from sinking. Afflictions are like the lead of the Net, which weigheth it down, but the Word is as the Cork, which keeps it up, that it sinks not. So saith David in the Text, Unless thy Law had been my delights, &c.