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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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1 Let us bless God exceedingly for revealing his will unto us in the Word. It was a great honour, and privilege to the Jews, that to them were committed the Oracles of God, Rom. 3. 2. And it is our great happiness that we have not only the same Oracles of God ⟨p. 101⟩which they have, but an addition of the New Testament, for the clearer discovery of the mysteries of salvation unto us. If God be to be praised for every crumb of bread we eat, much more for giving us his Word, which is the bread of life, and the only food of our souls. Blessed be God, who hath not only given us the book of the Creatures, and the book of Nature to know himself, and his will by, but also, and especially the Book of the Scriptures, whereby we come to know those things of God, and of Christ, which neither the Book of Nature, nor of the creatures can reveal unto us.
1 Let us bless God exceedingly for revealing his will unto us in the Word. It was a great honour, and priviledge to the Iews, that to them were committed the Oracles of God, Rom. 3. 2. And it is our great happiness that wee have not only the same Oracles of God ⟨p. 101⟩which they have, but an addition of the New Testament, for the clearer discoverie of the mysteries of salvation unto us. If God be to bee praised for every crum of bread we eat, much more for giving us his VVord, which is the bread of life, and the only food of our souls. Blessed bee God, who hath not only given us the book of the Creatures, and the book of Nature to know himself, and his will by, but also, and especially the Book of the Scriptures, whereby wee come to know those things of God, and of Christ, which neither the Book of Nature, nor of the creatures can reveal unto us.
Let us bless God, not only for revealing his will in his Word, but for revealing it by writing. Before the time of Moses, God discovered his Will by immediate revelations from Heaven. But we have a surer word of Prophecy, a Pet. 1. 19. surer (to us) than a voice from Heaven; For the Devil (saith the Apostle) transforms himself into an Angel