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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.
1 You must make a Catalogue of the Promises, you must gather them up, as they lye scattered in the Word, into a spiritual Nose-gay, and bind them together: You must do as they that gather up ends of Gold and Silver, you must lose none. Every promise is as a ray of gold, as a Star in the firmament. And though there are stars of divers magnitudes, differing from one another in glory, yet every star hath its beauty and benefit: So though some Promises are more glorious than ⟨p. 111⟩others, (like the Sun, in comparison of the Moon) yet every promise hath its beauty, and lustre, and as star-light in a dark night is very comfortable; so in the dark night of affliction, every little promise will afford unspeakable comfort to a troubled soul.
1 You must make a Catalogue of the Promises, you must gather them up, as they lye scattered in the Word, into a spiritual Nose-gay, and binde them together: You must doe as they that gather up ends of Gold and Silver, you must lose none. Every promise is as a ray of gold, as a Star in the firmament. And though there are starrs of divers magnitudes, differing from one another in glory, yet every star hath its beauty and benefit: So though some Promises are more glorious than ⟨p. 111⟩others, (like the Sun, in comparison of the Moon) yet every promise hath its beauty, and lustre, and as star-light in a dark night is very comfortable; so in the dark night of affliction, every little promise will afford unspeakable comfort to a troubled soul.
To help you in making this Catalogue, give me leave to suggest three things.
To help you in making this Catalogue, give mee leave to suggest three things.