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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
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.
HE that would improve the Promises, so as to make them Spiritual Bladders, to keep him from being drowned in the deep waters of Affliction, must not only ⟨p. 122⟩make a Catalogue of the Promises, but he must also,
HEE that would improve the Promises, so as to make them Spiritual Bladders, to keep him from being drowned in the deep waters of Affliction, must not only ⟨p. 122⟩make a Catalogue of the Promises, but hee must also,
2 Fixedly, and seriously meditate on them;1 first, he must treasure up these Jewels in his heart, and then unlock them by meditation; first, he must make his Nose-gay, and then smell of it. The Word of God (as I have said) is as a Garden full of excellent Promises, as so many choice flowers. And it is our duty to walk often in this Garden, to gather up all the flowers, that lye scattered in it, into several Nose-gays, to bind them together (if I may so speak) with the thread of Faith, and then every day to smell of them. The Promises are the Saints Legacies left them by Christ in his last Will and Testament. The Saints are called the Heirs of the Promises, Heb. 6. 17. And if they would be filled full of joy in the day of their distress, they must be frequent in reading these Legacies: The Promises are (as it were) the ⟨p. 123⟩breasts of God, full of the Milk of grace and comfort. And it is our duty to be sucking out (by meditation) the milk of grace and comfort contained in them. That which the Prophet saith of the Church of Christ, may as truly be said of the Promises of Christ. Rejoice, O ye people of God, and be glad all ye that have an interest in the Promises; Rejoice for joy, all ye that are mourners in Zion,