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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.
But now a poor, distressed, humble Christian, fails on the contrary part; he pores upon the commanding and threatening Word, but never ponders the promising Word. God (saith he) commands me to love him with all my heart and soul, to wash my heart from iniquity, to love my enemies, to cut off my right hand, and to pluck out my right eye, &c. But I cannot perform ⟨p. 126⟩these commands, therefore surely shall never be saved. God (saith he) hath threatened to curse every one that continueth not in every thing that is written in his Law to do it, and therefore surely I am accursed.1 But he never studies, nor ponders the promising Word, for if he did, he would quickly know three things for his everlasting comfort.
But now a poor, distressed, humble Christian, fails on the contrary part; hee pores upon the commanding and threatning Word, but never ponders the promising Word. God (saith hee) commands mee to love him with all my heart and soule, to wash my heart from iniquity, to love my enemies, to cut off my right hand, and to plucke out my right eye, &c. But I cannot performe ⟨p. 126⟩these commands, therefore surely shall never bee saved. God (saith hee) hath threatned to curse every one that continueth not in every thing that is written in his Law to do it, and therefore surely I am accursed.1 But hee never studies, nor ponders the promising Word, for if hee did, hee would quickly know three things for his everlasting comfort.
- 1Three observable things about the Promises.
1 That there is nothing required by God in his Word as our duty, but God hath either promised to bestow it upon us as his gift, or the Saints have prayed to God for it as his gift. God commands us to love him, but he hath promised to circumcise our hearts to love him, &c.