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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.
1 Because blessings given by virtue of a Promise, are signs of Gods special love, and come flowing to us from the same love with which God gives us Christ, they are the fruit of Covenant-love.
1 Because blessings given by vertue of a Promise, are signes of Gods special love, and come flowing to us from the same love with which God gives us Christ, they are the fruit of Covenant-love.
2 Because we have them as blessings. A man may have a blessing, and yet not have it as a blessing. The Israelites had Quails sent them immediately from God, which was a blessing in it self, but was not sent to them as a blessing.1 For while the meat was in their mouths, the wrath of God came upon them. The wicked have blessings, ⟨p. 136⟩but not as blessings, but as the Cup in Benjamins Sack, which proved a snare to him, rather than a mercy. But the godly have blessings as blessings: They have grace with them to improve them for Gods glory; they have not only the blessings, but a thankful heart for them, and a fruitful heart under them, which is a certain sign that they have them as blessings.
2 Because wee have them as blessings. A man may have a blessing, and yet not have it as a blessing. The Israelites had Quails sent them immediately from God, which was a blessing in it self, but was not sent to them as a blessing.1 For while the meat was in their mouthes, the wrath of God came upon them. The wicked have blessings, ⟨p. 136⟩but not as blessings, but as the Cup in Benjamins Sack, which proved a snare to him, rather than a mercy. But the godly have blessings as blessings: They have grace with them to improve them for Gods glory; they have not only the blessings, but a thankful heart for them, and a fruitful heart under them, which is a certaine signe that they have them as blessings.