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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 A soul-sanctifying Power. Therefore they are said to make us partakers of the Divine Nature, 2 Pet. 1. 4. I say, of the Divine Nature; not by the communication of the Divine Essence, but by participation of Divine Graces. Not in a Familistical sense (as if we were Godded into God, and Christed into Christ) but in a spiritual sense; we are by the Promises made partakers of the Divine Nature, that is, of the Divine Graces, by which we are made like to God in holiness. The Apostle ⟨p. 138⟩tells us, that they have a power to cleanse us from all filthiness, both of flesh and spirit, and to enable us to perfect holiness in his fear, 2 Cor. 7. 1.
1 A soul-sanctifying Power. Therefore they are said to make us partakers of the Divine Nature, 2 Pet. 1. 4. I say, of the Divine Nature; not by the communication of the Divine Essence, but by participation of Divine Graces. Not in a Familistical sense (as if wee were Godded into God, and Christed into Christ) but in a spiritual sense; wee are by the Promises made partakers of the Divine Nature, that is, of the Divine Graces, by which wee are made like to God in holinesse. The Apostle ⟨p. 138⟩tells us, that they have a power to cleanse us from all filthinesse, both of flesh and spirit, and to inable us to perfect holiness in his fear, 2 Cor. 7. 1.
2 A Comforting Power. They are able to comfort us in the worst of days, and dangers. O how precious is a Promise to a distressed Christian, in the hour of extremity! The Sun is not more comfortable to a man in a dark dungeon, or food to a man ready to starve, or water to a man ready to dye for thirst. The Promises of God are always precious, but never more precious than in times of misery and calamity; and therefore let us in such times especially meditate upon the preciousness of them.