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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.
3. You must meditate upon the freeness of the Promises.1 The Promises are the outward discoveries of Gods eternal love to his people. Now nothing moved God to enter into Covenant with them, and to engage himself to them by Promise; and thereby ⟨p. 139⟩to become their debtor, but his free love and mercy; and therefore they are said to be given us of God, 2 Pet. 1. 4. whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious Promises. God promiseth in his Word, not only to love us, but to love us freely, Hos. 14. 4. I will heal their back-sliding, and love them freely. The reason why God makes us his people, is not from any worth in us, but only because it pleaseth him so to do, 1 Sam. 12. 22. The Lord will not forsake his people for his great names sake, because it pleased the Lord to make you his people. The Lord Jesus Christ, who is the great and fundamental Promise, the root of the other Promises, is freely, tendered in the Gospel, and freely given, Joh. 3. 16. God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, &c, 2Revel. 22. 17. Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
3. You must meditate upon the freenesse of the Promises.1 The Promises are the outward discoveries of Gods eternal love to his people. Now nothing moved God to enter into Covenant with them, and to ingage himself to them by Promise; and thereby ⟨p. 139⟩to become their debtor, but his free love and mercy; and therefore they are said to bee given us of God,