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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.
2 They are the life and soul of Faith. 1Faith without a Promise to act upon, is as a body without a soul, as a dead flower which hath no beauty or sweetness in it; But Faith grounded upon the Promises, will enable a Christian to advance in all manner of holiness. What made Abraham forsake his Country, and his Fathers house, and go he knew not whither? Nothing moved him to this, but because God had promised to make him a great Nation, and he believed it. Of all graces, none so causal of holiness as the grace of Faith: It is a world overcoming, ⟨p. 154⟩heart-purifying, life-sanctifying, wonder-working grace; and therefore the Promises must needs be very useful, because they are the life and soul of Faith.
2 They are the life and soule of Faith. 1Faith without a Promise to act upon, is as a body without a soul, as a dead flower which hath no beauty or sweetness in it; But Faith grounded upon the Promises, will inable a Christian to advance in all manner of holiness. What made Abraham forsake his Country, and his Fathers house, and go hee knew not whither? Nothing moved him to this, but because God had promised to make him a great Nation, and hee beleeved it. Of all graces, none so causal of holiness as the grace of Faith: It is a world overcoming, ⟨p. 154⟩heart-purifying, life-sanctifying, wonder-working grace; and therefore the Promises must needs bee very usefull, because they are the life and soul of Faith.
- 1The Promises are the life and soul of Faith.
3 They are the Anchor of Hope. 1