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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
Dedication: TO Those of Aldermanbury-Parish, Together, With all others who attend constantly upon t…
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.
He that hath but one Talent, shall answer but for one; but you that have five, or ten Talents, must be answerable, according to the quantity, as well as the quality of them.
Hee that hath but one Talent, shall answer but for one; but you that have five, or ten Talents, must bee answerable, according to the quantity, as well as the quality of them.
11 Labour to diffuse those graces which God hath given you, and to communicate them to those with whom you converse. True grace is of a spreading nature, and therefore compared to leaven, which diffuseth it ⟨image 11⟩self into the whole lump, and to Salt, that seasoneth all those things with which it is mingled. 1As soon as the woman of Samaria had found out the Messiah, she leaves her water-pet, and goeth into the City, to tell others what God had done for her. As soon as Cornelius had received the Message from the Angel, to send for Peter; he calls together his kinsmen and near friends, that they, together with him, might be made partakers of Gospel-grace.2 A true Christian is like a Needle touched with the Lodestone. A Needle (truly touched) draweth another, and that will draw another, and that, another: Whosoever hath his heart truly touched by effectual grace, will labour to convert others, and they, others. Philip will draw Nathaniel, Andrew will draw Peter. And Peter being converted, will labour to strengthen his Brethren: There is a natural instinct in all creatures to make others like themselves (as fire will turn all things that come ⟨image 12⟩near it, into fire) and there is a spiritual instinct in all converted Christians, to convert others. It is as natural to a true Christian to make others true Christians,, as it is for a man to beget a man. True grace is not only of a communicative, but of an assimilating nature.