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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.
Secondly, Unto his own soul. For he necessitates himself unto damnation; For Christ hath said expressly, He that believeth not shall be damned.
Secondly, Unto his own soule. For hee necessitates himselfe unto damnation; For Christ hath said expresly, Hee that beleeveth not shall bee damned.
Object. But I am afraid that I am a Reprobate, and that God hath excluded me from having any interest in Christ.
Object. But I am afraid that I am a Reprobate, and that God hath excluded mee from having any interest in Christ.
Ans. Who told thee so? It is one great sign thou art not, because the Devil would persuade thee that thou art. But howsoever, Secret things belong to God, but those things which are revealed, to us, and our children. God hath kept the black Book of Reprobation secret. He openeth the whole Book of Election to some of his children, but he keeps his black Book unrevealed. It is a sin for any man to think himself a Reprobate (unless he can prove that he hath sinned the sin against the Holy Ghost) for this thought would hinder him from the use of means for his salvation, and cause him to despair, which is a sin of the first magnitude; and therefore take heed of complementing thy self into Hell by a sinful modesty, in refusing to believe in Christ: Take heed of dallying or delaying in the great work of laying hold upon Christ upon Christs terms. Remember, God excludes none from Christ, but such as ⟨p. 179⟩exclude themselves by unbelief. And remember,1 Whosoever believeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.