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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 You must study the Freeness of the Promise of Christ.1 God promiseth Jesus Christ freely, Ho every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; Come ye, buy, and eat, yea, come by Wine and Milk without money, and without price, &c. Christ is offered in the Gospel, sine pretio, sine merito, sine motivo, without price, without merit, and without any motive inducing on our parts. Therefore the Holy Ghost saith, Whosoever will, 2let him take the water of life freely. Let not then thy undeservedness hinder thee from laying hold upon Christ, as thy portion. Say not, I am not worthy that Christ should own me. Christ will own thee, not because thou art worthy, but because he delights in mercy, Micah 7. 18. Say not, I am not humbled enough, and therefore I ⟨p. 180⟩dare not lay hold upon Christ. For humiliation is not required to make us precious to Christ, but to make Christ precious to us, and if thou beest so far humbled, as to be willing to take Christ upon Christs terms, thou art humbled enough, unto Divine acceptation, though not unto Divine satisfaction. Every stung Israelite, who was enabled to look up to the brazen Serpent, was healed, though he was not stung to that proportion that another Israelite was.
2 You must study the Freeness of the Promise of Christ.1 God promiseth Jesus Christ freely, Ho every one that thirsteth, come yee to the waters, and hee that hath no money; Come yee, buy, and eat, yea, come by VVine and Milke without mony, and without price, &c. Christ is offered in the Gospel, sine pretio, sine merito, sine motivo, without price, without merit, and without any motive inducing on our parts. Therefore the Holy Ghost saith, VVhosoever will, 2let him take the water of life freely. Let not then thy undeservedness hinder thee from laying hold upon Christ, as thy portion. Say not, I am not worthy that Christ should owne mee. Christ will owne thee, not because thou art worthy, but because hee delights in mercy,