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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.
Quest. Doth not the mentioning of a condition take away the freeness of the tender of Christ?
Answ. By no means. The reason is, because this very condition is the free gift of God. The Apostle saith, Rom. 4. 16. Therefore it is of Faith, that it might be by grace. The condition of Faith doth not make the offer of Christ, not to be of grace, but therefore it is of faith, that it might be of grace, for as Christ, so also faith is the gift of God. 1We do not preach conditions unto justification in a Popish sense (as if they merited out of congruity the pardon of sin) or in an Arminian sense (as if we could do any thing by our free-will (without grace) to dispose our selves unto justification) but in a Scripture sense, we say, That all those on whom God intends to bestow Christ freely, he freely openeth their ⟨p. 182⟩eyes to see their undone condition out of Christ, he humbles them under the sense of their sad condition, and out of his free mercy enables them by faith to lay hold upon Christ, and to accept of him upon his own terms; Faith is not the cause for which, but the cause without which, God will not give us Christ.
Answ. By no means. The reason is, because this very condition is the free gift of God. The Apostle saith, Rom. 4. 16. Therefore it is of Faith, that it might bee by grace. The condition of Faith doth not make the offer of Christ, not to bee of grace, but therefore it is of faith, that it might bee of grace, for as Christ, so also faith is the gift of God. 1Wee do not preach conditions unto justification in a Popish sense (as if they merited out of congruity the pardon of sin) or in an Arminian sense (as if wee could do any thing by our free-will (without grace) to dispose our selves unto justification) but in a Scripture sense, wee say, That all those on whom God intends to bestow Christ freely, hee freely openeth their