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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 The condition applying Christ to us, and bringing him into our possession. This is Faith, which therefore is the proper condition of the Gospel, upon which Christ is tendered. Now this Faith is not a bare receiving, and taking of Christ. For there are many who take him, and mistake him. (There is no man but is willing when he is dying, to take Christ, as the men of the ⟨p. 184⟩old world were willing to go into the Ark when the Flood came) but this taking and receiving of Christ (if it be right) hath six Properties.
2 The condition applying Christ to us, and bringing him into our possession. This is Faith, which therefore is the proper condition of the Gospel, upon which Christ is tendred. Now this Faith is not a bare receiving, and taking of Christ. For there are many who take him, and mistake him. (There is no man but is willing when hee is dying, to take Christ, as the men of the ⟨p. 184⟩old world were willing to go into the Ark when the Flood came) but this taking and receiving of Christ (if it bee right) hath six Properties.
1 It is a receiving of Christ with all his appurtenances, 1Christ and disgrace, and reproach, and poverty. Christ and his Cross: There are many would be glad of Christ, but they will not take up his Cross. They would take Christ down from the Cross (as Joseph of Arimathea did) and leave the Cross behind them. But he that takes Christ aright, will be as willing to wear a Crown of thorns, for his sake, as a Crown of gold.
1 It is a receiving of Christ with all his appurtenances, 1Christ and disgrace, and reproach, and poverty. Christ and his Cross: There are many would bee glad of Christ, but they will not take up his Cross. They would take Christ down from the Cross (as Ioseph of Arimathea did) and leave the Cross behinde them. But hee that takes Christ aright, will bee as willing to wear a Crown of thorns, for his sake, as a Crown of gold.