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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.
4 It is a receiving of Christ, and him only. For Christ must rule alone, or not at all. An Hypocrite would compound with Christ, and together with the false Mother, divide the child, but a true believer saith with the Prophet, O Lord our God▪ Other Lords besides thee have had dominion over us; 1but now by thee only will we make mention of thy Name. And with the true Mother he will give the whole to God.
4 It is a receiving of Christ, and him only. For Christ must rule alone, or not at all. An Hypocrite would compound with Christ, and together with the false Mother, divide the childe, but a true beleever saith with the Prophet, O Lord our God▪ Other Lords besides thee have had dominion over us; 1but now by thee onely will wee make mention of thy Name. And with the true Mother hee will give the whole to God.
5 It is a receiving of Christ in health, as well as in sickness; in prosperity as well as in adversity; in youth, as well as in old age; in life, as well as in death. Most people make use of Christ, merely as a shelter against a storm for ⟨p. 186⟩their own ends (as the Athenians did of Themistocles) and when the storm is over, forsake him. Most people fly to Christ in their distress, as Joab did to the horns of the Altar, and when they can serve the Devil no longer, then they begin to think of serving of God; but a true believer will give his best days to God, as well as his worst, he desires not only to dye in Christ, but to live for Christ, he receives Christ in health, &c.