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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.
6 It is a receiving of Christ, not only for an hour, or a day, or a year, but for ever. True Faith marries the soul to Christ, never to part. Once a member of Christ, for ever a member.
Now there is no child of God of what size soever (though he be but as a toe in Christs body) who cannot truly say, that he is willing to receive Jesus Christ with all these Properties, to receive all Christ, with all his appurtenances, and to receive him only in every room, in health, and for ⟨p. 187⟩ever. And therefore let not the Devil, or thy mis-giving heart, or thy melancholic-fancy, keep thee off from believing that Christ Jesus is thy portion, and that thou hast an interest in the main and fundamental Promise, and by that, in all the other. Do to Christ, as the Shunamitish woman did to the Prophet,1 lay fast hold on him; and suffer not the Devil to cause thee to let go thy hold. Oh that there might be this day a blessed and happy Marriage between Jesus Christ, and every distressed Christian.
Now there is no childe of God of what size soever (though hee bee but as a toe in Christs body) who cannot truly say, that hee is willing to receive Iesus Christ with all these Properties, to receive all Christ, with all his appurtenances, and to receive him only in every room, in health, and for ⟨p. 187⟩ever. And therefore let not the Devil, or thy mis-giving heart, or thy melancolick-phancy, keep thee off from beleeving that Christ Iesus is thy portion, and that thou hast an interest in the main and fundamental Promise, and by that, in all the other. Do to Christ, as the Shunamitish woman did to the Prophet,1 lay fast hold on him; and suffer not the Devil to cause thee to let go thy hold. Oh that there might bee this day a blessed and happy Marriage between Jesus Christ, and every distressed Christian.