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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.
5 Absolute Promises are mighty helps to wounded consciences, and rare Cordials for fainting and despairing Christians. When thou art in the dark, and seest no light, fly from ⟨p. 198⟩the conditional Promises, to the absolute, say, Lord, thou hast not only promised to give pardon to those who repent, but thou hast exalted Christ for to give repentance. Thou hast not only promised to justify those who believe, but to give grace to believe. Lord fulfil thine own promise unto thy servant, &c.
5 Absolute Promises are mighty helps to wounded consciences, and rare Cordials for fainting and despairing Christians. When thou art in the dark, and seest no light, flye from ⟨p. 198⟩the conditional Promises, to the absolute, say, Lord, thou hast not onely promised to give pardon to those who repent, but thou hast exalted Christ for to give repentance. Thou hast not onely promised to justifie those who beleeve, but to give grace to beleeve. Lord fulfill thine own promise unto thy servant, &c.
Object. All my fear is that these absolute Promises, do not belong to me.
Object. All my fear is that these absolute Promises, do not belong to mee.
Answ. Take heed of making desperate conclusions against thy self. Say as the King of Nineveh, Who knoweth but God may turn, and have mercy? Exclude not thy self; Neither man, nor Angel can say thou art excluded. No man ought to believe himself to be a Reprobate (as I have showed) these promises belong to all that can lay hold on them as they are tendered. As the brazen Serpent belonged to all those who were able to look upon it; so do these Promises to all that can by