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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.
Rule 11.
Pray unto God to give thee Spiritual eyes, 1to behold thy interest in the Promises: For as it is God who makes them, so it is he only who can irradiate them, and open thy eyes to see thy right in them. It is with Promises (as I have said) as with Chapters and Sermons. A man may read a Chapter, and hear a Sermon, and taste no sweetness in them at one time, and at another time taste much sweetness in them, as God is pleased to co-operate with the reading of the one, and hearing of the other. So it is with the Promises, and therefore pray unto God to lighten thine eyes, 2that thou sleep not the sleep of death. 3Pray unto Christ to anoint ⟨p. 207⟩thine eyes with his Spiritual eye-salve. And to cause thee to hope in his word of Promise, according to that excellent prayer of David, Remember the Word unto thy Servant, 4upon which thou hast caused me to hope. It is God must cause us to hope and trust in his Promises, or else we shall never be able. God hath given thee eyes to see thy misery; 5O pray for eyes to see his mercy. The Church of Laodicea wanted eyes to see her misery. She was miserable, and naked, and knew it not. Thou hast eyes to see thy undone condition out of Christ. Pray for eyes to behold the riches of mercy that are in Christ, and his willingness to receive all that come to him.