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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.
I knew a very godly woman (not unknown to many here) who in her life time had taken a great deal of pains to compose, and write down her evidences ⟨p. 212⟩for heaven, and who also kept a Diary of her life, and wrote down how she spent every day; when she lay upon her death-bed, it pleased God to with-draw himself from her for a while, and to let the Devil loose, who tempted her to despair, told her she was an Hypocrite, a Formalist, and that she had no true grace in her. She sent for me, made her bitter complaint to me, and sadly bewailed her condition. Then she told me (which before I knew not) how she had spent her life, how careful she had been in searching her ways, in observing how she spent every day, and how exact in collecting Evidences for Heaven, the book was sent for, I read a great part of it to her, and took much delight and content in what I read. And it pleased God to come to her with comfort in the reading of it. She showed her Staff, and her Bracelets, and thereby quenched the fiery darts of the Devil.
I knew a very godly woman (not unknown to many here) who in her life time had taken a great deal of pains to compose, and write down her evidences ⟨p. 212⟩for heaven, and who also kept a Diary of her life, and wrote down how shee spent every day; when shee lay upon her death-bed, it pleased God to with-draw himself from her for a while, and to let the Devil loose, who tempted her to despair, told her shee was an Hypocrite, a Formalist, and that shee had no true grace in her. Shee sent for mee, made her bitter complaint to mee, and sadly bewayled her condition. Then shee told mee (which before I knew not) how shee had spent her life, how carefull shee had been in searching her wayes, in observing how shee spent every day, and how exact in collecting Evidences for Heaven, the book was sent for, I read a great part of it to her, and tooke much delight and content in what I read. And it pleased God to come to her with comfort in the reading of it. Shee shewed her Staffe, and her Bracelets, and thereby quenched the fiery darts of the Devil.