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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.
Nay, I must add, That God is not only a long time performing his promises, but sometimes instead of performing them, he seems to the eye of flesh and blood to walk contrary to them. Sometimes the Providences of God run cross to his Promises. God promised to make David King; instead of this, he is persecuted by Saul, as a Partridge upon the mountains, he is driven to that extremity that he begins to doubt of Gods promise, and to say, That one day he should dye by the hand of Saul. God promised to Joseph, 1That the Sun, Moon, and Stars should worship him, and that his sheaf should be lifted up above the sheaf of his brethren. But he ⟨p. 216⟩finds the quite contrary, his brethren seek to slay him, sell him into Egypt, and there he is put in prison as one quite forsaken of God. But yet notwithstanding all this, you must know, That though the way of God, in performing his promises, be very mysterious and secret, yet he will at last perform every [Greek or Hebrew] and tittle of them. Thus David was at last made King of Israel, and Joseph Lord of Egypt, and his brethren came all to worship him.
Nay, I must adde, That God is not onely a long time performing his promises, but sometimes instead of performing them, hee seems to the eye of flesh and blood to walk contrary to them. Sometimes the Providences of God run cross to his Promises. God promised to make David King; instead of this, hee is persecuted by Saul, as a Partridge upon the mountains, hee is driven to that extremity that hee begins to doubt of Gods promise, and to say, That one day hee should dye by the hand of Saul. God promised to Ioseph, 1That the Sun, Moon, and Stars should worship him, and that his sheaf should bee lifted up above the sheaf of his brethren. But hee ⟨p. 216⟩findes the quite contrary, his brethren seek to slay him, sell him into Egypt, and there hee is put in prison as one quite forsaken of God. But yet notwithstanding all this, you must know, That though the way of God, in performing his promises, bee very mysterious and secret, yet hee will at last perform every 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and tittle of them. Thus David was at last made King of Israel, and Ioseph Lord of Egypt, and his brethren came all to worship him.