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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 can say with the Church to Christ,1 Cant. 1. 7. O thou whom my soul loveth! (and if I know any thing at all of mine own heart) Christ is altogether lovely, and most desirable to my soul.
- 1Tenth Evidence.
I think I can truly say with David, that I have none in Heaven but thee, and there is nothing on earth that I desire besides thee, in comparison of thee, in competition with thee. Though all that is dearest to me in the world should forsake me, yet if God whom ⟨p. 246⟩I have chosen for my portion will not forsake me, I have enough. It is my desire and endeavour more and more to account all things but loss and dung, that I may win Christ. I can with Peter make my appeal to him, and say, Lord, thou who knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee, and that it is the desire of my soul to love thee more, and to love thee for thy self, because thou art holy, and good, and gracious, and the chiefest amongst ten thousand; Yea God in Christ alone, is worthy to be beloved, and it is my highest privilege that he will give me leave to love him, who only can satisfy my soul, and redeem it from death eternal, who hath justified me by his blood, and sanctified me by his Spirit, whom therefore I love with all my heart, and all my soul, and all my might, and all my strength. Finding therefore, that God hath drawn out my heart to love him, and make choice of him alone, I from hence gather ⟨p. 247⟩and ground my hope, that God loveth me, according to that Scripture, 1 Joh. 4. 19. We love him, because he first loved us.