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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 am willing to confess, 1and with all my heart to forsake all my sins. I am willing to give glory to God in taking shame unto my self. I acknowledge my self a guilty malefactor, and judge my self worthy of the just condemnation of the righteous Judge of all the earth. And I do not only confess my sins, but with all my heart I desire to forsake them, and to turn to the Lord: Now he hath said, he will have mercy on such, and will abundantly pardon them. For his thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways, as our ways, Isa. 55. 7, 8. It is my constant endeavour to dye to sin, to live to newness of life. And this is my comfort and hope, that he who hath begun a good work in me, will perfect it. For it is he that worketh all ⟨p. 250⟩our works in us, and for us, Isa. 26. 12. and he that hath wrought in me to will, to do that which is pleasing in his sight, will work in me to do also, and that of his good pleasure, Phil, 2. 13.
I am willing to confess, 1and with all my heart to forsake all my sins. I am willing to give glory to God in taking shame unto my self. I acknowledge my self a guilty malefactor, and judge my self worthy of the just condemnation of the righteous Judge of all the earth. And I do not only confess my sins, but with all my heart I desire to forsake them, and to turn to the Lord: Now hee hath said, hee will have mercy on such, and will abundantly pardon them. For his thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his waies, as our waies, Isa. 55. 7, 8. It is my constant indeavour to dye to sin, to live to newness of life. And this is my comfort and hope, that hee who hath begun a good work in mee, will perfect it. For it is hee that worketh all ⟨p. 250⟩our works in us, and for us, Isa. 26. 12