A31997:87
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
Sermon 1: The Godly mans Ark; OR, City of Refuge in the day of his Distresses. SERMON I.
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.
The first is this:
Doct. 1. That the best of Gods Saints are in this life subject to many great and tedious Afflictions.
David was a man after Gods own heart, and yet he was a man made up of troubles of all sorts and sizes, insomuch as he professeth of himself, Psal. 69. 1, 2, 3. Save me, O God, for the waters are come in unto my soul, I sink in deep mire where there is no standing, I am come into deep waters, where the floods over-flow me; I am weary of my crying, my throat is dried, mine eyes ⟨p. 7⟩fail while I wait for my God. And in this Text he professeth that his afflictions were so great, that he must necessarily have perished under them, had he not been sustained by the powerful comforts he fetched out of the word. There is an emphasis in the word Then, I should then have perished: that is, long before this time; then, when I was afflicted, then I should have perished. Junius and Tremelius translate it, Jam diu periissem, &c. I should long ago have perished. Job was a man eminent for godliness, and yet as eminent for afflictions. Nay jesus Christ himself was a man of sorrows, Isa. 53. 3. Insomuch as that it is truly said, God had one Son without sin, but no Son without sorrow.
David was a man after Gods own heart, and yet hee was a man made up of troubles of all sorts and sizes, insomuch as hee professeth of himself, Psal. 69. 1, 2, 3. Save mee, O God, for the waters are come in unto my soul, I sink in deep mire where there is no standing, I am come into deep waters, where the flouds over-flow mee; I am weary of my crying, my throat is dryed, mine eyes