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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
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.
1 To know God, And this is life Eternal to know him, Joh. 17. 3. It is said of Manasseh, a Chron. 33. 13. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God. Then, when he was caught among the thorns, bound with setters, and carried to Babylon; before that time he knew not the Lord: Afflictions teach us to know God, not only in his power and greatness, in his anger, and hatred against sin, but also in his ⟨p. 10⟩goodness and mercy; For God doth so sweeten the bitter cup of affliction, that a child of God doth many times taste more of Gods love in one months affliction, than in many years of prosperity, 2 Cor. 1. 4, 5. 2 Cor. 7. 4. Add to this. Afflictions teach us to know God Experimentally and affectionatively, not cerebraliter (as Calvin saith) but cordialiter, so to know him, as to love and fear him, and to fly unto him as our rock and hiding-place in the day of our distress. It is said, Cant. 3. 1. By night I sought him whom my soul loveth, &c. Some by the word Night, understand the night of divine desertion, and from the words Gilbertus hath this saying, Qui quaerit in nocte, non quaerit ut videat, sed ut amplectatur; Hee that seeks after God in the night of adversity, doth not seek to see him, and know him formally and superficially, but to embrace him, and to love him really and cordially: And therefore the Church never left till she had found Christ, and ⟨p. 11⟩when she had found him, she held him and would not let him go, Cant. 3. 2, 3, 4.
1 To know God, And this is life Eternal to know him, Joh. 17. 3. It is said of Manasseh, a Chron. 33. 13. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord hee was God. Then, when hee was caught among the thorns, bound with setters, and carried to Babylon; before that time hee knew not the Lord: Afflictions teach us to know God, not only in his power and greatness, in his anger, and hatred against sin, but also in his