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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 keep them from sin; This made him send an Angel of Satan to buffet Paul, lest he should be lifted up in pride, and exalted above measure, 2 Cor. 12. 7.
1 To keep them from sin; This made him send an Angel of Satan to buffet Paul, lest hee should bee lifted up in pride, and exalted above measure, 2 Cor. 12. 7.
2 When they have sinned to bring them to repentance for it, and from it. God brings his children low, not to trample upon them, but to make them ⟨p. 14⟩low in their own eyes, and to humble them for sin, Deut. 8. 2. God brings them into the deep waters, not to drown them, but to wash and cleanse them, Isa. 27. 9. By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged, and this is all the fruit, to take away sin, &c. Afflictions (when sanctified) are divine Hammers, to break, and as Moses his Rod, to cleave our rocky hearts in pieces.
2 When they have sinned to bring them to repentance for it, and from it. God brings his children low, not to trample upon them, but to make them ⟨p. 14⟩low in their own eyes, and to humble them for sin, Deut. 8. 2. God brings them into the deep waters, not to drown them, but to wash and cleanse them, Isa. 27. 9. By this shall the iniquity of Iacob bee purged, and this is all the fruit, to take away sin, &c. Afflictions (when sanctified) are divine Hammers, to break, and as Moses his Rod, to cleave our rocky hearts in peeces.