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The noble-mans pattern of true and real thankfulness presented in a sermon preached before…The noble-mans patterne of true and reall thankfulnesse presented in a sermon preached before…
The noble-mans pattern of true and real thankfulness presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, at their late solemn day of Thanksgiving, June 15, 1643 : for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate and bloody design tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament and of the famous city of London / by Edmund Calamy ...The noble-mans patterne of true and reall thankfulnesse presented in a sermon preached before the Right Honourable House of Lords, at their late solemne day of Thanksgiving, June 15, 1643 : for the discovery of a dangerous, desperate and bloody designe tending to the utter subversion of the Parliament and of the famous city of London / by Edmund Calamy ...
London: printed by G.M. for Christopher Meredith, 1643
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.
But the fault is never in the service, which is so brim-full of such rare and ravishing comforts, that Bernard relates this Story of himself, That sometimes when he went to his prayers he found himself dull and heavy, but after he had ⟨p. 38⟩struggled a little with his dullness, all on a sudden, he was visited with the visitation of the Almighty, Beatum me praedicarem, &c. I should account my self happy (saith he) if these visitations would always last, Sed rara hora, brevis mora, oh si duraret! But, ô but it continueth but for a while! And St. Austin relates this Story of himself, That upon a time when he and his Mother Monica were discoursing together about the joys of Heaven, and the comforts of Gods Spirit, they were so filled with joy that Austin useth these words, Lord thou knowest in that day, Quam mundus eviluit cum omnibus suis delectationibus, &c. How vildly we did esteem of the world with all his delights. The comforts of the world are not worthy to be named that day that we speak of these comforts. Oh let the comfortableness of this service oblige you from hence-forth to serve God better then ever yet you have done.
But the fault is never in the service, which is so brim-full of such rare and ravishing comforts, that Bernard relates this Story of himselfe, That someties when he went to his prayers he found himselfe dull and heavy, but after he had ⟨p. 38⟩strugled a little with his dullnesse, all on a suddaine, he was visited with the visitation of the Almighty, Beatum me praedicarem, &c. I should account my selfe happy (saith he) if these visitations would alwayes last, Sed rara hora, brevis mora, oh si duraret! But, ô but it continueth but for a while! And St. Austin relates this Story of himselfe, That upon a time when he and his Mother Monica were discoursing together about the joyes of Heaven, and the comforts of Gods Spirit, they were so filled with joy that Austin useth these words, Lord thou knowest in that day, Quam mundus eviluit cum omnibus suis delectationibus, &c. How vildly we did esteeme of the world with all his delights. The comforts of the world are not worthy to be named that day that we speake of these comforts. Oh let the comfortablenesse of this service oblige you from hence-forth to serve God better then ever yet you have done.