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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.
Fourthly, We are bound by the bond of Sanctification. For this is the end of our sanctification, That we might have grace to serve him so as to please him, Heb. 12. 28. Quot gratiae, tot ora, so many graces as God hath planted in thee, so many mouths to call upon thee to serve God. For who goes to warfare at his own charge? saith the Apostle,1 Who planteth a Vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock? If God hath planted the graces of his Spirit in thy soul, he looks to reap the fruit of his own plantation and husbandry by thy holy serving of God.
Fourthly, We are bound by the bond of Sanctification. For this is the end of our sanctification, That we might have grace to serve him so as to please him, Heb. 12. 28. Quot gratiae, tot ora, so many graces as God hath planted in thee, so many mouthes to call upon thee to serve God. For who goes to warfare at his owne charge? saith the Apostle,1 Who planteth a Vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof? Who feedeth a flock and eateth not of the milk of the flock? If God hath planted the graces of his Spirit in thy soule, he lookes to reape the fruit of his own plantation and husbandry by thy holy serving of God.
Fifthly, We are bound by the bond of Gratitude. Quot beneficia, tot ora, so many mercies as we have received from God, so many mouths to call upon us to serve God. For every mercy is as a needle, saith S. Austin, to sow God and Man together. Man and God are separated by disobedience, but mercy is as a needle to sow God and Man together