A34165:1100
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
London : s.n., 1663
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Mr. Brooks His Farewell-Sermon.Mr. Brooks His Farewel-Sermon.
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.
Leg. 6. I would leave with you, is this, Be always doing, or receiving good: Our Lord and Master went up and down in this world doing good, be was still doing good to body and soul, he was acted by an untired power; he still doing or receiving good; this will make your lives comfortable, your deaths happy; and your account glorious in the great day of the Lord. Oh how useless are many men in their generation! Oh that our lips might be as so many Honey-combs, what we might scatter knowledge!
Leg. 6. I would leave with you, is this, Be always doing, or receiving good: Our Lord and Master went up and down in this world doing good, be was still doing good to body and soul, he was acted by an untired power; he still doing or receiving good; this will make your lives comfortable, your deaths happy; and your accompt glorious in the great day of the Lord. Oh how useless are many men in their generation! Oh that our lips might be as so many Honey-combs, what we might scatter knowledge!
Leg. 7. I would leave with you, is this; Set the highest examples and patterns before your face of grace and godliness for your imitation: in the business of Faith, set an Abraham before your eyes: in the business of Courage, set a Joshua: in the business of Uprightness, set a Job; of Meekness, a Moses, &c. There is a disadvantage that redounds to Christians, by looking more backwards than forwards. Men look on whom they excel, not on those they fall short of. Of all examples set them before you that are most eminent for grace and holiness, for communion with God, and acting for God: next to Christ, set the pattern of the choicest Saints before you.
Leg. 8. Hold fast your integrity, and rather let all go, than let that go: A man had better let liberty, estate, relations, and life go, than let his integrity go; yea, let all Ordinances themselves go, when they cannot be held with the hand of integrity,