A34165:1166
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. Collins his Farewell-Sermon.Mr. Collins 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.
Rule 5. Arm your selves with Resolutions to suffer for the faith of the Gospel, and for the ways of Jesus Christ; As you should love the truth above your lives, so labour to be made willing to part with Life, Estate, Liberty, any thing for to keep the ways of Jesus Christ. It is not the honour of the Gospel of Christ to hear Christians to break out into murmurings, passions, discontents, contentions that are ⟨image 143⟩carnal and sinful; your work is, humbly, meekly, and patiently to lie under the hand of God, and under the hand of man too; that becomes Christians. Suffering is that that will restore the glory of Religion, that will keep the truth delivered to you, that will honour the Cause of Christ best of all: follow the example of blessed Paul: his his expression is worthy of consideration, 2 Tim. 2.9. he gives a charge of keeping and propagating one of the most glorious truths, (that Jesus Christ was risen from the dead) yet a thing that is farthest off from sense and reason, (wherein I suffer trouble:) Mark, Paul does not say, wherein I make trouble; no, but wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, unto bonds, but the Word of God is not bound. If this blessed and glorious Apostle would have had the faith of God bound, and have contented himself with sinful silence, and not propagated the Gospel, Paul might have been free; but Paul would not have the Word of God bound, therefore Paul would suffer for it. Shall we go higher a great deal than this? You have the glorious commendation of the Lord Jesus Christ upon this account, that he gave a free and full account of the Doctrine of his Father, and of his glorious person, before Pontius Pilate, a bloody Persecutor. It was not by saying to his Disciples Fight; nor by saying, My Kingdom is not of this World: but he gave a glorious confession before the face of Pilate, of the righteousness of his Truth, Doctrine, Gospel, and of his Person. Fear to ensnare the freedom of the Truth, with your own Liberty; do not ensnare it to your own lusts, nor to the will of any man. Oh! that we could study, and improve these Scriptures more! it would make us fear God more, and man less. This is that that would make us to say, as holy David did, Psal. 119.161. Princes have persecuted me without a cause, but my heart standeth in awe of thy word: