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…

Sixthly, My Direction in the sixth place, shall be concerning the Times we live in; and I shall tell you how you ought to behave your selves, in two particulars.

First, Blame thy self most, that the Times are so bad; there is a general complaint about the sadness of the Times, but no particular; every one puts the cause away from him, and instead of accusing themselves, are always accusing others: Ahab he said to Elisha, thou art he that troubled Israel; Elisha said unto Ahab, Thou art be that troubled Israel; Adam said to God, The woman which thou gavest me, did give to me, and I did eat: the Woman she said, the Serpent beguiled he•: Thus do we put it off from our selves to others. No man saith with Jonah, E•• my fake is this come upon you, I am the cause of all this; no man saith, what have I done? Would you have the Times mend? Oh, then every soul of you condemn your selves, and amend your ways; the Times would not be so bad, if we were not so bad: would you have the effect cease, then seek to remove the cause. But then Secondly, Pray not so much for better Times, as for better Hearts; for had you never-so-good Times, and not good Hearts, your blessings would be cursings; good Times without good Hearts, will but fatten you the sooner to the slaughter.

First, Blame thy self most, that the Times are so bad; there is a general complaint about the sadness of the Times, but no particular; every one puts the cause away from him, and instead of accusing themselves, are alwayes accusing others: Ahab he said to Elisha, thou art he that troubled Israel; Elisha said unto Ahab, Thou art be that troubled Israel; Adam said to God, The woman which thou gavest me, did give to me, and I did eat: the Woman she said, the Se•pent beguiled he•: Thus do we put it off from our selves to others. No man saith with Jonas, E•• my fake is this come upon you, I am the cause of all this; no man saith, what have I done? Would you have the Times mend? Oh, then every soul of you condemn your selves, and amend your wayes; the Times would not be so bad, if we were not so bad: would you have the effect cease, then seek to remove the cause. But then Secondly, Pray not so much for better Times, as for better Hearts; for had you never-so-good Times, and not good Hearts, your blessings would be cursings; good Times without good Hearts, will but fatten you the sooner to the slaughter.