A34165:371
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
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If I be a Father, where is my fear? If I be a Master, where is my honour? If I be a Saviour, where is your confidence in me, submission to nay saving work, obedience to my healing precepts? If I be your Lord and Master, why do you not learn of me your Master, &c.
Your first Covenant engages you to proceed in fulfilling the things promised in your Covenant, &c. Better not have promised to be his people, than to promise and break this promise. The very mercies also you have received from him, pardoning your former sin, entertainment in his ⟨image 43⟩Church, and all the blessings there found, are as so many obligations to proceed.
3. Ever since we came home to Christ, we have had an addition of Reasons, besides the first Reasons we had to believe: Every day brings in new, &c. Certainly if a little were desirable, more were more desirable: If the people that stood afar off, and never tried what Christ and Grace is, were bid to come in, those that have tried and tasted are bound to proceed much more: You have the Spirit of God, experiences of his love, tasted the bitterness of sin, have had some trial of the truth of such things of which we speak, when others have eyes and see not, &c. and will you turn back that have tasted, &c.
3. Ever since we came home to Christ, we have had an addition of Reasons, besides the first Reasons we had to believe: Every day brings in new, &c. Certainly if a little were desireable, more were more desireable: If the people that stood afar off, and never tryed what Christ and Grace is, were bid to come in, those that have tryed and tasted are bound to proceed much more: You have the Spirit of God, experiences of his love, tasted the bitterness of sin, have had some tryal of the truth of such things of which we speak, when others have eyes and see not, &c. and will you turn back that have tasted, &c.