A34165:395
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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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.
4. He is one that can exercise various graces without setting one against another, destroying or contradicting one another: He can do many works, believe many truths, perform many duties at once. He can rejoice & sorrow at once, and make his sorrow a help to his joy, and his joy a help to his sorrow, & so exercise both in that nature as will not directly hinder or weaken one another. He can tell how in such a time as we are in to rejoice, yet to be humble, to be cast down at Gods feet in the sense of the sins we have committed, and of Gods displeasure, &c. ⟨image 46⟩yet to rejoice in the mercies we have and do expect to possess. He doth not look all upon sin, all upon affliction, or all upon mercy, but can eye every thing, and give every thing its part: can exercise graces methodically, give Truths & Providences their proper place in his meditations and affections: and this makes his life orderly, beautiful, regular, and useful; whereas a weak Christian, let him set himself against one temptation, he is taken in another; if he humble himself in soul, he can do nothing but humble, weep, grieve, fear, and be ready to cast away all comfort, all sense of the love of God: if he set himself to the consideration of the grace of Christ, he is apt to forget humiliation, and to be puffed up with spiritual pride, &c. Thus he hath not skill, strength, and ability to carry on all the whole work of Grace together.
4. He is one that can exercise various graces without setting one against another, destroying or contradicting one another: He can do many works, believe many truths, perform many duties at once. He can rejoyce & sorrow at once, and make his sorrow a help to his joy, and his joy a help to his sorrow, & so exercise both in that nature as will not directly hinder or weaken one another. He can tell how in such a time as we are in to rejoyce, yet to be humble, to be cast down at Gods feet in the sense of the sins we have committed, and of Gods displeasure, &c. ⟨image 46⟩yet to rejoyce in the mercies we have and do expect to possess. He doth not look all upon sin, all upon affliction, or all upon mercy, but can eye every thing, and give every thing its part: can exercise graces methodically, give Truths & Providences their proper place in his meditations and affections: and this makes his life orderly, beautiful, regular, and useful; whereas a weak Christian, let him set himself against one temptation, he is taken in another; if he humble himself in soul, he can do nothing but humble, weep, grieve, fear, and be ready to cast away all comfort, all sence of the love of God: if he set himself to the consideration of the grace of Christ, he is apt to forget humiliation, and to be puffed up with spiritual pride, &c. Thus he hath not skill, strength, and ability to carry on all the whole work of Grace together.