A34165:475
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.
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.
I need not go beyond the Text for Motives to stir you up to these Endeavours: For,
Motive. 1. First consider what that God is, which I would have you ⟨image 58⟩endeavour to please. He is that God which made heaven and earth, that God before whom all the world is as nothing, but as a little dust in the balance, and as a drop of water to the bucket; that God whom Angels adore and worship; that God who by a word from his mouth is able to bring the whole Universe into nothing: will you not study to please this God? But further, consider what this God is to you; He is the Fountain of your being, he is the God of all your mercies, he is your Creator and Sovereign, he is your Maker and Law-giver. It is he that by a smile can make you happy, and by a frown can make you miserable; it is he that hath Heaven and Hell at his disposal, who openeth and none can shut, who shuts and none can open. He that must judge every one of you, either to eternal blessedness, or else to eternal torments; it is he in whose hands your breath, your life, your soul, your All is; will you not endeavour to please this God? as the Prophet argueth in point of fear. Isa. 51.12. Who art thou, that art afraid of a man that shall dye, or of the Son of man that shall be made as grass, and forgettest the Lord thy maker? Oh poor Creature! who art thou that goest about to please a mortal dying man, and dost not go about to please the great God, thy Creator and Sovereign!
Motive. 1. First consider what that God is, which I would have you ⟨image 58⟩endeavour to please. He is that God which made heaven and earth, that God before whom all the world is as nothing, but as a little dust in the ballance, and as a drop of water to the bucket; that God whom Angels adore and worship; that God who by a word from his mouth is able to bring the whole Universe into nothing: will you not study to please this God? But further, consider what this God is to you; He is the Fountain of your being, he is the God of all your mercies, he is your Creatour and Sovereign, he is your Maker and Law-giver. It is he that by a smile can make you happy, and by a frown can make you miserable; it is he that hath Heaven and Hell at his disposal, who openeth and none can shut, who shuts and none can open. He that must judge every one of you, either to eternal blessedness, or else to eternal torments; it is he in whose hands your breath, your life, your soul, your All is; will you not endeavour to please this God? as the Prophet argueth in point of fear.