A34165:514
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.
1. A description of God, to whom he addresses this Prayer. 2. The substance of the Prayer it self.
The Description of God, that he amplifies by these two things: 1. From the Attributes and Qualities of God, (if I may so express it) Now (saith he) the God of Peace. 2. From the effects of his power and love; That brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the Sheep. ⟨image 61⟩And these Titles, they are not here set down by the Apostle to adorn his discourse, merely as an ornament, but they have all a peculiar efficacy, as to the obtaining of the request which here he makes for them.
The Description of God, that he amplifies by these two things: 1. From the Attributes and Qualities of God, (if I may so express it) Now (saith he) the God of Peace. 2. From the effects of his power and love; That brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the Sheep. ⟨image 61⟩And these Titles, they are not here set down by the Apostle to adorn his discourse, meerly as an ornament, but they have all a peculiar efficacy, as to the obtaining of the request which here he makes for them.
I shall begin with the first, the Description of God from that Attribute. (Now the God of Peace) the Title that is used in the Old Testament frequently is this, (The Lord of Hosts) but in the New he is called, The God of peace. There were darker representations of the mercy and love of God than, the more full discoveries of his grace were reserved till the coming of Christ. Their discoveries under the Old Testament were but as the Day-star, which ushered in the Sun of Righteousness. Now this title of the God of Peace imparts two things.