A34165:667
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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1. The troubles that the Righteous man meets with, they turn to good, and so it is well with him; that is a most famous Scripture in Jer. 24.5. Whom I have sent out of this place unto the land of the Ghaldeans for their good. Gods own Israel were transported into Babylon among their enemies: but it is for their good, saith the Lord. The troubles of the Righteous are a means to purge out their sin. I have read a story of one who running at another with a sword to kill him, by accident his sword run into an Imposthume and broke the Imposthume; thus all the evils and troubles of the Righteous serve but to cure them of the Imposthume of pride, to make them more humble; when that the body of a Saint is afflicted, his soul, that revives and flourishes in Grace.
At Rome there was two Laurel-trees, and when one withered, the other did flourish: so when the body is afflicted, yet the soul that Laurel, doth revive and flourish.
God doth distil our of the bitterest drink his Glory and our Salvation, saith Jerome, that, that the world looks on as a punishment, God makes a medicine to heal the sore; why then it shall be well with the Righteous. The rod of God upon a Saint, is but only Gods pencil whereby he draweth his Image more lively on the soul. God never strikes the strings of his Viol but to make the Music sweet. Then it is well with the Righteous.
God doth distil our of the bitterest drink his Glory and our Salvation, saith Jerome, that, that the world looks on as a punishment, God makes a medicine to heal the sore; why then it shall be well with the Righteous. The rod of God upon a Saint, is but only Gods pencil whereby he draweth his Image more lively on the soul. God never strikes the strings of his Viol but to make the Musick sweet. Then it is well with the Righteous.