A34165:793
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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5. While you stand by God, God hath promised to stand by you; and the truth is, I have but one God, it is no great matter for all the tiles in Worms: There be a thousand Devils, but all those Devils are in one chain, and the end of that chain is in the hand of one God: Oh! God will show himself strong, 2 Cor. 1.6▪ 9. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them, whose heart is perfect towards him.
5. While you stand by God, God hath promised to stand by you; and the truth is, I have but one God, it is no great matter for all the tiles in Worms: There be a thousand Devils, but all those Devils are in one chain, and the end of that chain is in the hand of one God: Oh! God will shew himself strong, 2 Cor. 1.6▪ 9. For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them, whose heart is perfect towards him.
Quest. But what shall I do to stand?
Answ. 1. If ever you would stand, if ever you would be firm standing Christians indeed, take heed you be not light and proud Christians; a feather will never stand against a whirl wind; error and profaneness are most apt to breed in proud hearts. The Proud and Blasphemers are put together; (2 Tim 2.2.) Be but humble Christians, that's the way to be standing ⟨image 93⟩ready Christians; if ever you would be steady in your stations, you must below in your own eyes, do not you go and judge. And now, we shall have another kind of Religion come up, as we have had it a great while, such a man cannot be an honest man, alas, he is a Presbyterian, he is an Independent, he is an Anabaptist, &c. Now, all your great business will be, such a man cannot be good, an honest man, for he doth not Conform; on the other side, he cannot be an honest man, for he doth Conform. These are poor things; I bless God, I lay not the stress of my salvation upon on these: It is true, I cannot in conscience conform, but I do not lay the stress of Salvation on it, as I did not lay the stress of my Salvation on my being a Presbyterian; I confess I am so, and have been, it hath been my unhappiness to be always on the sinking side, yet I lay not the stress of my Salvation upon it. It is my Conscience, but it may be I have not so much light as another man, and I profess in the presence of God, could I conform without sin to my own Conscience, I would; if I should do any thing against my conscience, I should sin and break my peace, and conscience, and all, and never see good day: do not then spend the strength of your zeal for your Religion in censuring others. That man that is most busy in censuring others, is always least employed in examining himself. Remember good John Bradford, he would not censure Bonner, nor Gardner, but saith he, they called Jo. Bradford, the hypocritical Jo. Bradford, &c. I do not speak this, as though I can or did in Conscience approve of those things, for which I must suffer, that I cannot approve of them, but take off people from those things, that are so far from the foundation: look you but to the main things, look into your own hearts, examine them, and then you need not be much persuaded to look about to others.