A34165:841
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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Fifthly, The worlds peace is a fading, dying, transitory thing, it withers in the Sand, The triumphing of the wicked is but short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment, Job 20.5. Solomon doth elegantly liken it to crackling of thorns under a pot, which is but a blaze and is gone, Eccl. 7.6. so is the sinners peace, it is for a spurt and is soon gone, but the peace that Christ gives to Believers, is a durable and abiding peace. Your joy no man shall take from you, it appears in life, in death, and after death: first it is our peace in life, grace brings forth present peace. It is said of the Primitive Christians, They walked in the fear of the Lord, and in the comforts of the Holy Ghost, Act. 9.41. It is a remarkable expression, Psal. 19.11. In keeping thy Commands there is great reward: He don't say for keeping them, which respects the end of the work, but in keeping them, which looks at the work it self: My brethren, every duty done in sincerity, reflects a peace in conscience, as every flower carries its own sweetness. It is possible, I grant, a Believer may not always find and feel this peace; few do, some seldom find it, few find it always: the remains of corruption bringing forth to interrupt, or temptations to hinder, and Gods desertion may darken and hide it, and a Believer may seem to be totally lost: yet in this condition, which is the worst a child of God can be in, he hath a double peace: first, a peace in the promises, in this very condition, and what you have in Bonds and Bills you account as good as money in your pockets. Secondly, he hath it in the seed, Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart, Psal. 97.11. Grace is the seed of Peace, which Christ hath sown in the furrows of the soul, and therefore peace shall spring out of the furrows of the soul. Indeed this seed springs up sooner in some than in others, yet every Saint shall have a reaping time sooner or later, Psal. 126.6. ⟨image 101⟩