A34165:923
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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The first and chief Jewel that did beautify & adorn this our Brother, was his sincerity and uprightness in heart; which indeed is not a single Grace, but the soul of all Grace, and the interlineary that must run through all Grace; what is faith if it be not unfeigned? what will love to God profit you if it be not without dissimulation? what is repentance worth if it be not in truth? as the body without the soul is a rotten carcass, so is all grace without sincerity; this is the soul of all grace, this is the girdle of truth. Sincerity is that which girts all our spiritual armour together, and makes them useful: what advantage is it to have the breastplate of Righteousness, the shield of Faith, the helmet of Hope, if they be but painted things? it is the girdle of sincerity that makes all the other parts of our armour useful. Now this excellent grace of sincerity was eminent in our dear Brother; he was a true Nathaniel in whom there was no guile; I mean no allowed hypocrisy, this was that which carried ⟨image 109⟩him through the pangs of death with a great deal of comfort; for he was able to say with Hezekiah, Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart. He could say with Paul, this is my rejoicing, the testimony of my conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, I have had my conversation in this world.
The first and chief Jewel that did beautifie & adorn this our Brother, was his sincerity and uprightness in heart; which indeed is not a single Grace, but the soul of all Grace, and the interlineary that must run through all Grace; what is faith if it be not unfeigned? what will love to God profit you if it be not without dissimulation? what is repentance worth if it be not in truth? as the body without the soul is a rotten carkass, so is all grace without sincerity; this is the soul of all grace, this is the girdle of truth. Sincerity is that which girts all our spiritual armor together, and makes them useful: what advantage is it to have the breastplate of Righteousness, the shield of Faith, the helmet of Hope, if they be but painted things? it is the girdle of sincerity that makes all the other parts of our armor useful. Now this excellent grace of sincerity was eminent in our dear Brother; he was a true Nathaniel in whom there was no guile; I mean no allowed hypocrisie, this was that which carried ⟨image 109⟩him through the pangs of death with a great deal of comfort; for he was able to say with Hezekiah, Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before thee in truth, and with a perfect heart. He could say with Paul, this is my rejoycing, the testimony of my conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, I have had my conversation in this world.