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The godly mans ark or, City of refuge, in the day of his distress.…The godly mans ark or, City of refuge, in the day of his distresse.…
The godly mans ark or, City of refuge, in the day of his distress. Discovered in divers sermons, the first of which was preached at the funeral of Mistress Elizabeth Moore. The other four were afterwards preached, and are all of them now made public, for the supportation and consolation of the saints of God in the hour of tribulation. Hereunto are annexed Mris. Moors evidences for Heaven, composed and collected by her in the time of her health, for her comfort in the time of sickness. / By Ed. Calamy, B.D. and pastor of the church at Aldermanbury.The godly mans ark or, City of refuge, in the day of his distresse. Discovered in divers sermons, the first of which was preached at the funerall of Mistresse Elizabeth Moore. The other four were afterwards preached, and are all of them now made publick, for the supportation and consolation of the saints of God in the hour of tribulation. Hereunto are annexed Mris. Moores evidences for Heaven, composed and collected by her in the time of her health, for her comfort in the time of sickness. / By Ed. Calamy, B.D. and pastor of the church at Aldermanbury.
London: printed for Jo. Hancock (brother to the late deceased Eliz. Moore) to be sold, 1657
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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.
There are many know not how to use the Word, so as to be comforted by it. As the woman of Samaria told Christ, Joh. 4. 11. The well is deep, and thou hast nothing to draw with. So may I say; The word of God is a deep well, 1it is a well of salvation, but it is deep, and the deeper, the sweeter, but most people want buckets to draw with; they want a spiritual Art to fetch out of these wells of salvation, divine supportation and consolation; and therefore to help you in this great work you must know,
There are many know not how to use the Word, so as to bee comforted by it. As the woman of Samaria told Christ, Joh. 4. 11. The well is deep, and thou hast nothing to draw with. So may I say; The word of God is a deep well, 1it is a well of salvation, but it is deep, and the deeper, the sweeter, but most people want buckets to draw with; they want a spiritual Art to fetch out of these wells of salvation, divine supportation and consolation; and therefore to help you in this great work you must know,
- 1Isa. 4.
That the word of God may be divided into three parts; Into Commandments, 1Threatenings, and Promises: And though a Christian must not neglect the commanding, and threatening word, yet if ever he would make the word a channel of divine comfort, ⟨p. 106⟩he must study the promising word, for the promises are a Christians magna charta for Heaven. All comfort must be built upon a Scripture promise, else it is presumption, not true comfort. The promises are pabulum fidei, & anima fidei, the food of faith, and the soul of faith. As faith is the life of a Christian, so the promises are the life of Faith: Faith is a dead Faith, if it hath no promise to quicken it; As the Promises are of no use without Faith to apply them, so Faith is of no use without a promise to lay hold on. And the great reason why the people of God walk uncomfortably in their afflictions, is, because they do not chew the promises; they are rare cordials, but as a man cannot taste the sweetness of a cordial, unless he chew it, no more can we receive any spiritual refreshment from the promises, unless we meditate on them. The promises are as a Mine full of rich treasure, but as Mines, unless we dig deep into