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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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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 ⟨p. 107⟩them, we can never get the gold and silver hid in them: no more can we enjoy the soul-ravishing comfort, of the promises, unless we dig into them by a serious consideration of them. They are as a garden full of rare flowers, able to sweeten any condition. But because we do not walk in this garden, and pick out these flowers; hence it is that we live so disconsolately and dejectedly under our afflictions. There are many rare stories declaring the comfort that some of Gods Saints have received from the promises in the day of their distress. Mr. Bilney that blessed Martyr was much wounded in conscience, by reason of the great sin he committed, in subscribing to the Popish errors, but he was much comforted by reading those words, 1 Tim, 1. 15. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, of which I am the chief. Beza was supported under his troubles, by the words of Christ, ⟨p. 108⟩