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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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2 A Comforting Power. They are able to comfort us in the worst of days, and dangers. O how precious is a Promise to a distressed Christian, in the hour of extremity! The Sun is not more comfortable to a man in a dark dungeon, or food to a man ready to starve, or water to a man ready to die for thirst. The Promises of God are always precious, but never more precious than in times of misery and calamity; and therefore let us in such times especially meditate upon the preciousness of them.
2 A Comforting Power. They are able to comfort us in the worst of daies, and dangers. O how precious is a Promise to a distressed Christian, in the hour of extreamity! The Sun is not more comfortable to a man in a dark dungeon, or food to a man ready to starve, or water to a man ready to die for thirst. The Promises of God are alwaies precious, but never more precious than in times of misery and calamity; and therefore let us in such times especially meditate upon the preciousness of them.
3 You must meditate upon the Freeness of the Promises. The Promises 1are the outward discoveries of Gods eternal love to his people. Now nothing moved God to enter into Covenant with them, and to engage himself to them by Promise; and thereby ⟨p. 139⟩to become their debtor, but his free love and mercy; and therefore they are said to be given us of God, 2 Pet. 1. 4. whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious Promises. God promiseth in his Word, not only to love us, but to love us freely, Hos. 14. 4. I will heal their backsliding, and love them freely. The reason why God makes us his people, is not from any worth in us, but only because it pleaseth him so to do,