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A pattern for all, especially for noble and honourable persons, to teach them how…A patterne for all, especially for noble and honourable persons, to teach them how…
A pattern for all, especially for noble and honourable persons, to teach them how to die nobly and honourably. Delivered in a sermon preached at the solemn interment of the corps of the Right Honourable Robert Earle of Warwick. Who aged 70 years 11. months, died April 19. And was honourably buried, May 1. 1658. at Felsted in Essex. By Edmund Calamy B.D. and pastor of the church at Aldermanbury.A patterne for all, especially for noble and honourable persons, to teach them how to die nobly and honourably. Delivered in a sermon preached at the solemne interment of the corps of the Right Honourable Robert Earle of Warwick. Who aged 70 years 11. months, died April 19. And was honorably buried, May 1. 1658. at Felsted in Essex. By Edmund Calamy B.D. and pastor of the church at Aldermanbury.
London: printed for Edward Brewster, 1658
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A SERMON Preached at the Funeral OF THE Right Honourable ROBERT EAR… › Doctrine 4: Doctrine 4.
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11. We do not say, it is simply and absolutely impossible for a Saint not to persevere. (For if you consider the Saints as they are in themselves, and the mightiness and multitude of their spiritual enemies, it is impossible for them not to fall away) But we say it is impossible upon supposition. Considering the unchangeable nature of God, and the unchangeable decree and purpose of God, and the unchangeable 2Covenant, promises and Oath of God, in this respect we say it is impossible.
11. We do not say, it is simply and absolutely impossible for a Saint not to persevere. (For if you consider the Saints as they are in themselves, and the mightinesse and multitude of their spiritual enemies, it is impossible for them not to fall away) But we say it is impossible upon supposition. Considering the unchangeable nature of God, and the unchangeable decree and purpose of God, and the unchangeable 2Covenant, promises and Oath of God, in this respect we say it is impossible.
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2. Scripture exhortations are divine motives and means to persuade and enable the Saints to persevere, and they are so far from interfering with, or nullifying of the promises of faith and perseverance, that they are (many of ⟨p. 23⟩them) built and grounded upon them. Phil. 2. 12, 13.