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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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3. Labour for a tender conscience. This will keep us from the least degree of A postacy. As hot water grow's cold by degrees: first it is luke-warm, before it is stark cold: So a Christian declines into Apostasy by degrees. Lots wife first lingered, and then afterwards looked back: first we slack our pace in Religion, then we stand still, and at last turn back. But now a tender conscience will keep us from the least abatement of zeal and forwardness in Religion.
3. Labour for a tender conscience. This will keep us from the least degree of A postacy. As hot water grow's cold by degrees: first it is luke-warme, before it is starke cold: So a Christian declines into Apostacy by degrees. Lots wife first lingred, and then afterwards lookt back: first we slack our pace in Religion, then we stand still, and at last turne back. But now a tender conscience will keep us from the least abatement of zeale and forwardnesse in Religion.
4. Be not high minded but fear. I speak not of a fear of diffidence and distrustfulness, but of a fear of diligence ⟨p. 24⟩and watchfulness. He that would be secure from fear, let him fear to be secure. Mr. Saunders by his fear of falling away kept himself from Apostasy: whereas Dr. Pendleton by his notorious presumption, and over-bold confidence fell away.
4. Be not high minded but feare. I speak not of a feare of diffidence and distrustfulnesse, but of a feare of diligence ⟨p. 24⟩and watchfulnesse. He that would be secure from feare, let him feare to be secure. Mr. Saunders by his feare of falling away kept himselfe from Apostacy: whereas Dr. Pendleton by his notorious presumption, and over-bold confidence fell away.