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A Christians duty and safety in evil times Delivered in several sermons, upon four…A Christians duty and safety in evill times Delivered in severall sermons, upon four…
A Christians duty and safety in evil times Delivered in several sermons, upon four texts of scripture, viz. Christ's prayer the saints support, on John 17 15[.] A divine balance to weigh all doctrines by, on 1 Thes.5. 21[.] A Christians great enquiry, on Acts 16.30, 31[.] A description of true blessedness, on Luke 11. 28[.] By that faithful messenger of Jesus Christ, Mr Christopher Love, late minister of Laurence-jury, London. Whereunto is annexed The saints rest, or Their happy sleep in death. As it was delivered in a sermon at Aldermanbury, London. Aug. 24. 1651. By Edmund Calalmy. B. D.A Christians duty and safety in evill times Delivered in severall sermons, upon four texts of scripture, viz. Christ's prayer the saints support, on Iohn 17 15[.] A divine ballance to weigh all doctrines by, on 1 Thes.5. 21[.] A Christians great enquiry, on Acts 16.30, 31[.] A description of true blessedness, on Luke 11. 28[.] By that faithfull messenger of Jesus Christ, Mr Christopher Love, late minister of Laurence-jury, London. Whereunto is annexed The saints rest, or Their happy sleep in death. As it was delivered in a sermon at Aldermanbury, London. Aug. 24. 1651. By Edmund Calalmy. B. D.
London: printed for E. Brewster and George Sawbridge, 1653
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A DESCRIPTION OF True Blessedness.A DESCRIPTION OF True Blessednesse.
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Now this being so, I shall in the next place give some Demonstrations that we are in danger to have the kingdom of God, the Gospel of Jesus Christ removed from us, therefore let us not be secure, for there is great danger the Gospel shall be removed, if not from the Nation, yet from particular places.
Now this beeing so, I shall in the next place give some Demonstrations that wee are in danger to have the kingdom of God, the Gospel of Jesus Christ removed from us, therefore let us not be secure, for there is great danger the Gospel shall bee removed, if not from the Nation, yet from particular places.
Demon¦stration, 1 1First, It may appear from that implacable opposition that is in the professors of the Gospel against the preachers of the Gospel: those very people that did esteem the feet of their Ministers to be very beautiful, do now say that the Mark of the Beast is upon their forehead: those people that would have pulled out their eyes to do their Ministers good would now pull out their Ministers eyes, those very people that looked upon us as the servants of Christ, and stewards of the Mystery of Salvation do now account us the limbs of Antichrist, and perverters of Religion Now there is no way more likely to ⟨p. 173⟩drive away the Gospel from us, then to spurn at and oppose the Gospel, and the Ministers thereof; this will be the great in-let (if the Lord prevent it not) to our utter confusion, and an out-let to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I would have such men, who had rather see godly Ministers in prison, then in the Pulpit, to consider, that if God should take them away, ye would have worse in their room. The Sectaries were weary of godly and learned Junius, therefore God suffered Arminius that pestilent enemy to the Gospel of Christ, to rise up after him. God may justly send us unable, and seducing Teachers, for our slighting of those learned, and godly Ministers that are amongst us; when Paul and Barnab as were slighted and opposed by the unbelieving Jews, say they,