Sermons of the Great Ejection
| Weight | 0.31 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 18.1 × 12.1 × 1.8 cm |
| ISBN | 9781848711525 |
| page-count | 294 |
| format | Book |
| Original Pub Date | 1662 |
| Banner Pub Date | Jul 19, 2012 |
| topic | Church Issues/Unity, Encouragement |
| Binding | Paperback |
| series | Puritan Paperbacks |
| This Edition | 2022 |
Endorsements
‘These sermons that Edmund Calamy put together, about the Great Ejection, 1662, are powerful sermons. These are pastors, choosing to be on the last day of their ministry, because they can’t in good conscience affirm everything in The Book of Common Prayer, who resign their jobs, lose their livings, generally had to move away from where they were to be faithful — these are their final sermons to their congregations — moving, moving sermons.’ — MARK DEVER
Book Description
A fine introduction to Puritan preaching, this little book also recalls one of the great turning points in English Christianity—for these sermons were preached on ‘the Farewell Sunday’ in August, 1662, when two thousand ministers left the national Church for conscience’ sake. Much has been written on that Great Ejection, but nothing is more important than to hear the ejected speak for themselves. Their watchword was:
I preach as never sure to preach again,
And as a dying man to dying men.
This new edition of Sermons of the Great Ejection not only commemorates the 350th anniversary of a noteworthy historical event but, more importantly, gives a real insight into the theology, godliness, and preaching of the Puritans. Why is this relevant? For two reasons: (i) as the blurb on the first edition said, ‘such preaching could set England alight again in our own times’; and (ii) the issues of 1662 are directly relevant to the present situation in the church when the emphasis is once again upon conformity and unity at the expense of truth and holiness. May this little book be an encouragement to men of gospel truth and integrity everywhere.
Table of Contents Expand ↓
| INTRODUCTION | vii | |
| EDMUND CALAMY | 1 | |
| Trembling for the Ark of God (1 Sam. 4:13) | 7 | |
| THOMAS BROOKS | 27 | |
| A Pastor’s Legacies | 31 | |
| JOHN COLLINS | 51 | |
| Contending for the Faith (Jude 3) | 55 | |
| THOMAS LYE | 85 | |
| A Pastor’s Love for His People (Phil. 4:1) | 89 | |
| Stand Fast in the Lord (Phil. 4:1) | 101 | |
| THOMAS WATSON | 131 | |
| Weal to the Righteous but Woe to the Wicked (Isa. 3:10, 11) | 139 | |
| Parting Counsels (2 Cor. 7:1) | 159 | |
| JOHN OLDFIELD | 179 | |
| Stumbling at the Sufferings of the Godly (Psa. 69:6) | 183 | |
| JOHN WHITLOCK | 215 | |
| Remember, Hold Fast and Repent (Rev. 3:3) | 219 | |
| THE NONCONFORMIST’S CATECHISM | 251 |
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Robert Norman –
There are some moving sermons in here which detail the emotion that men of God felt while they were being thrown out of their congregations. These men show how they loved their people and the pain that they felt in leaving them to potential wolves.
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Ray Tolley –
As a young Christian, this was one of the first books that I bought in 1962, cost three shillings and six pence. I still keep this book amongst other similar Banner titles as one of my most treasured possessions. Many of those original sermons brought me to tears all those years ago – and the very recollections still move my heart in real sympathy to the plight of the authors at that time. I can do nothing more than commend this book as 5-star.
Matteob –
I am a refugee from the Church of England that these men were ejected from and now attend a Reformed Baptist Church. I can understand what a wrench it must have been for both these men and their congregations. These sermons breathe faith and Scripture. If only the C of E’s Bishops had the faith and integrity of these men. However Scripture itself says that true orthodoxy, true faith will be attacked by Satan who does all he can to hinder the true Church as one body of Orthodox believers. The fact that the writings of many of them are still treasured today proves their worth.