Sermons of the Great Ejection
by Various
This volume gathers the parting words that Puritan ministers preached to their congregations in August 1662, on the eve of being driven from their pulpits by the Act of Uniformity. Barred from the Church of England for conscience' sake, roughly two thousand nonconformist pastors used these final sermons to comfort, warn, and exhort the flocks they were leaving behind, with contributions from Thomas Watson, Thomas Manton, Edmund Calamy, and others.
Based on Farewell sermons preached in August 1662 by ministers ejected under the Act of Uniformity
From across the Puritans
Featured Quotes
“In the church, be careful to serve God; for thou art in his eyes, and not in man's.”
“He is the best preacher, not that tickles the ear, but that breaks the heart.”
“When you plead the name of Christ, you plead that which shakes the gates of hell and that which the hosts of heaven obey.”
“Those who have never seen the sun are amazed at a candle. Likewise, those who have never known the blessed God are fond of pitiful things on earth.”
“Thus far may we travel in a religious life, and yet stop short of real and vital religion.”
“The converting grace of God has achieved the wondrous revolution.”