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
“He stablishes or confirms us in Him; knitting us more strongly; rooting us more deeply; fastening the stone more firmly to the foundation, that nothing may separate us.”
“Christ is our best friend, and ere long will be our only friend.”
“Each sigh which rends the bosom; each frown which ploughs the brow; each pain which racks the limbs—are cradled in its arms.”
“Paul, the prince of the apostles, who was to be God's ensignbearer to carry his name before the Gentiles and kings, was to have his heart more deeply lanced by repentance.”
“Christ does not choose you because you are good, but to make you good.”
“I fill heaven and earth; not a part of me fills one place and another part of me fills another, but I, God, fill heaven and earth, I am whole God filling the heaven and whole God filling the earth.”