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
“Thus God leadeth to the wilderness, that he may speak to the heart.”
“Many appeal to Christ for salvation who do not appeal to him for sanctification.”
“Thus, a godly man wonders at his cross that it is not more, a wicked man wonders his cross is so much.”
“The godly have some good in them, therefore the devil afflicts them; and some evil in them, therefore God afflicts them.”
“The lesser we discern pride in ourselves, the more it reigns in our hearts.”
“Indeed this is one of the greatest mysteries in the world, namely, that a righteousness that resides with a Person in heaven should justify me, a sinner on earth.”