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The true soldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640,…The true souldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640,…
The true soldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640, upon a prayer day, for the Princes good success in going forth to war. By William Bridge.The true souldiers convoy A sermon preached upon the xvjth. day of May 1640, vpon a prayer day, for the Princes good successe in going forth to warre. By William Bridge.
In Rotterdam: printed for Thomas Lappagde, 1640
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Eighthly If you pray not for the Churches your own selfish prayers will be bootless, when a man shall pray much for his own family, his own name, or estate, his own child that lieth a dying, and will not pray for the dying Churches, this is a self-ish duty, ⟨p. 75⟩a carnal self-ish spirit is very loathsome in what is spiritual, and what are you the better for your rich cabin, your warm cabin, your neat cabin, if your ship sink.
Eightly If you pray not for the Churches your own selfeish prayers will be bootlesse, when a man shall pray much for his owne family, his own name, or estate, his owne child that lieth a dying, and will not pray for the dying Churches, this is a self-ish duty, ⟨p. 75⟩a carnall selfe-ish spirit is very loathsome in what is spirituall, and what are you the better for your rich cabbin, your warme cabbin, your neate cabbin, if your ship sinke.
Ninthly Consult with the 13 chapter of Nehemiah 1. 2. There you find it written, 1that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the Congregation of God for ever: what was the reason? because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water. He that will not meet with distressed Israel, with such relief as he may, is an unfit man to have a name in a Church of Christ, and it is unfit he should come into the house of God for ever, wherefore as ever you desi•e to have ⟨p. 76⟩a name in Gods house, pray, pray, oh now pray, you may with this bread and water meet with Israel, and in meting with them, you do meet with Christ.