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Babylons downfall a sermon lately preached at Westminster before sundry of the honourable House…
Babylons downfall a sermon lately preached at Westminster before sundry of the honourable House of Commons / by William Bridge ...
London: printed by I. N. for John Rothwell, 1641London: printed by I. N. for Iohn Rothwell, 1641
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.
1. There is much difference between smart and danger.1 If a man have rotten, and aching teeth in his head, though the pulling them out be exceeding troublesome, and full of ache, and smart even to bleeding of the gums, and vexation of all the body, yet there is no danger, much smart, but no danger. So in regard of the Church and Common-wealth, though the pulling out of some rotten members may cause a bleeding, make trouble, and some disturbance, yet there is no danger, some ache, but no danger.
1. There is much difference between smart and danger.1 If a man have rotten, and aking teeth in his head, though the pulling them out be exceeding troublesome, and full of ache, and smart even to bleeding of the gums, and vexation of all the body, yet there is no danger, much smart, but no danger. So in regard of the Church and Common-wealth, though the pulling out of some rotten members may cause a bleeding, make trouble, and some disturbance, yet there is no danger, some ache, but no danger.
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2. Many things seem to be dangerous at a distance, that are not so at hand. When Moses rod was at a distance from him, it was turned to a serpent, and he fled from it; but when he took it by the tail at Gods command, it was his rod in his hand again. Prisons, banishments, miseries, at a distance are serpents to us; when we come to them, are exceeding comfortable, and our rods in our hands.
2. Many things seeme to bee dangerous at a distance, that are not so at hand. When Moses rod was at a distance from him, it was turned to a serpent, and hee fled from it; but when hee tooke it by the taile at Gods command, it was his rod in his hand againe. Prisons, banishments, miseries, at a distance are serpents to us; when we come to them, are exceeding comfortable, and our rods in our hands.