A29368:230
The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference…
The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference to 1. their services and suffering, 2. their consolations, and 3. their salvation and eternal glory : together with the excellency of the fear of God, the goodness and pleasantness of brotherly love, the wisdom of hearing the voice of the rod, repentance the only way to prevent judgements / delivered in several sermons by the late reverend and faithful minister of Christ, Mr. William Bridge ...The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference to 1. their services and suffering, 2. their consolations, and 3. their salvation and eternal glory : together with the excellency of the fear of God, the goodness and pleasantness of brotherly love, the wisdom of hearing the voice of the rod, repentance the only way to prevent judgements / delivered in several sermons by the late reverend and faithful minister of Christ, Mr. William Bridg ...
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1671
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Secondly, As they that fear God, will not do as others do in the matter of their ⟨p. 89⟩choice; so neither will they do as others do in the matter of worship: for what saith Joshua, As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord; Josh. 24.15. Do you what you please. Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and truth, and put away the Gods which your Father served, or the gods of Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. As for me I will worship God, worship you whom you will; thus you see what they will do that fear the Lord.
Secondly, As they that fear God, will not do as others do in the matter of their ⟨p. 89⟩choice; so neither will they do as others do in the matter of worship: for what saith Joshua, As for me and my houshold, we will serve the Lord; Josh. 24.15. Do you what you please. Therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and truth, and put away the Gods which your Father served, or the gods of Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. As for me I will worship God, worship you whom you will; thus you see what they will do that fear the Lord.
Thirdly, Will you instance in the matter of your callings, for a man really is what he is in his calling, in his trade; or will you instance in the divine calling, you know what the Apostle Paul saith; Some saith he, Preach Christ out of envy, and some out of good will, some to get a livelihood by it, to make a trade of it, to get riches, and honours, and estates; but so did not I, because of the fear of God; no great advantages will make a man that fears God, to do as others do; he saith always, others do so and so, but so will not I, because I fear the Lord.