A29368:408
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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Fourthly, As the Rod is teaching, and doth bring a message with it; so this message is sent, especially to the great Cities, and Towns of a Nation, or people, The Lords voice crieth unto the City here in the Text; why, what City or Cities? It was Jerusalem and Samariah; but did not ⟨p. 128⟩Gods voice cry unto the lesser Towns and Villages? Yes, but when a national Rod comes, the message is especially sent to the great Towns, and Cities of a Nation. For,
Fourthly, As the Rod is teaching, and doth bring a message with it; so this message is sent, especially to the great Cities, and Towns of a Nation, or people, The Lords voice cryeth unto the City here in the Text; why, what City or Cities? It was Jerusalem and Samariah; but did not ⟨p. 128⟩Gods voice cry unto the lesser Towns and Villages? Yes, but when a national Rod comes, the message is especially sent to the great Towns, and Cities of a Nation. For,
First, The Rod comes to avenge the Quarrel of the word; look therefore on that place, or people that have had the greatest opportunities, as to hearing of the word, and having the means of grace, and yet have abused them; the greater controversy hath the Rod with that place or people. Now great Towns, and Cities, have commonly the greatest opportunities as to the word and ordinances, and many times they are most abused in and by these; and therefore the voice of the Rod is especially to great Towns, and Cities: Woe unto thee Capernaum, and why unto Capernaum, and not to the Towns and Villages? Why, Woe unto thee Capernaum, for thou hast been exalted unto Heaven, in regard of the means, and yet hast not repented; Mat. 11.23. therefore woe unto thee, above all the rest of the Towns about thee: And so O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, saith Christ, I cannot but weep over thee; I would have gathered you but you would not, &c. Therefore I cannot but weep over you; though the lesser Towns