Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons

3. If you would have the face of God shining on you, then be sure that you stand where God shines and blesses. Psal. 50.2. Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, hath God shined; and there, saith the Psalmist, He commandeth his blessing and life for evermore. What is his blessing, but the shine of his face, and how doth he command it. By giving it; there he commandeth his blessing. There then do you stand where the Lord blesseth and shineth.

4. In case that God seemeth to hide his face from you at any time, then walk wisely and humbly towards God in the time of his supposed absence, then lament after God and his presence, as the greatest loss in the world; then take heed of jealousies, and do not say God is gone and will return no more; then be much in obedience, and say, well, though I cannot see God, yet I'll serve him, and though I cannot enjoy him, yet I'll obey him; and if you carry it wisely and humbly towards God in the time of his absence, then will he return again unto you, and will cause his face to shine upon you. But,

4. In case that God seemeth to hide his face from you at any time, then walk wisely and humbly towards God in the time of his supposed absence, then lament after God and his presence, as the greatest loss in the world; then take heed of jealousies, and do not say God is gone and will return no more; then be much in obedience, and say, well, though I cannot see God, yet I'le serve him, and though I cannot enjoy him, yet I'le obey him; and if you carry it wisely and humbly towards God in the time of his absence, then will he return again unto you, and will cause his face to shine upon you. But,

5. Take heed that you do not dig too deep into the earth, he that is much under ground cannot see the Sn, or the shinings of it: So if you be much in the world and under ground, you cannot see the face of God, and the light of his countenance; therefore take heed that you be not much under ground in your callings. And