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Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons
Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons ... by that learned and judicious divine, Mr. William Bridge ...
London : Printed and are to be sold by John Hancock Senior and Junior ..., 1673
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5ly. If your affections be not thus set, you will never be zealous for God: for what is zeal but angered Love; it is saith one, Divinae Charitatis fervour, the heat of divine Love. Surely it is the top and extremity of affection. Now is it not our duty to be zealous for Christ. The zeal of thine house, saith he, hath eaten me up, and shall the zeal of our own houses eat us up? Zeal is commanded in opposition to Lukewarmness; Be zealous therefore, and repent, saith Christ to lukewarm Laodicea, but zealous we cannot be for God and the things of God, unless our affections be set on things that are above.
5ly. If your affections be not thus set, you will never be zealous for God: for what is zeal but angred Love; it is saith one, Divinae Charitatis fervor, the heat of divine Love. Surely it is the top and extremity of affection. Now is it not our duty to be zealous for Christ. The zeal of thine house, saith he, hath eaten me up, and shall the zeal of our own houses eat us up? Zeal is commanded in opposition to Lukewarmness; Be zealous therefore, and repent, saith Christ to lukewarm Laodicea, but zealous we cannot be for God and the things of God, unless our affections be set on things that are above.
6ly. If our affections be not thus set on things above, you will never do any great thing for God. We read of David, that he gave 347. Millions, 382. thousand, 50•. pound in Silver and Gold of his own cha•ges, to the building of Gods house; for so the learned do compute the matter, a mighty great and a vast sum; but if you look into the 1st. of Chron. 29. ye shall see how this came to pass, that he gave such a gift. v 3. it's said, I have set mine affections to the house of God; and because I have set mine affections to the house of God, I have of mine own proper goods given, &c. And what is the reason that men give and do no more now for God; but because their affections are not set on the things of God, but if God have done great things for us; and Christ have suffered great things for us, shall not we do some great things for him; this ye cannot do unless your affections be thus set. Surely therefore it is our duty to set our affections on things that are above.