Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons

2. If you would walk with God in your calling, then you must live by Faith in your callings. For by Faith Enoch walked with God. And the life that I live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God. Thereby you shall be kept from Covetousness, and love of the World. This is our Victory whereby we overcome the world, even our Faith. Thereby you shall be contented with your condition whatever it be; thereby you shall be able to leap over a Wall, and over all those difficulties that you meet within your callings; thereby you shall live sweetly and graciously in your calling, and walk with God. Now if you would live by faith in your calling, then you must have an eye to Gods commandment, promise, and providence. First, you must go to your callings as to Gods ordinance otherwise you cannot look with both eyes to God, but with one eye to the world, and with the other to God. But you see that he hath taught us, That you cannot look with one eye to Heaven, and with the other eye to the Earth; but if you will look to the Heavens, both eyes will look to Heaven. So if you will look to God, you must look with both eyes to God. The way th••• fore to look with both eyes to God in your calling, is to go to your calling, as to Gods ordinance; and because Faith and the promise, are as Buckle and Clasp, the one cannot be without the other. Therefore you must observe those promises that are made to your calling, and rest thereon. And because God doth sometimes guide us by his eye in the way of our callings, therefore you must have an eye to providence; and whatever you do in the way of your calling, y•u must quietly leave the issue of it, and ⟨p. 64⟩success to God. And thus shall you live by faith in your calling, and so walk with God in your place.

2. If you would walk with God in your calling, then you must live by Faith in your callings. For by Faith Enoch walked with God. And the life that I live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God. Thereby you shall be kept from Covetousness, and love of the World. This is our Victory whereby we overcome the world, even our Faith. Thereby you shall be contented with your condition whatever it be; thereby you shall be able to leap over a Wall, and over all those difficulties that you meet within your callings; thereby you shall live sweetly and graciously in your calling, and walk with God. Now if you would live by faith in your calling, then you must have an eye to Gods commandment, promise, and providence. First, you must go to your callings as to Gods ordinance otherwise you cannot look with both eyes to God, but with one eye to the world, and with the other to God. But you see that he hath taught us, That you cannot look with one eye to Heaven, and with the other eye to the Earth; but if you will look to the Heavens, both eyes will look to Heaven. So if you will look to God, you must look with both eyes to God. The way th fore to look with both eyes to God in your calling, is to go to your calling, as to Gods ordinance; and because Faith and the promise, are as Buckle and Clasp, the one cannot be without the other. Therefore you must observe those promises that are made to your calling, and rest thereon. And because God doth sometimes guid us by his eye in the way of our callings, therefore you must have an eye to providence; and whatever you do in the way of your calling, yu must quietly leave the issue of it, and