Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons

Name: Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons
Author: William Bridge

Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons ... by that learned and judicious divine, Mr. William Bridge ...

William Bridge 1600?–1670London : Printed and are to be sold by John Hancock Senior and Junior ..., 1673

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Sermons › Sermon 3: How to walk with God in our Callings.

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:217p. 66¶1

1. If you walk with God in your particular calling, God will walk with you in your general calling. Is it not a great mercy to meet with God in your prayers and duties; if you go up to him in your particular callings, he will come down to you in your general.

1. If you walk with God in your particular calling, God will walk with you in your general calling. Is it not a g•eat mercy to meet with God in your prayers and duties; if you go up to him in your particular callings, he will come down to you in your general.

:218p. 66–67¶2

2. Then shall your calling be a blessing to you indeed, and you shall have another further and greater reward then the wealth of your calling. Collos. 3. Servants obey your Masters in all things, not with eye service as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord. verse 22, And whatever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord, and not unto men. verse 23. Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ. It seems then by this Scripture, that though a man be a Servant, yet therein he may serve the Lord, and walk with God; and if he do so, he shall not only have wages from his Master; but of the Lord he shall ⟨p. 67⟩receive the reward of the Inheritance. Now he is best paid, which the Lord pays; the Lord will not only give him his outward wages, but an everlasting inheritance. Oh what a good thing it is to walk with God in our callings. Yea.

2. Then shall your calling be a blessing to you indeed, and you shall have another further and greater reward then the wealth of your calling. Collos. 3. Servants obey your Masters in all things, not with eye service as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord. verse 22, And whatever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord, and not unto men. verse 23. Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for ye serve the Lord Christ. It seems then by this Scripture, that though a man be a Servant, yet therein he may serve the Lord, and walk with God; and if he do so, he shall not onely have wages from his Master; but of the Lord he shall

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