A29369:222
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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3. Thereby the knots and difficulties of your callings shall be taken of, and your way made easy; that God whom ye walk with in your callings, will lift you over all the stiles that are in your callings. If a Child walk with his Father in the Fields, when they come at an high Stile, the Father lifts him over it. So if you walk with God in your callings, then he will lift you over all the Stiles and Difficulties of your callings. Yea,
3. Thereby the knots and difficulties of your callings shall be taken of, and your way made easie; that God whom ye walk with in your callings, will lift you over all the stiles that are in your callings. If a Child walk with his Father in the Fields, when they come at an high Stile, the Father lifts him over it. So if you walk with God in your callings, then he will lift you over all the Stiles and Difficulties of your callings. Yea,
4 Thereby you shall be kept from the sins and temptations of your calling. A mans calling is like to a great Log, or piece of Timber in a green field; look upon the field, and you see it all green and handsome, but take up the Log, or Timber that lies in the midst thereof, and there you find Worms, and Sows, and Vermin that do breed under it. So look upon a mans carriage, and generally it is very green, civil, and handsome; but if ye look under his calling, you shall find nothing but Sows, Worms, and Vermin. Now this walking with God in your calling, will keep you from the Vermin of your callings. Yea,
4 Thereby you shall be kept from the sins and temptations of your calling. A mans calling is like to a great Logg, or piece of Timber in a green field; look upon the field, and you see it all green and handsome, but take up the Logg, or Timber that lies in the midst thereof, and there you find Worms, and Sows, and Vermin that do breed under it. So look upon a mans carriage, and generally it is very green, civil, and handsome; but if ye look under his calling, you shall find nothing but Sows, Worms, and Vermin. Now this walking with God in your calling, will keep you from the Vermin of your callings. Yea,