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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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Sermons › Sermon 5: THE CARNALITY OF Professors.Sermons › Sermon 5: THE CARNALITY OF Professours.
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Fifthly, Though a good man may be very carnal and labour under much carnality, yet that carnality doth not bear the rule and sway in his life. Finis actionum Domina & Regina. Look what a mans general and utmost end is, that doth give a law unto all his actions, that rules,1 that sways, and is the yard wand unto all his actions; as for example, if the world and profit be my end, my general and utmost end, then my actions generally are directed and swayed by it: •nd I must preach so much as may stand with my profit, I must go to meetings and improve soul-opportunities so far as may stand with my profit, I must acquaint my self with men so far as may stand with my profit; and if such and such things may not stand with my profit in the world, then I must not do the same. Why? because the world is my great and utmost end, and every thing must strike sail unto it. Now I say, though a good man may labour under much carnality, yet there is no carnal thing that doth bear sway with him as it doth in those that are carnally wicked.
Fifthly, Though a good man may be very carnal and labour under much carnality, yet that carnality doth not bear the rule and sway in his life. Finis actionum Domina & Regina. Look what a mans general and utmost end is, that doth give a law unto all his actions, that rules,1 that swayes, and is the yard wand unto all his actions; as for example, if the world and profit be my end, my general and utmost end, then my actions generally are directed and swayed by it: •nd I must preach so much as may stand with my profit, I must go to meetings and improve soul-opportunities so far as may stand with my profit, I must acquaint my self with men so far as may stand with my profit; and if such and such things may not stand with my •rofit in the world, then I must not do the same. Why? because the world is my great and utmost end, and every thing must strike sail unto it. Now I say, though a good man may labour under much carnality, yet there is no carnal thing that doth bear sway with him as it doth in those that are carnally wicked.
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