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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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3. And thirdly, As he doth God• work with dexterity, in opposition to all unskilfulness, so he doth it with all his affections, in opposition unto Lukewarmness and Remissness. For as the Philosopher observes, All remissness doth arise from the mixture of some contrary: Now where there is a mixture of the contrary, a man cannot do his work with all his might. But,
3. And thirdly, As he doth God• work with dexterity, in opposition to all unskilfulness, so he doth it with all his affections, in opposition unto Lukewarmness and Remisness. For as the Philosopher observes, All remisness doth arise from the mixture of some contrary: Now where there is a mixture of the contrary, a man cannot do his work with all his might. But,
Fourthly, As he must do Gods work with all his affection, in opposition unto Luke-warmness; so he must do it with all his ability, in opposition to all Reserves. Ananias and Sapphira did not do Gods work with all their might; Why? because they had their Reserves: But Moses did Gods work with all his might, when he brought the people out of Egypt; Why? because he left not an hoof behind him, he had no Reserves. So now, when a man will not leave an hoof behind him, but doth Gods work ⟨p. 140⟩without all reserves; then he doth it with all his might. Yet
Fifthly, As he must do it with all his ability, in opposition unto all Reserves; so he must do it with his diligence and industry, in opposition unto sloth and negligence. For he that is slothful in his business, is brother to the scatterer, saith Solomon Do you therefore ask when a man may be said to do Gods work with all his might? I answer it implies these five things. He must do it with all his soul, in opposition to all division of heart: With all his dexterity, in opposition unto all unskilfulness: With all his affections, in opposition unto all luke-warmness and remissness: With all his ability, in opposition unto all reserves: And with all his industry and diligence, in opposition unto all sloth and negligence.