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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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I answer. 1. It is Gods will we should do so; it is his Commandment, Deut. 4.5, 6. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Here are three Alls; All thy soul, all thy heart, and all thy might. And lest you should think that there may be some abatement in New Testament-times, ye shall find, that when Christ cites those words in Luke 10.27. he adds a fourth All. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength, and with all thy mind. Here are four Alls. There is no abatement then in our Gospel times. Now if this be the mind and will of God, is not this reason ⟨p. 141⟩enough for us? I have read of one Bishop in the Primitive Times, whose name was Quodvulteus, that is, Quod vult Deus, What God will. And indeed methinks that this should be the name of every Christian, Quodvulteus, What-God-will. We all profess our selves the Children of Abraham: He went blindfold into Gods Commandments, and subscribed to a Blank. Now we have Commandment for this both in the Old and New Testament. It is Scriptural.
I answer. 1. It is Gods will we should do so; it is his Commandment, Deut. 4.5, 6. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Here are three Alls; All thy soul, all thy heart, and all thy might. And lest you should think that there may be some abatement in New Testament-times, ye shall find, that when Christ cites those words in Luke 10.27. he addes a fourth All. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, with all thy soul, with all thy strength, and with all thy mind. Here are four Alls. There is no abatement then in our Gospel times. Now if this be the mind and will of God, is not this reason ⟨p. 141⟩enough for us? I have read of one Bishop in the Primitive Times, whose name was Quodvulteus, that is, Quod vult Deus, What God will. And indeed methinks that this should be the name of every Christian, Quodvulteus, What-God-will. We all profess our selves the Children of Abraham: He went blindfold into Gods Commandments, and subscribed to a Blanck. Now we have Commandment for this both in the Old and New Testament. It is Scriptural.