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

[16], 204 p. : port. · 61k words · Wing B4459 · ESTC R18600

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Sermons › Sermon 6: What our Work is, And how to be done.

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Fourthly, Is it not a reasonable thing that we should do that work with all our might which is our only work, and the work which we came into the world for? Now we did not come in•o the world to get riches or credit. We h•ve nothing here to do but to serve the Lord; all other things are subordinate to that. And if you look into Scripture, you shall find that the Lord only stands upon this work. Thou shalt worship the •ord, and him only shalt thou serve, only let your conversation be as becometh, &c. Here doth the only stand. Yea, says Solomon, this is the whole of man, Eccles. 12.13. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man. The word duty is not in the Original: But fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man. Now is it not rational that we should give God his due? That we should love God; That we should do his work as fully as our own; That we should do that work with all our might, which is our only work. Surely therefore it's very rational that we should do Gods work with all our might. Yet

Fourthly, Is it not a reasonable thing that we should do that work with all our might which is our only work, and the work which we came into the world for? Now we did not come in•o the world to get riches or credit. We h•ve nothing here to do but to serve the Lord; all other things are subordinate to that. And if you look into Scriptu•e, you shall find that the Lord only stands upon this work. Thou shalt worship the •ord, and him onely shalt thou serve, onely let your conversation be as becometh, &c. Here doth the onely stand. Yea, says Solomon, this is the whole of man, Eccles. 12.13. Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man. The word duty is not in the Original: But fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole of man. Now is it not rational that we should give God his due? That we should love God; That we should do his work as fully as our own; That we should do that work with all our might, which is our onely work. Surely therefore it's very rational that we should do Gods work with all our might. Yet

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