Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons

Secondly, Thereby also he did commend the souls of all those that he dyed for, into the hands of God; for he was now offering up himself through the eternal spirit unto God for us, as our common person, and as in his Prayer, John 17. he did not only pray for himself, but for us; So in this act and deed he did commend the souls and spirits of all those that he dyed for into the hands of God: As he dyed in our room and stead, so in our room he said, &c. And when should he do this more fitly, then at the last of his suffering?

Thirdly, Thereby also he became an example unto us; that when we come to dye or suffer, we should dye with the Scripture in our hearts and mouths, for this was Scripture, as ye read Psal 31.5. And that we should suffer and dye believing and resigning up our selves and souls into the hands of God as a Father. And for this end certainly Christ did now speak these words, for says he, I have power to lay down my life, and to take it up again; and if he had power to take it up again, why did he resign it into the hands of God, as a Depositum to be kept for him? Surely for this reason, that in all this matter he might be an example unto us of Soul-resignation into the hands of God. And so the Doctrine is this.

Thirdly, Thereby also he became an example unto us; that when we come to dye or suffer, we should dye with the Scripture in our hearts and mouthes, for this was Scripture, as ye read Psal 31.5. And that we should suffer and dye believing and resigning up our selves and souls into the hands of God as a Father. And for this end certainly Christ did now speak these words, for says he, I have power to lay down my life, and to take it up again; and if he had power to take it up again, why did he resign it into the hands of God, as a Depositum to be kept for him? Surely for this reason, that in all this matter he might be an example unto us of Soul-resignation into the hands of God. And so the Doctrine is this.