Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons

Secondly, Yea, and it is a very profitable thing for us to do it, hereby we make a virtue of necessity? & where can we lodge our souls in safer hands? If a man cannot keep a thing himself, but must betrust and deposit it in other hands: Will he not do it in the safest hands that he can find? Now three things there are that are required to a safe hand: Power, Wisdom, and Love; If I deposit a thing in a mans hand to keep, he must be able to keep it for me against violence, else his hand is no safe hand. Secondly though he be able and have power to keep it for me, yet if he be prodigal and lavish, and not ⟨p. 165⟩wise, I shall not count his hand a safe hand to keep my Depositum. But thirdly, tho gh he be never so wise, yet if he be not my friend, I shall not betrust him with any great matter: But if a man be able, wise, and friendly, Then his hand is a safe hand to keep my Depositum. Now Go• is all this, Almighty, Infinitely wise, and our best Friend and acquaintance? Wherefore says the Ap stle, I know whom I have trusted, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him, against that day, 2 Tim 1.12. As if said, do ye blame me for venturing so much in the cause of the Gospel? Wh•, I have but deposited what I laid out for God, and am persuaded that he will not embezzle my trust; but will truly and faithfully keep it for me: for he is able, and I have experience •f him: for I know whom I have trusted, he is no stranger to me, and I am persuaded that he will keep it for me unto that day. Gods hand then is the safest hand.

Secondly, Yea, and it is a very profitable thing for us to do it, hereby we make a virtue of necessity? & where can we lodge our souls in safer hands? If a man cannot keep a thing himself, but must betrust and deposite it in other hands: Will he not doe it in the safest hands that he can find? Now three things there are that are required to a safe hand: Power, Wisdom, and Love; If I deposite a thing in a mans hand to keep, he must be able to keep it for me against violence, else his hand is no safe hand. Secondly though he be able and have power to keep it for me, yet if he be prodigal and lavish, and not ⟨p. 165⟩wise, I shall not count his hand a safe hand to keep my Depositum. But thirdly, tho gh he be never so wise, yet if he be not my friend, I shall not betrust him with any great matter: But if a man be able, wise, and friendly, Then his hand is a safe hand to keep my Depositum. Now Go is all this, Almighty, Infinitely wise, and our best Friend and acquaintance? Wherefore says the Ap stle, I know whom I have trusted, and I am perswaded that he is abe to keep that which I have committed to him, against that day, 2 Tim 1.12. As if said, do ye blame me for ventureing so much in the cause of the Gospel? Wh, I have but deposited what I laid out for God, and am perswaded that he will not imbezil my trust; but will truly and faithfully keep it for me: for he is able, and I have experience f him: for I know whom I have trusted, he is no stranger to me, and I am perswaded that he will keep it for me unto that day. Gods hand then is the safest hand.