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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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Sermons › Sermon 7: Soul-Resignation, Into the hands of God.
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Fourthly, And if you would resign up your soul unto the hands of God, so as you may receive that Depositum again with comfort; Then observe what that Depositum is which God doth now trust you with, and be you faithful in the keeping thereof. When Christ went away, he left us a Depositum, he did leave and deposit some of his things in our hands; his Truths, his Ordinances, his Talents, and if I do not keep his trust, his Truths, his Ordinances, his Talents, how can I expect that he should keep my soul for me? Mark how these go together. 2 Tim. 1.12. I know whom I have trusted, says Paul, and I am persuaded he is able to keep that which I have committed to him. Then ver. 14. that good thing which was committed unto thee, keep. As if he should say, As we desire that he should keep our trust; so we must keep his trust. Some things the Lord hath committed to us; Some things ⟨p. 182⟩we commit to him. Now therefore, as you do desire that he may keep your souls for you; So do you keep his Truths, his Ordinances, and whatever he hath committed unto you.
Fourthly, And if you would resign up your soul unto the hands of God, so as you may receive that Depositum again with comfort; Then observe what that Depositum is which God doth now trust you with, and be you faithful in the keeping thereof. VVhen Christ went away, he left us a Depositum, he did leave and deposite some of his things in our hands; his Truths, his Ordinances, his Talents, and if I do not keep his trust, his Truths, his Ordinances, his Talents, how can I expect that he should keep my soul for me? Mark how these go together. 2 Tim. 1.12. I know whom I have trusted, says Paul, and I am perswaded he is able to keep that which I have committed to him. Then ver. 14. that good thing which was committed unto thee, keep. As if he should say, As we desire that he should keep our trust; so we must keep his trust. Some things the Lord hath committed to us; Some things ⟨p. 182⟩we commit to him. Now therefore, as you do desire that he may keep your souls for you; So do you keep his Truths, his Ordinances, and whatever he hath committed unto you.