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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 8: THE Dignity and Duty OF Gods Called-ones.
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Fifthly, What shall I do that I may walk worthy of God that hath called me, since certainly called I am. I am either called outwardly only, or effectually. If a man invites me to Dinner, and I do not go, I am yet to carry it answerably to his love, in inviting me: Much more, when the Lord ha's called me, and that effectually, it is my duty to walk worthy of God who hath thus called me [I am come into a great and open field, through all these precedent Gates, I may proceed to further Particulars hereafter] at present only remember, That a man is said to walk worthy of God, when he walks meetly, suitably, and answerably to that God that hath called him. There are four Expressions Bishop Davenant hath in his Notes upon the Epistle to the Colossians, that run into this same matter. Sometimes a man is said to walk worthy of God: Sometimes of the Lord Christ; Sometimes of the Gospel: Sometimes of the high-calling whereunto he is called. But that I may speak clearly to the Point, I shall begin with the first of these, and show you how a man shall walk worthy of God that hath called him to his Kingdom and Glory, that is, suitably and answerably.
Fifthly, What shall I do that I may walk worthy of God that hath called me, since certainly called I am. I am either called outwardly onely, or effectually. If a man invites me to Dinner, and I do not go, I am yet to carry it answerably to his love, in inviting me: Much more, when the Lord ha's called me, and that effectually, it is my duty to walk worthy of God who hath thus called me [I am come into a great and open field, through all these precedent Gates, I may proceed to further Particulars hereafter] at present only remember, That a man is said to walk worthy of God, when he walks meetly, suitably, and answerably to that God that hath called him. There are four Expressions Bishop Davenant hath in his Notes upon the Epistle to the Colossians, that run into this same matter. Sometimes a man is said to walk worthy of God: Sometimes of the Lord Christ; Sometimes of the Gospel: Sometimes of the high-calling whereunto he is called. But that I may speak clearly to the Point, I shall begin with the first of these, and shew you how a man shall walk worthy of God that hath called him to his Kingdom and Glory, that is, suitably and answerably.