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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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Secondly, As God is a great God; So he is a Sovereign Lord, absolutely free, and is determined by nothing from without, but himself, but only of his own counsels; Therefore if you will walk worthy of God, what is the thing wherein his good Pleasure lies? Labour to know that: And not only to do the thing he commands, but serve the good pleasure of God. Be ye more gracious, because God is so freely gracious.
Secondly, As God is a great God; So he is a Sovereign Lord, absolutely free, and is determined by nothing from without, but himself, but onely of his own counsels; Therefore if you will walk worthy of God, what is the thing wherein his good Pleasure lies? Labour to know that: And not onely to do the thing he commands, but serve the good pleasure of God. Be ye more gracious, because God is so freely gracious.
Thirdly, God is infinitely holy, therefore it is not said, Almighty, almighty, almighty, nor Great, ⟨p. 201⟩great, great, but Holy, holy, holy; because God looks upon Holiness as his greatest Excellency: So must you, if you will walk worthy of God, and be holy as he is holy, in all manner of Conversation, 1 Pet. 1.15, 16.
Fourthly, He is a God-All sufficient, Gen. 17. I am God All-sufficient, walk before me, and be upright. You give him the honour of his All-sufficiency, in being upright. When you step out from God, to fetch relief some where else, you dishonour God: Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go out to the god of Ekron?