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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 1: OF MANS BLESSEDNESS, OR THE BLESSED MAN.
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That is the 5th. General, therefore I shall now speak to that. Ans. If God hath ever blessed you in truth, then hath his face shined upon you; for his blessing and the shine of his face go together, as ye have heard. Now when God blesses a man, then he draws him nearer to himself. Blessed is the man (saith the Psalmist) whom then causest to approach unto thee; when God blesses a man, then he makes him to increase and multiply; if he bless him in his estate, ⟨p. 17⟩then he doth increase and multiply therein; if he bless him in his parts, or gifts, or graces, or comforts; then he causeth him to increase therein: so at the beginning the Lord blessed Man and said, increase and multiply. And therefore if thou hast been such an one as hath lived at a distance from God, and now at brought nigh to him, and increased in thy gifts, graces, and comforts, then hath the Lord blessed thy Soul, and so hath shined on thee.
That is the 5th. General, therefore I shall now speak to that. Ans. If God hath ever blessed you in truth, then hath his face shined upon you; for his blessing and the shine of his face go together, as ye have heard. Now when God blesses a man, then he draws him nearer to himself. Blessed is the man (saith the Psalmist) whom then causest to approch unto thee; when God blesses a man, then he makes him to encrease and multiply; if he bless him in his estate, ⟨p. 17⟩then he doth increase and multiply therein; if he bless him in his parts, or gifts, or graces, or comforts; then he causeth him to increase therein: so at the beginning the Lord blessed Man and said, increase and multiply. And therefore if thou hast been such an one as hath lived at a distance from God, and now at brought nigh to him, and increased in thy gifts, graces, and comforts, then hath the Lord blessed thy Soul, and so hath shined on thee.
2. If God hath ever shined upon thy Soul, then he hath wonderfully irradiated and enlightened, and taught thy Soul the mysteries of the Gospel, which did never enter in thy heart before.