Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons

8ly. And if ever you have seen the face of God in truth, then hath your heart been inflamed with love to Christ upon that account: for by him you had your address into the presence of God, by him and in him Gods face doth shine upon your Soul. God that commanded light to shine out of darkness, shine into our hearts, to give us the knowledge of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Though ye cannot behold and look upon the Sun in his full Glory; yet if you look upon the Water where the Sun shines, you may see the Sun. Now God shineth upon Christ, and in him you do see Gods face; and therefore if ever God did in truth shine upon your Soul, then hath your heart been inflamed with love to Christ upon this •ccount; but if your heart were never inflamed with ⟨p. 20⟩love to Christ upon this score, if you were never afflicted for the want of Gods face and presence, if you never were enabled to do any great thing for Christ, if you never were in the dark in reference to your spiritual condition, if your desires after God were never satisfied and increased at once, if your Kitchen-fire was never put out by divine irradiation upon your soul, if you have never been so blessed by the Lord as thereby to be drawn out of the world to himself and to be increased in spiritual things, then hath not God shined on you to this day, and therefore you are yet to seek for your true happiness.

8ly. And if ever you have seen the face of God in truth, then hath your heart been inflamed with love to Christ upon that account: for by him you had your address into the presence of God, by him and in him Gods face doth shine upon your Soul. God that commanded light to shine out of darkness, shine into our hearts, to give us the knowledge of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Though ye cannot behold and look upon the Sun in his full Glory; yet if you look upon the Water where the Sun shines, you may see the Sun. Now God shineth upon Christ, and in him you do see Gods face; and therefore if ever God did in truth shine upon your Soul, then hath your heart been inflamed with love to Christ upon this •ccount; but if your heart were never inflamed with ⟨p. 20⟩love to Christ upon this score, if you were never afflicted for the want of Gods face and presence, if you never were enabled to do any great thing for Christ, if you never were in the dark in reference to your spiritual condition, if your desires after God were never satisfied and encreased at once, if your Kitchin-fire was never put out by divine irradiation upon your soul, if you have never been so blessed by the Lord as thereby to be drawn out of the world to himself and to be increased in spiritual things, then hath not God shined on you to this day, and therefore you are yet to seek for your true happiness.