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I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…
I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Hoping, Trusting, Waiting on God, is the special, if not the only means, appointed against all Discouragements. I had verily fainted, unless I had believed (saith David) to see the goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living: I had fainted, unless I had believed. Faith bears up the heart against all Discouragements.
Hoping, Trusting, Waiting on God, is the special, if not the only means, appointed against all Discouragements. I had verily fainted, unless I had beleeved (saith David) to see the goodness of the Lord in the Land of the Living: I had fainted, unless I had beleeved. Faith bears up the heart against all Discouragements.
For your more clear understanding of this Truth, and our better proceeding, I shall labour, First: To show you what it is to Hope, Trust in God, or to Wait on him. Secondly: That Faith doth quiet ones heart in the times of Discouragements. Thirdly: That it is the Duty of all the Saints, and People of God, when Discouragements do arise, then, and then especially to trust in God, and to exercise their Faith. Fourthly: What there is in Faith that can bear up the heart against all Discouragements, and how Faith doth it. Quest. 1 First: If ye ask, What it is to Hope in God, to Trust in God, and to Wait on him?
For your more cleer understanding of this Truth, and our better proceeding, I shal labor, First: To shew you what it is to Hope, Trust in God, or to Wait on him. Secondly: That Faith doth quiet ones heart in the times of Discouragements. Thirdly: That it is the Duty of all the Saints, and People of God, when Discouragements do arise, then, and then especially to trust in God, and to exercise their Faith. Fourthly: VVhat there is in Faith that can bear up the heart against all Discouragements, and how Faith doth it. Quest. 1 First: If ye ask, VVhat it is to Hope in God, to Trust in God, and to VVait on him?