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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.
He hath waited on you, and for your Repentance; He waited in the days of Noah, for the Repentance of the old World, and he waited long, 1 Pet. 3.20. a long while also hath he waited for your repentance; & if he had not waited long, what had become of you? Yea, and he hath not only waited, but he doth still, and will wait to show Mercy, Isaiah. 30.18. he waiteth to show mercy on them that wait for his Mercy. Now shall God wait for us, and for our Repentance? and shall not we wait for him, and his Grace?
He hath waited on you, and for your Repentance; He waited in the daies of Noah, for the Repentance of the old World, and he waited long, 1 Pet. 3.20. a long while also hath he waited for your repentance; & if he had not waited long, what had become of you? Yea, and he hath not only waited, but he doth stil, and wil wait to shew Mercy, Esai. 30.18. he waiteth to shew mercy on them that wait for his Mercy. Now shal God wait for us, and for our Repentance? and shal not we wait for him, and his Grace?
Ye have waited on others, and do still wait on others; who is there in all the World that you deal with, but you do wait upon? Will ye instance in great men? must you not wait long to speak with them? yea, though it be for their own good? It's recorded of Henry the Emperor of Germany, That when he came to speak with the Pope, the Pope made him, and his Wife, and eldest Son, stand waiting three days in the cold Winter season, at his Palace Gates, before he would speak with the Emperor. Will ye instance in your Inferiors, and such as are beneath you? must you not wait even for them that do wait on you? your Servants, if you bid them do a thing, you must wait till it be done; and if you bid them come, you must wait till they come. Or will ye instance in other Creatures? Do you not wait on the Sun for Light? on the Water for Coolness? on the Fire for heat? Now if we wait on the Creatures, all the Creatures, is it not reasonable that we wait on the Creator? Yet further, Do ye not sometimes wait on the Lusts of men? yea, ye have sometimes waited on your own Lusts, The Adulterer waiteth for the twi-light, saith Job.