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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
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Secondly: Though the Law, and Light, and Spirit within us, be a Principle of good, yet it is not the Rule of our Goodness, or Lives. For,
If the Law, and Light, and Spirit within, be our Rule, then what need the Scripture, or the Word without, any longer? But the Scripture, and the Word of God written, is a Rule still; it is settled in Heaven, and doth endure for ever, Psal. 119. For ever, O Lord, thy Word is settled in Heaven, verse 89. And saith Paul to Timothy, I charge thee, in the sight of God, that thou keep this Commandment until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, Epist. 1. Chap. 6. Ver. 14. Timothy doth not live in person to the appearing of Christ; but those that succeed him, do, and shal•, unto whom this charge is made: And if ye look into Chap. 3. ye find that Paul saith to him; These things write I to thee, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thy self in the House of God: yet Timothy had a Light, and Law, and Spirit of God within him. So that though a man have the Spirit, Light, and Law within him, he is yet to be ruled by the Word of God written; the Scripture, and the Word written, is yet to be a Rule unto him; and as many as walk according to this Rule, peace shall be upon them.
If the Law, and Light, and Spirit within, be our Rule, then what need the Scripture, or the Word without, any longer? But the Scripture, and the Word of God written, is a Rule stil; it is setled in Heaven, and doth endure for ever, Psal. 119. For ever, O Lord, thy Word is setled in Heaven, verse 89. And saith Paul to Timothy, I charge thee, in the sight of God, that thou keep this Commandement until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, Epist. 1. Chap. 6. Ver. 14. Timothy doth not live in person to the appearing of Christ; but those that succeed him, do, and shal•, unto whom this charge is made: And if ye look into Chap. 3. ye find that Paul saith to him; These things write I to thee, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thy self in the House of God: yet Timothy had a Light, and Law, and Spirit of God within him. So that though a man have the Spirit, Light, and Law within him, he is yet to be ruled by the Word of God written; the Scripture, and the Word written, is yet to be a Rule unto him; and as many as walk according to this Rule, peace shal be upon them.