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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.
If it be so great a Mercy, and Blessing, to be settled, fixed,1 and established in the Truth, and good Ways of God, then what cause have all tho•e that me now established, to praise the Lord, and say, I was a poor, unsettled person, but through Grace, I am now settled: The more unto l•d the Times are, and men in the Times, the greater is the Mercy to be truly fixed, and established. Hath the ⟨p. 436⟩Lord therefore settled your heart in these unsettled Times? O! then give thanks unto the Lord, and say, My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing, and give praise.
If it be so great a Mercy, and Blessing, to be setled, fixed,1 and established in the Truth, and good Waies of God, then what cause have al tho•e that me now established, to praise the Lord, and say, I was a poor, unsetled person, but through Grace, I am now setled: The more unto l•d the Times are, and men in the Times, the greater is the Mercy to be truly fixed, and established. Hath the ⟨p. 436⟩Lord therefore setled your heart in these unsetled Times? O! then give thanks unto the Lord, and say, My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed, I will sing, and give praise.
- 1Applicat.
Object. O! but I cannot find this fixation of spirit in my soul, nor that steadfastness in my life, as I desire; and therefore I cannot praise the Lord as I should.