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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.
Secondly: As for a Church. §1All the Churches must know, That they are a People, which of all others, are laid out for sufferings; unto them especially it is given, not only to believe, but to suffer for Christ; and he serious consideration hereof, will help to establish them: For when the Apostles went up and down, confirming the Disciples and Churches, what Doctrine did they preach unto them, but this? Acts, 14.21. They returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, confirming the souls of the Disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the Faith, and that we must through much tribulation, enter into the Kingdom of God:
Secondly: As for a Church. §1All the Churches must know, That they are a People, which of al others, are laid out for sufferings; unto them especially it is given, not only to beleeve, but to suffer for Christ; and he serious consideration hereof, wil help to establish them: For when the Apostles went up and down, con•i•ming the Disciples and Churches, what Doctrine did they preach unto them, but this? Acts, 14.21. They returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, confirming the souls of the Disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the Faith, and that we must through much tribulation, enter into the Kingdom of God:
If particular Churches, would be settled, and established, they must have all the Officers, and Ordinances of Christ then; as a Ship under Sail, with all its Sails our, is beautiful, and doth move evenly; so shall they al•o do. A Church is never settled, till it have all those Officers in it, which our Lord and Saviour Christ hath appointed. And what is the reason that many are so unsettled at this day, but because they do either despise, or neglect those Offices, and Officers, which are the Fruits of Christs Ascension, and which he hath given for the perfecting of the Saints, for the edifying of the Body of Christ, That we henceforth be no more Children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of Doctrine,