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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.
Either Christ did bear the Wrath of God, or not; either he did endure the punishment of loss and sense upon his Soul and Body, or not; if he did, then he did endure the same punishment in kind, that we should have done; if he did not, but somewhat equivalent, then there is some evil that is equivalent to the Wrath of God: But there is no evil equivalent to the Wrath of God, surely therefore he did endure our punishment in kind, even the Wrath of God, and the torments of Hell for us: so far as they were due to us by the Threatening in it self considered. And if Christ have thus suffered for us, both in his Soul and body, then his Travel was a sore Travel. But,
Either Christ did bear the Wrath of God, or not; either he did endure the punishment of loss and sence upon his Soul and Body, or not; if he did, then he did endure the same punishment in kind, that we should have done; if he did not, but somwhat equivalent, then there is some evil that is equivalent to the Wrath of God: But there is no evil equivalent to the Wrath of God, surely therfore he did endure our punishment in kind, even the Wrath of God, and the torments of Hel for us: so far as they were due to us by the Threatning in it self considered. And if Christ have thus suffered for us, both in his Soul and body, then his Travel was a sore Travel. But,
Secondly: As the Travel of Christ, was a sore Travel; so it was a long and tedious Travel; he was in the pains of this Travel from his Cradle, to the last breath of his Cross; not only in his Death,1 but in his Life all along: Upon which account, Matthew doth apply those words of the Prophet Isaiah, Surely he hath born our griefs, and carried our sins unto what Christ did, and suffered in his Life; for saith the Gospel of Matthew, Chap. 8.16. When evening was come, they brought unto him, many that were possessed with Devils, and he cast out the spirits with his Word, and healed all that were sick: Mark tells us, that all the City was gathered together at the door, Chap. 1.32.33. So that he did cure, and heal them with his own Trouble; according to that of