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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.
Thirdly. As it was a long, and tedious Travel; so it was an helpless Travel; helpless in regard of men, and they all forsook him, saith the Text. When a Woman is in Travel, Friends come, and Midwife comes, and Helpers come: But when Christ was in Travel, even his very Friends forsook him, yea, God himself did forsake him; no Friend, nor Midwife, nor Helper, but in this matter he trod the Wine-press of his Fathers Wrath alone. O! what an hard Labour was here! yet thus, thus in regard of his body, thus in regard of his Soul, Christ was in Travel for us.
Thirdly. As it was a long, and tedious Travel; so it was an helpless Travel; helpless in regard of men, and they all forsook him, saith the Text. When a Woman is in Travel, Friends come, and Midwife comes, and Helpers come: But when Christ was in Travel, even his very Friends forsook him, yea, God himself did forsake him; no Friend, nor Midwife, nor Helper, but in this matter he trode the Wine-press of his Fathers Wrath alone. O! what an hard Labor was here! yet thus, thus in regard of his body, thus in regard of his Soul, Christ was in Travel for us.
Quest. But suppose that Christ was in Travel, and thus in Travel for us, what then?
Answ. Then it is our Duty to come in, and behold this hard and sore Labour. When Moses saw the Bush burning that was not consumed, he said, I will stand still, and behold this wonder. But behold a greater wonder is here, Christ bearing our sins in the fire of the Wrath of God, and yet not consumed; shall we not then stand still, and behold this wonder of Love?
Answ. Then it is our Duty to come in, and behold this hard and sore Labor. When Moses saw the Bush burning that was not consumed, he said, I wil stand stil, and behold this wonder. But behold a greater wonder is here, Christ bearing our sins in the fire of the Wrath of God, and yet not consumed; shal we not then stand stil, and behold this wonder of Love?