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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.
Is it not an high Expression of his Love and Delight,1 to have communion with them in all their sufferings? Thus it is, they have communion with him in his Comforts, and he hath communion with them in their Sorrows; once he bare the Curse of their sin for them, & now he bears the Cross of their sin with them; they have Cedar Wood, and Gold and Silver from him, he hath dirty Cities from them, In all their afflictions, he was afflicted, Isa. 63.9. and as a tender Wife is afflicted with her Husband, and doth run up and down for him; so doth Christ also, and therefore if ye look into Cant. 7.10. ye shall find, that when the Spouse saith, I am my beloved's, and his desire is towards me: it is the same word that is used for the Wife, Gen. 3.16. And thy desire shall be towards thine Husband? Why so? not because Christ shall be subject to the will of the Saints, as the will of the Wife is to be subject to the will of the Husband; but because (the Word [Greek or Hebrew], coming from the root [Greek or Hebrew], signifying to run up and down, to and fro, with solicitude and carefulness) as the Wife doth run up and down, looking to, and caring for her sick Husband, being afflicted with him in all his afflictions: So Christ doth carefully tender, and is solicitous for the Saints good, his heart as it were, running up and down for them, and being afflicted with them in all their afflictions, she saith here, and his desire, or his running up and down affection, is towards me. Now what greater argument of delight, and contentment can there be?
Is it not an high Expression of his Love and Delight,1 to have communion with them in al their sufferings? Thus it is, they have communion with him in his Comforts, and he hath communion with them in their Sorrows; once he bare the Curse of their sin for them, & now he bears the Cross of their sin with them; they have Cedar Wood, and Gold and Silver from him, he hath dirty Cities from them, In all their afflictions, he was afflicted,