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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.
As for your Condition: It's an excellent thing for a man to be thankful for his present Condition, and yet not to be in love therewith, nor to live thereon: it's ill to murmur in any Condition, it's good to be content in some, but in every Condition to be thankful, is excellent: To fear the Lord in Prosperity, and to love him in Adversity, never to think that my condition is extraordinary; to trust God with my condition by Experience, and yet to trust in God for my condition, over and beyond all experience. These are excellent things in reference to our Condition.
As for your Condition: It's an excellent thing for a man to be thankful for his present Condition, and yet not to be in love therewith, nor to live thereon: it's ill to murmur in any Condition, it's good to be content in some, but in every Condition to be thankful, is excellent: To fear the Lord in Prosperity, and to love him in Adversity, never to think that my condition is extraordinary; to trust God with my condition by Experience, and yet to trust in God for my condition, over and beyond al experience. These are excellent things in reference to our Condition.
As for your Converse, and dealing with men: An excellent thing it is, to use no Company but such as you may receive s•me good from, or communicate some good unto; to take no offence, and to give none, being very unwilling to give offence, and very back•ard to take it; to rejoice in another's Graces, and to grieve for another's sins; to be a Lamb in ones own Cause, and a ⟨p. 148⟩Lyon in Gods; of a sweet, and meek disposition, yet zealous, and active for God; and in all our dealings with men, to deal with God through men; saying, if they curse, or bless, God hath bid them do it; and in case that any man offend you, to be more ready to forgive, than he is to acknowledge his offence; that your forgiveness may rather draw out his acknowledgement, than his acknowledgement draw out your forgiveness: These are excellent things in regard of our converse, or dealings with men.