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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: Ye must know, That there is a great difference between Peace, Comfort, and Joy. A man may have Peace that hath no Comfort; a man may have Comfort that hath no Joy: one is beyond the other, one a degree above the other. As now, it may be day-light, and yet the Sun may not shine forth; the Sun may shine forth, and yet not noon-day. Possibly a man may have Peace, and yet not much Comfort, only stayed upon God; possibly a man may have Comfort, and yet not much Joy. But now, many a poor soul thinks, because he hath no Joy, therefore he hath no Comfort; and because he hath not much Comfort, therefore no Peace. Labour to know the difference between these.
Secondly: Ye must know, That there is a great difference between Peace, Comfort, and Joy. A man may have Peace that hath no Comfort; a man may have Comfort that hath no Joy: one is beyond the other, one a degree above the other. As now, it may be day-light, and yet the Sun may not shine forth; the Sun may shine forth, and yet not noon-day. Possibly a man may have Peace, and yet not much Comfort, only stayed upon God; possibly a man may have Comfort, and yet not much Joy. But now, many a poor soul thinks, because he hath no Joy, therefore he hath no Comfort; and because he hath not much Comfort, therefore no Peace. Labor to know the difference between these.
Thirdly: Ye must know, That there is a Peace, which lies in opposition to what one hath been; and a Peace, that is in opposition to what one would be. A godly man, a weak Christian, when he considers what he would be, and what he would have, he hath no rest nor quiet: But now, come unto the same man, and say thus, You remember what a wicked life once you led; ye were a Drunkard, or ye were a Wanton: What say ye? would you be in that condition again? Oh no, saith he then, I would not be in that condition for all the world. Here now the Soul hath Peace in opposition to what it hath been, though it hath not Peace and Quiet in opposition to what it would be.