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Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London
Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by William Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth.Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by Willam Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth.
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1668
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And in Matth. 7. they say, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy Name, and cast out devils in thy Name, and done many wonderful works in thy Name? And yet Christ shall say at last, Depart, I never knew you. So that many men go very far in the doing part of Religion, and yet fall short of heaven. If then, the first may be last in the doing part of Religion, why should it be a thing incredible to us, that the first may be last in the suffering part?
The second demonstration of it, to clear it, is this:
If a man may spoil and lose all his former sufferings by his after-sins; and if a man may recover, repair, recompense his former backwardness to suffer, by his after-faith and grace; then presently the last may be first, and the first may be last in point of suffering. So it is.
If a man may spoil and lose all his former sufferings by his after-sins; and if a man may recover, repair, recompence his former backwardness to suffer, by his after-faith and grace; then presently the last may be first, and the first may be last in point of suffering. So it is.