A29372:153
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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Thirdly, in suffering times we are very apt to boggle at the dispensation, to fall foul upon instrumen•• •• to complain of Gods dealings with us, and not of our own unworthy dealings with God.
Fourthly, in suffering times we are very apt to look to the smart of our sufferings, and not to the cause; or else to pitch upon the wrong cause.
Fifthly, in suffering times we are very apt to wish that we had never begun in the work of God; As Joshua and the Elders, when they smarted before the men of Ai: Would to God we had stayed on the other side Jordan, (say they.) So when men meet with the smart of afflictions in the way and work of God, O then, would to God we had never meddled with the work of Reformation; ⟨p. 47⟩would to God we had been content with our leeks and onions which we had before.
Fifthly, in suffering times we are very apt to wish that we had never begun in the work of God; As Joshua and the Elders, when they smarted before the men of Ai: Would to God we had stayed on the other side Jordan, (say they.) So when men meet with the sm•rt of afflictions in the way and work of God, O then, would to God we had never meddled with the work of Reformation; ⟨p. 47⟩would to God we had been content with our leeks and onions which we had before.