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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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Fifthly, if this be true also, that many that are last, shall be first in the work of suffering; why should we censure or despise some that are weak, that do drag, that do come behind, that are backward (as we think) unto the work of suffering? We will not blame an Apple-tree or a Pear-tree that is winter-fruit, because it doth not come so soon as other trees that are summer-fruit? ⟨p. 50⟩So there are some men that are sooner ripe for sufferings, and they are summer-fruit; others that are backward, and they are winter-fruit, they •on't come so soon. The Lord hath many gusts of sufferings, and such a one may be reserved for the second, or for the third part. Now as we do not blame the tree for bringing forth so late, because it is a winter-fruit: so why should we despise some that are backward in our eyes, that h•ng and flag as to the business of suffering? why the first shall be last, and the last shall be first.
Fifthly, if this be true also, that many that are last, shall be first in the work of suffering; why should we censure or despise some that are weak, that do drag, that do come behinde, that are backward (as we think) unto the work of suffering? We will not blame an Apple-tree or a Pear-tree that is winter-fruit, because it doth not come so soon as other trees that are summer-fruit? ⟨p. 50⟩So there are some men that are sooner ripe for sufferings, and they are summer-fruit; others that are backward, and they are winter-fruit, they •on't come so soon. The Lord hath many gusts of suff•rings, and such a one may be reserved for the second, or for the third part. Now as we do not blame the tree for bringing forth so late, because it is a winter-fruit: so why should we despise some that are backward in our eyes, that h•ng and flag as to the business of suffering? why the first shall be last, and the last shall be first.