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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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Thirdly, take heed you run not into any suffering without a Call, nor rush out of that suffering without the same Call from God. Noah was in the Ark; and when the waters were abated from off the earth, Noah would not stir out of the Ark. Why would not Noah go out when the waters were abated? Why as Noah had a Call to go in, so he would have the same Call to go out. A man must not run into a suffering without a Call, and he must not rush out of it without a Call. And therefore you shall find Christ and the Apostles, and all the Martyrs, that thus they acted: they would hide, and go aside, and avoid their sufferings: but when they were in hold, they would not go out, though the doors were open. So that that's the third thing; be sure of this, that you do not run into sufferings without a Call, nor rush out of sufferings without the same Call from God.
Thirdly, take heed you run not into any suffering without a Call, nor rush out of that suffering without the same Call from God. Noah was in the Ark; and when the waters were abated from off the earth, Noah would not stir out of the Ark. Why would not Noah go out when the waters were abated? Why as Noah had a Call to go in, so he would have the same Call to go out. A man must not run into a suffering without a Call, and he must not rush out of it without a Call. And therefore you shall finde Christ and the Apostles, and all the Martyrs, that thus they acted: they would hide, and go aside, and avoid their sufferings: but when they were in hold, they would not go out, though the doors were open. So that that's the third thing; be sure of this, that you do not run into sufferings without a Call, nor rush out of sufferings without the same Call from God.
Fourthly, if you would order and manage all your sufferings so as they may turn to a good account, then set all your losses upon Christs head, and upon Christs score: which you may do, if you do suffer for Christs cause; which you may do, if you do suffer according to Christs example; which you may do, if you suffer with the same spirit and disposition that Christ did, & suffer in the strength of Christ, set all upon the head & score of Christ.