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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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Sermon 3: The way to obtain a sure and great Reward. SERM. III.
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.
We (secondly) do leave or forsake a worldly interest by the wills of others, when through their oppression or persecution, we are deprived of our own commodity and satisfaction for Christ; and that is called suffering.
Our Saviour Christ here, hath respect to both: and in both these respects it's true, That whosoever doth leave any worldly interest for Christ, and his Name-sake, shall be sure to be well rewarded.
But then still to clear it:
Quest. What is it to leave any worldly interest for the Name of Christ?
Answ. The Name of Christ is that whereby Christ is made known unto us; as the name of a man, is that whereby a man is made known unto us. A man is made known unto us by his name; so Christ is made known unto us by his Name. That whereby Christ is made known unto us, that's his Name.