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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
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.
Now Christ is made known unto us by his Spirit, and by the Gospel.
By his Spirit he is made known unto us: for as God the Father is made known unto us by Christ his Son: so Christ is made known unto us by the Spirit: He shall take of mine, and show it unto you, such Christ. And upon this account therefore, when a man doth suffer any thing for the Spirit, or for any working of the Holy-ghost upon his heart or soul, then he is said to suffer for the Name of Christ. And upon this score it was that John the Baptist was accounted a Martyr of Christ, and enrolled among the Martyrs of Christ: John the Baptist, if you look into the story, did not suffer for any Gospel-truth: John the Baptist suffered for this, that he reprehended Herod's adulterous courses: true; but the Spirit of Christ put him upon it; and therefore being stirred up thereunto by the Spirit of Christ, he is said to suffer upon the account of Christ. So that, I say, the Spirit of Christ is that whereby Christ is made known unto