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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.
Object. I, but every body will say, I am a fool to leave my country, and go I know not whither.
Answ. Nay, but I will make thy name great, and thou shalt be a blessing.
Object. I but I shall meet with divers enemies abroad, and they will fall upon me, and ruin me.
Object. I but I shall meet with divers enemies abroad, and they will fall upon me, and ruine me.
Answ. Nay, (saith the Lord) And I will bless them that bless thee, and I will curse him that curseth thee. See what a great promise here is made: When did this promise come? So Abraham departed, as the L•rd had spoken to him. Look when we do forsake any worldly interest for the Lord, then comes the promise. Now is not one promise better then any worldly interest, an hundred times better?