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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.
Fourthly, if you do suffer for the not-doing of that, which Jesus Christ hath justified his own Disciples for the not doing of, then do you suffer for the Gospel, and so for the Name of Jesus Christ. Now look into the 15 of Matth. and you shall see what Christ did justify his Disciples in. And the Scribes and the Pharisees came to Christ, and they say unto him, Why do thy Disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders? What's that? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. Why that's an indifferent thing; surely the Disciples would not stand off for an indifferent thing. Yes that they did, I and Christ justified them in it.
Fourthly, if you do suffer for the not-doing of that, which Jesus Christ hath justified his own Disciples for the not doing of, then do you suffer for the Gospel, and so for the Name of Jesus Christ. Now look into the 15 of Matth. and you shall see what Christ did justifie his Disciples in. And the Scribes and the Pharisees came to Christ, and they say unto him, Why do thy Disciples transgress the tradition of the Elders? What's that? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. VVhy that's an indifferent thing; surely the Disciples would not stand off for an indifferent thing. Yes that they did, I and Christ justified them in it.
But this was hatched with the tradition of the Elders of the Church, and surely they would not stand off now. Yes, that they did, and Christ justifies them in it, for Christ said, Why do you also transgress the commandments of God by your traditions? So that if you do suffer for not doing that, which Jesus Christ hath justified his Disciples for ⟨p. 86⟩the not doing of; then you suffer for the Gospel, and for the Name of Christ.
But this was hatcht with the tradition of the Elders of the Church, and surely they would not stand off now. Yes, that they did, and Christ justifies them in it, for Christ said, Why do you also transgress the commandments of God by your traditions? So that if you do suffer for not doing that, which Jesus Christ hath justified his Disciples for