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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.
Eleventhly, And then to draw to a conclusion, that you may be willing to suffer for the ⟨p. 92⟩Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, lay these things and this great reward wishly upon your hearts, and thereby you will be made more willing. You see how it is with a man that's going to Court, he rides through this plash, and the other plash; I am going to Court, and there I shall be made a man, if I get but thither. Why, truly we are going to the Court of the King of Kings, and these sufferings that we meet withal, are the plashes by the way. But Christians, there's enough in heaven to pay for all. Luther said, Let him be miserable, that can be miserable. So you that suffer for the Name of Christ, you cannot be miserable, Christ hath pronounced you blessed, and you shall be blessed: and you see what a reward here is in the Text; An hundred fold in this life, and in the world to come life everlasting.
Eleventhly, And then to draw to a conclusion, that you may be willing to suffer for the ⟨p. 92⟩Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, lay these things and this great reward wishly upon your hearts, and thereby you will be made more willing. You see how it is with a man that's going to Court, he rides through this plash, and the other plash; I am going to Court, and there I shall be made a man, if I get but thither. Why, truly we are going to the Court of the King of Kings, and these sufferings that we meet withal, are the plashes by the way. But Christians, there's enough in heaven to pay for all. Luther said, Let him be miserable, that can be miserable. So you that suffer for the Name of Christ, you cannot be miserable, Christ hath pronounc'd you blessed, and you shall be blessed: and you see what a reward here is in the Text; An hundred fold in this life, and in the world to come life everlasting.
I shall only say, this is the parting Speech: There is no loss in loosing for Jesus Christ; whatsoever you do loose for Christ, you shall find it infinitely in Christ: Christ and a little, is a great deal. The only way to have a mercy, is to be content to go without it: And the only way to prevent a misery, is to be willing to endure it. Now therefore, if you would prevent suffering, be willing to suffer for the Name of Jesus Christ.