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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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But secondly, It may argue more grace, to do the same work afterwards. Pray consider this: I say, it may sometimes argue more grace to do the same work afterwards. As for example: suppose a man be an old man, or an old woman, when this person was young he prayed it may be an hour or two hours in a day; now he is grown old, and his body is infirm and weak, to do the same thing now, argues more grace now then before: and therefore if you look into Psal. 92. you shall find that this is made the growing of those that are old, that they shall bring forth fruit still: The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon; he shall grow. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God. Well, and what shall he do when he is old? At vers. 14. They shall bring forth fruit in old age. He doth not say that they shall grow; but this bringing forth fruit still in old age is his growth: so that sometimes it may argue more grace to do the same work afterwards then before.
But secondly, It may argue more grace, to do the same work afterwards. Pray con•ider this: I say, it may sometimes argue more grace to do the same work afterwards. As for example: suppose a man be an old man, or an old woman, when this person was young he pray'd it may be an hour or two hours in a day; now he is grown old, and his body is infirm and weak, to do the same thing now, argues more grace now then before: and therefore if you look into Psal. 92. you shall finde that this is made the growing of those that are old, that they shall bring forth fruit still: The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree; he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon; he shall grow. Those that be planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts of our God. Well, and what shall he do when he is old? At vers. 14. They shall bring forth fruit in old age. He doth not say that they shall grow; but this bringing forth fruit still in oldage is his growth: so that sometimes it may argue more grace to do the same work afterwards then before.