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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 5: The uncertainty of the world, should take off our Hearts from the Love of it.
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.
Fifthly, If the world do use us, as if it used us not, and if the world do care for us, as if it cared not for us, why should not we use the world as if we used it not? Paul reasons after this manner, in Gal. 6. 14. God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom (or whereby) the world is crucified unto me; and I unto the world. The world looks upon me as a man hanged, crucified, hanged out of the way, why truly I look upon the world so too, saith he; the world looks upon me as a dry leaf, and I look upon the world as a dry leaf. Thus now it is, the world cares for us, as if it cared not for us, and the world uses us, as if it used us not; and therefore why should not we use the world as if we used it not.
Fifthly, If the world do use us, as if it us'd us not, and if the world do care for us, as if it car'd not for us, why should not we use the world as if we us'd it not? Paul reasons after this manner, in Gal. 6. 14. God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom (or whereby) the world is crucified unto me; and I unto the world. The world looks upon me as a man hang'd, crucified, hanged out of the way, why truly I look upon the world so too, saith he; the world looks upon me as a dry leaf, and I look upon the world as a dry leaf. Thus now it is, the world cares for us, as if it car'd not for us, and the world uses us, as if it us'd us not; and therefore why should not we use the world as if we us'd it not.
Obj. I but Solomon saith, Whatsoever thou findest in thine hand to do, do it with all thy might.
Ans. True, and it is in our band to use the world, ⟨p. 134⟩