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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 5: The uncertainty of the world, should take off our Hearts from the Love of it.
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Seventhly, Go to the Lord, and beg of the Lord to fulfil his promises: Now Gods promises are very many this way; but I shall only turn you unto that in the last of Zech. 20. a promise spoken concerning the latter times: In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, holiness unto the Lord. The bells of the horses; upon the bells of the Temple? no, upon the bells of the horses, your Carriers horses: In that day shall there be holiness upon the bells of the horses, holiness unto the Lord: And the pots in the Lords house shall be like the bowls before the Altar; yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah, shall be holiness unto the Lord of Hosts: Every pot in Jerusalem, every pot in your house, shall be holiness unto the Lord: go to God to fulfil this promise; O •here is such a promise lies for the l•tter times, let's go to God to fulfil this promise, that holiness may be written upon all our pots, and then shall we use this world as if we used it not.
Seventhly, Go to the Lord, and beg of the Lord to fulfil his promises: Now Gods promises are very many this way; but I shall only turn you unto that in the last of Zech. 20. a promise spoken concerning the latter times: In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, holiness unto the Lord. The bells of the horses; upon the bells of the Temple? no, upon the bells of the horses, your Carriers horses: In that day shall there be holiness upon the bells of the horses, holiness unto the Lord: And the pots in the Lords house shall be like the bowls before the Altar; yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah, shall be holiness unto the Lord of Hosts: Every pot in Jerusalem, every pot in your house, shall be holiness unto the Lord: go to God to fulfil this promise; O •here is such a promise lies for the l•tter times, let's go to God to fulfil this promise, that holiness may be written upon all our pots, and then shall we use this world as if we us'd it not.
Eighthly and lastly, Consider what a good thing it is to use this world as if we used it not.