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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.
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.
First of all, There is a great deal of wrath and anger in the hearts of men against the people of God. A great deal of anger; so much anger as doth amount to wrath, for wrath is the height of anger: Now the men of the world, they are wrath with the people of God, not only angry, but wrathfully displeased, Psal. 124. Had not the Lord bin on our side when men rose up against us, then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us.
There is not only Wrath in their hearts against the people of God, but such wrath as doth amount to Rage. For as wrath is the height of Anger, so Rage is the height of Wrath. Now there is Rage ⟨p. 160⟩also in the hearts of men against the people of God. Why do the Heathen Rage? Psal. 2. They Rage.
And there is not only Rage in the hearts of the wicked against the people of God; but such Rage as doth amount to Fury. For as Rage is the height of Wrath, so Fury is the height of Rage. Now there is Fury in the hearts of men against the people of God. In Dan. 3. 13. Then Nebuchadnezzar in his Rage and Fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and they brought these men before the King, v. 19. Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of Fury.