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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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6. As it is an unreasonable wrath and anger; so it is an insulting wrath and anger, whereby they do ⟨p. 162⟩insult over the poor people of God, Psal. 137. By the Rivers of Babylon we sate down, yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our Harps upon the Willows, For there they that carried us away Captive, required of us a Song: And they that wasted us, required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the Songs of Zion; insulting over them. And so in Rev. 11. They will make merry, and send gifts one to another, rejoicing over the dead Witnesses. 'Tis an insulting wrath and anger that they are filled withal.
6. As it is an unreasonable wrath and anger; so it is an insulting wrath and anger, whereby they do ⟨p. 162⟩insult over the poor people of God, Psal. 137. By the Rivers of Babylon we sate down, yea, we wept when we remembred Sion. We hanged our Harps upon the Willows, For there they that carryed us away Captive, required of us a Song: And they that wasted us, required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the Songs of Sion; insulting over them. And so in Rev. 11. They will make merry, and send gifts one to another, rejoycing over the dead Witnesses. 'Tis an insulting wrath and anger that they are filled withal.
7. And then further, As it is an Insulting wrath and anger; so the wrath and anger that is in the hearts of wicked men towards the Saints, it is an universal wrath and anger. For though they be angry with one person, their anger doth not stay there, but it riseth unto all the party of the Saints. Hamans wrath began with Mordecai, in