Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London

Name: Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London
Author: William Bridge

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.

William Bridge 1600?–1670London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1668

254 p. · 76k words · Wing B4463 · ESTC R28532

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Sermon 7: Comfort to Mourners for the loss of Solemn Assemblies.Sermon 7: Comfort to Mourners for the losse of Solemn Assemblies.

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.

[ Earlier:698–713 of 908

:698p. 199¶2

2. But Secondly, Do you ask what there is in the Reproach of this Solemn Assembly, that the Saints and People of God should be so much affected with it?

:699p. 199–200

I Answer, There is a darkness falls upon the greatest Organ of Light: The greatest Organ of light is eclipsed; all eclipsed, and the greater Vessel or Organ of light is eclipsed, the more dreadful is the Eclipse: The Sun eclipsed, that ⟨p. 200⟩great Organ of light, it is more dreadful. The great Organ of light for the world, it is the Solemn Assembly: Now when a Reproach falls upon the Solemn Assembly, the greatest Vessel, and Organ of light is darkened, and this is dreadful to those that look upwards.

I Answer, There is a darkness falls upon the greatest Organ of Light: The greatest Organ of light is ecclipsed; all ecclipsed, and the greater Vessel or Organ of light is ecclipsed, the more dreadful is the Ecclipse: The Sun ecclipsed, that ⟨p. 200⟩great Organ of light, it is more dreadful. The great Organ of light for the world, it is the Solemn Assembly: Now when a Reproach falls upon the Solemn Assembly, the greatest Vessel, and Organ of light is darkned, and this is dreadful to those that look upwards.

:700p. 200

But Thirdly, Then the Name of the Lord is dishonoured: The Reproaches of them that Reproached thee have fallen upon me: And so the other way; The Reproaches of them that Reproach us, and the Solemn Assemblies, are fallen upon thee O Lord, and upon thy Name. There are three or four things that God doth much delight in, in the world; his Truth, his Worship, his People,

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