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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.
6. The School-men say, All grief doth arise from the want of the thing loved, and the loss of good: Now when the Solemn Assembly doth lie under Reproach, there good things are lost; the Saints good things: There's the presence of God in the Solemn ⟨p. 202⟩Assembly: There's the Chariot whereby Christ rides into the souls of sinners: There's the food of Faith: There's all good things gone, and therefore no wonder they are so affected: But
7. Look when the Solemn Assembly doth lie un-under Reproach, then the world is scandalized, and the world's offended. Woe to the world because of •ffences, 'tis an evil thing that the world should be offended. When is the world offended? when the Solemn Assembly lies under Reproach? aha, so would we have it: Then they laugh, saith Paul, who is offended, and I burn not. We say, when the sick man laughs, the Physician cries, he is distracted saith he. Why now the Saints and People of God, they are the worlds Physicians to cure them, and heal them, by their lives, and prayers, and instructions. What do they laugh? what do they say? Aha, so would we have it. But when the Solemn Assembly lies under Reproach, then is the world offended: Then therefore is the time for the Saints and people of God to be much affected.
7. Look when the Solemn Assembly doth lie un-under Reproach, then the world is scandalized, and the world's offended. Wo to the world because of •ffences, 'tis an evil thing that the world should be offended. When is the world offended? when the Solemn Assembly lies under Reproach? aha, so would we have it: Then they laugh, saith Paul, who is offended, and I burn not. We say, when the sick man laughs, the Physician crys, he is distracted saith he. Why now the Saints and People of God, they are the worlds Physicians to cure them, and heal them, by their lives, and prayers, and instructions. What do they laugh? what do they say? Aha, so would we have it. But when the Solemn Assembly lies under Reproach, then is the world offended: Then therefore is the time for the Saints and people of God to be much affected.