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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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5. As it is a fretting and froward heart, so an unbelieving heart is a rash foolish heart, and will put one upon doing foolish things. It's rash, faith makes not haste, but unbelief makes haste, I said in my haste I am c•st out of thy sight: That's unbelief, I said in my haste, all men are Liars, that's unbelief: What a foolish thing it was for David to scrabble on the door, and let fall his spittle, and fain himself mad? It was his unbelief that did it: An unbelieving heart, is a rash, sudden, and a foolish heart.
5. As it is a fretting and froward heart, so an unbelieving heart is a rash foolish heart, and will put one upon doing foolish things. It's rash, faith makes not haste, but unbelief makes haste, I said in my haste I am c•st out of thy sight: That's unbelief, I said in my haste, all men are Lyars, that's unbelief: What a foolish thing it was for David to scrabble on the door, and let fall his spittle, and fain himself mad? It was his unbelief that did it: An unbelieving heart, is a rash, suddain, and a foolish heart.
6. As it is a rash and a foolish heart, so it is a ⟨p. 219⟩doubting, wavering, staggering heart: It's said of Abraham, that he staggered not through unbelief: It seems then, that as Drunkenness will make a man stagger and reel too and fro, so unbelief will make a man stagger and reel too and fro: A doubting, wavering, unsettled, staggering heart, is an unbelieving heart.
6. As it is a rash and a foolish heart, so it is a ⟨p. 219⟩doubting, wavering, staggering heart: It's said of Abraham, that he staggered not through unbelief: It seems then, that as Drunkenness will make a man stagger and reel too and fro, so unbelief will make a man stagger and reel too and fro: A doubting, wavering, unsettel'd, staggering heart, is an unbelieving heart.