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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.
But now in the second place, This unbelieving heart or infidelity, is the ground of Apostasy, for thereby we depart from God: Infidelity is the root of Apostasy; for as by faith we are united to God, do draw near to God, and are united to him: So by our unbelief we depart from God. Faith (you know) is the uniting grace; and so on the contrary, by unbelief we depart from God: But this will appear if you consider what those things are ⟨p. 221⟩that make men depart from God.
But now in the second place, This unbelieving heart or infidelity, is the ground of Apostasie, for thereby we depart from God: Infidelity is the root of Apostasie; for as by faith we are united to God, do draw near to God, and are united to him: So by our unbelief we depart from God. Faith (you know) is the uniting grace; and so on the contrary, by unbelief we depart from God: But this will appear if you consider what those things are ⟨p. 221⟩that make men depart from God.
They are the good things, and the evil things of this life.
The good things of this life do flatter men from God.