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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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8. Take heed of Remissness in duty: Remissness in duty, will cause omission of duty; omission of duty, will cause Commission of evil; and Commission of evil will cause a departing from God: I use to say, the slumber of grace, is a preparation to sin; and those that slumber in times of enjoyments, they will fall in suffering times (it's likely) you know how it was with the Disciples that slumbered and slept at the Mount of Transfiguration, afterwards they slept also in suffering time: Well therefore, if you would not depart from God, the Living God through unbelief; Take heed of the slumbers of grace, take heed of remissness in any duty, least remissness cause omission, omission commission, and commission departing from God.
8. Take heed of Remisseness in duty: Remisseness in duty, will cause omission of duty; omission of duty, will cause Commission of evil; and Commission of evil will cause a departing from God: I use to say, the slumber of grace, is a preparation to sin; and those that slumber in times of injoyments, they will fall in suffering times (it's likely) you know how it was with the Disciples that slumbred and slept at the Mount of Transfiguration, afterwards they slept also in suffering time: Well therefore, if you would not depart from God, the Living God through unbelief; Take heed of the slumbers of grace, take heed of remisness in any duty, least remisness cause omission, omission commission, and commission departing from God.
9. Take heed that you do not stand poring upon your Temptations, whatsoever your Temptations be: When the Children of Israel were stung by the Serpents in the Wilderness, they did not stand poring upon the Arm that was stung, and crying out, O my Arm, O how it is swelled! but they looked up upon the Brazen Serpent: If they had looked upon their Arm, and stood poring upon that, they had never been Cured: So now, if in case we be tempted, the way is, not to stand poring upon ⟨p. 229⟩the temptation, but to look off unto Christ: If therefore you would not depart from God in the time of Temptation, take heed of poring upon the Temptation, look off from that upon the brazen Serpent. And