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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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14. If you would not depart from God, the living God through unbelief, Then take heed of worldliness: Take heed of covetousness, and of worldliness: We cannot serve two Masters, God, and Mammon, you must cleave to the one, and forsake the other: Demas hath forsaken me, and embraced this present world. A worldly covetous heart will depart from God, and therefore take heed of covetousness, worldliness: Seek not great things for your selves: Seek ye great things in these times? Seek them not; 'Tis a great matter to have ones life for a prey in evil times.
14. If you would not depart from God, the living God through unbelief, Then take heed of worldliness: Take heed of covetousness, and of worldliness: We cannot serve two Masters, God, and Mammon, you must cleave to the one, and forsake the other: Demas hath forsaken me, and imbrac'd this present world. A worldly covetous heart will depart from God, and therefore take heed of covetousness, worldliness: Seek not great things for your selves: Seek ye great things in these times? Seek them not; 'Tis a great matter to have ones life for a prey in evil times.
15. If you would not depart from God, the living God through unbelief, then take heed of mis-belief; all unbelief is grounded upon a misbelief: We don't believe because we mis-believe; ⟨p. 231⟩we see it in Adam, he was guilty of unbelief, how? Why he believed the Devil, You shall be like God, saith he, and by his mis-believing he came into unbelief; His unbelief was grounded upon a misbelief. God draws by Promises, and the Devil tempts by Promises. Why when the Devil tempts by Promises, if we believe his Promises, we shall soon be guilty of unbelief, in regard of Gods Promises; and therefore if we would not depart from God, the living God, through unbelief, take heed of misbelieving.