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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.
And as for others, though you make the question, I'll give my answer so (saith he) as shall ⟨p. 31⟩concern more then you: my promise shall be extended unto others also; at vers. 29. And EVERY ONE that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, shall receive an hundredfold: Here's their reward, an hundred-fold. It is a very great improvement. We account Ten in the Hundred a great matter; and if Merchants can venture to Sea, and gain Twelve or Ten in the Hundred, and be Insured of so great a gain, they account it a great matter: but here's an hundred-fold: not Ten or Twelve, but an hundred for one; and this insured too: Verily I say unto you (saith Christ) every one that hath forsaken, &c. shall receive an hundred-fold.
And as for others, though you make the question, I'll give my answer so (saith he) as shall ⟨p. 31⟩concern more then you: my prom•se shall be extended unto others also; at vers. 29. And EVERY ONE that hath forsaken houses, or bre•hren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my Names sake, shall receive an hundredfold: Here's their reward, an hundred-fold. It is a very great improvement. We account Ten in the Hundred a great matter; and if Merchants can venture to Sea, and gain Twelve or Ten in the Hundred, and be Insured of so great a gain, they account it a great matter: but here's an hundred-fold: not Ten or Twelve, but an hundred for one; and this insur'd too: Verily I say unto you (saith Christ) every one that hath forsaken, &c. shall receive an hundred-fold.
And as for the cautional part, that follows at vers. 30. But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.