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Two sermons viz. I. The diseases that make a stoppage to Englands mercies discovered…
Two sermons viz. I. The diseases that make a stoppage to Englands mercies discovered and attended with their remedies : in a sermon delivered at Margaretson Fish-street-hill, London : II. A preparation for suffering in these plundering times / by William Bridge ...Two sermons viz. I. The diseases that make a stoppage to Englands mercies discovered and attended with their remedies : in a sermon delivered at Margaretson Fish-street-hill, London : II. A preperation for suffering in these plundering times / by William Bridge ...
London: printed for Benjamin Allen, 1642
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3. Thirdly, Beloved, God will make good his Name to the utmost, and his name is, A Jealous God; now a ⟨p. 9⟩husbands jealousy ariseth not, when he sees his wife commit adultery, but if he do but see her playing and sporting with a stranger; so Gods jealousy ariseth, not only when we commit the gross act of Idolatry, when we bow before an Idol, but if we be sporting and playing with Superstition; for God is a jealous God: And though the husband do not see cause enough to turn away his wife, because of her sporting and playing, and dallying, he may see cause enough to deny such a courtesy; so God, though he does not give a Bill of Divorce for such a sin which you count lesser, yet he may see cause enough to make a stoppage in his proceedings of mercy. Thus the Doctrine stands firm, when God is in a way of mercy towards his people, if they do sin against him, their sins may make a stoppage in his proceedings. By way of Application;
3. Thirdly, Beloved, God will make good his Name to the utmost, and his name is, A Jealous God; now a ⟨p. 9⟩husbands jealousie arisech not, when he sees his wife commit adultery, but if he do but see her playing and sporting with a stranger; so Gods jealousie ariseth, not onely when we commit the grosse act of Idolatry, when we bow before an Idoll, but if we be sporting and playing with Superstition; for God is a jealous God: And though the husband do not see cause enough to turn away his wife, because of her sporting and playing, and dallying, he may see cause enough to deny such a courtesie; so God, though he does not give a Bill of Divorce for such a sin which you count lesser, yet he may see cause enough to make a stoppage in his proceedings of mercie. Thus the Doctrine stands firm, when God is in a way of mercie towards his people, if they do sin against him, their sins may make a stoppage in his proceedings. By way of Application;
Use. Hence you may see what the reason is, why there is a stop made now of late in our England mercies. This last year God hath done great things for England, as ever England saw, and that man that sees it not, I shall think that Scripture hath taken hold upon him, which you have in