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A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their public fast, Novemb.…A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their publique fast, Novemb.…
A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their public fast, Novemb. 29. 1643. By William Bridge, sometimes fellow of Emanuel College in Cambridge, now preacher of Gods Word at Yarmouth.A sermon preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at their publique fast, Novemb. 29. 1643. By VVilliam Bridge, sometimes fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now preacher of Gods Word at Yarmouth.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1643
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2. They must deny their own wills and affections, though they be never so strong. The Saints in Heaven are the least proprietaries to their own wills, and yet most happy. Our1 Saviour says, I am not come to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me; and this must be the resolution and practise of all those that are sent by God upon any service.
2. They must deny their owne wils and affections, though they be never so strong. The Saints in Heaven are the least proprietaries to their owne wils, and yet most happy. Our1 Saviour sayes, I am not come to doe my owne will, but the will of him that sent me; and this must be the resolution and practise of all those that are sent by God upon any service.
- 1Q•i voluntati propria non divinae obedit, sibi parit ruinam. Mendoza.
3. They must deny their own labours though they be never so great: So did Paul, who though he laboured more abundantly then all, yet says, I am the least of all the Apostles. I have read or heard a story of one being in the boat where the Kings •rowne was, and the Crown falling occasionally into the water, he leaped after it, and having recovered it, to save himself and it, he put the Crown upon his own head, that so he might swim the better unto the boat or land; but though •e was thanked for his venture, yet he was sharply reproved for his boldness, for putting the Crown upon his own head. The case is ours, is yours, the Crown of the Lord Jesus hath as it were fallen into the water, and ⟨p. 30⟩