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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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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.
3. Your service is and will be most successful; tis truth you stand for; And though the truth may labour, (as Hierom1 speaks) it cannot be overcome; For what (saith Mendoza) is more impregnable then the Heavens? and Truth hath built it self a tower there. Thy word, O Lord, is settled in the Heavens, Psal. 119. Wherefore worthy Sirs, as heretofore, so now much more be always abounding in the work of the Lord, in due time you shall reap if you faint not. If you want money to carry on your (yet not your, but Gods) public Design, remember what was promised unto Cyrus, who in regard of re-building the Temple, was to do your work in the type: I will2 go before thee, saith God, and make the crooked places straight; I will break in pieces the Gates ⟨image 4⟩of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron, and will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places. And doth not your own experience tell you, thus, even thus hath our God dealt by us? for the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places have been brought forth unto us; Gold and silver that hath not seen the light for many years before: God is the same God still, and his promise, which is your Mint, the same.
3. Your service is and will be most successefull; tis truth you stand for; And though the truth may labour, (as Hierom1 speakes) it cannot be overcome; For what (saith Mendoza) is more impregnable then the Heavens? and Truth hath built it selfe a towre there. Thy word, O Lord, is setled in the Heavens, Psal. 119. Wherefore worthy Sirs, as heretofore, so now much more be alwayes abounding in the worke of the Lord, in due time you shall reape if you faint not. If you want money to carry on your (yet not your, but Gods) publique Designe, remember what was promised unto Cyrus, who in regard of re-building the Temple, was to doe your worke in the type: I will2