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A29110	The eye of faith, looking at eterntty [sic] being the sum and substance of a sermon, preached in the Cathedral Church of York, the sixth Sunday after Trinity, July the second, 1665 / by Christopher Bradley ...	Bradley, Christopher, d. 1678.	1666 (1666)	Wing B4124; ESTC R20241	13,160	32

Imprimatur Edm. Diggle S. T. P. Reverendissimo in Christo Patri ac Domino Domino Richardo Achiepiscopo Ebor. à Sacris Domesticis Datum Episcopa-Thorpae Octob. 17 1665. THE Eye of Faith Looking at Eternity Being the Sum and Substance of a SERMON Preached in the Cathedral Church of YORK the sixth Sunday after Trinity July the second 1665. By Christopher Bradley Master of Arts of Peter-House in Cambridge and now Rector of Thornton in Pickering-Lyth Augustinus de Trin. Fides licet ad aeternitatem perducat temporalis tamen est eum ad aeternitatem ventum fuerit e●ssatura Seneca Epist In omnibus rebus aeternitatem propone 1 Pet. 1.9 Receiving the end of your faith even the salvation of your Souls YORK Printed by Stephen Bulkley and are to be sold by Francis Mawbarne 1666. To the honourable Sir William Strickland Knight and Baronet his first Patron Eternal Happinesse Much Honoored Sir IT hath pleased God since I presented my last Book unto you to take out of this Life my immediate Patron Sir William Cholmley your Nephew to whom that Book was principally Dedicated And through Gods goodness your self being my only surviving Patron I am not only obliged in Duty but in a manner necessitated to reflect upon your worthy Self I desire ever thankfully to remember and acknowledge your Goodness and Kindness to me from my first coming to live neer you and I must ingeniously confess that it was no little encouragement to me in the study of Divinity that you were pleased to be the first Patron that opened a Door for my initiating and entrance into the Ministery I need not make a Recapitulation of those Christian Vertues which are conspicuous in your sober and Religious Conversation nor of those gracious abilities wherewith God hath been pleased to endue you being well known to as many as know you I hate both Flattery and Ingratitude As for this small Piece which I now make bold to Dedicate to you having a disposition for the satisfaction of some Learned and worthy Friends to copy a draught of it I thought I might with one Labour do a publick good and give them their private contentment and insinuate my thankfulness to your self Be pleased to afford this small Present your favourable Aspect and Patronage the Subject is Grave and Ponderous and of great concernment to all true Christians who desire Eternal Happiness as for my manner of handling it I leave to the Censure of Gods Church and People Thus praying for your Temporal and Eternal welfare I commit you and yours to the grace of God in Christ Jesus and rest Your Honours to love and serve you in the Lord. Christopher Bradley To the Right Worshipful Doctor John Neile Arch-Deacon of Cleaveland and the Worshipful Christopher Hildiard Esquire Grace and Peace Mu●h endeared S●●s AS this Sermon was preached at the desire and in the Course of the first of you and is now penned and presented to your reading and perusal at the desire of the second of you who was an Auditor amongst divers other persons of Learning and Quality that I may satisfie some judicious friends and gratifie your selves I now present it unto your kind Acceptance and Approbation The Subject is Eternity which is the end we should all look at it is panis quotidianus a Doctrine for every day in season all the Year long never out of season be pleased to accept this poor Service of mine as a token of that thank-fulness I owe unto you for your continued Favour towards me if my poor Endeavours may be useful to the Church and People of God I have my end Deo Gloria mihi venia I hope you will pardon my Defects in the manner of handling so weighty a Subject and that you will remember what you read 1 Kings 5.15 that at the building of Solomons Temple there was room as well for Burden-bearers as for other more curious Artificers and Exod. 25.4 5. at the first making of the Tabernacle not only the Bringers of Blew-silk and Purple and Scarl●t but even the poorest sort which brought Goats-Hair and Rams-Skins were accepted Thus praying that we all may so pass through things Temporal that we finally lose not the things Eternal I commit you to Gods gratious protection and rest Your Worships to be commanded in the Lord Christopher Bradley A Sermon Preached in York-Minster the second day of July 1665. 2 Cor. 4.17.18 For our light affliction which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal OF these two Verses which I have read unto you the first is the Context the second is the Text. I shall climb no higher for the coherence and connexion of the Text then the Context wherein is laid down an antidote or sovereign Remedy of the Church and People of God against the afflictions of this present Life And therefore to clear a passage to the Text I shall a little open the Context though the words in both verses seem to be plain and easie yet if we look into the Original we shall find something that is not obvious to every eye I shall therefore briefly descant upon the plain-song by way of a Paraphrastical exposition and that according to the Origin●l 〈…〉 ●●●o 〈…〉 n●●●r 〈◊〉 Waters are sweetest and safest that are drunk from the fountain In the Context we may observe two Parts 1. A Bitter Pill Affliction 2. A sweet Cordial of Comfort and that is Glory 2. We may observe the Qualifications of this Pill by which it is alleviated and mitigated 1. It is light affliction 2. It is but for a moment 3. We may observe the operation of this Pill Affliction works Glory light Affliction a weight of Glory light Affliction for a moment an eternal weight of Glory Unto which the Apostle makes an Hyperbolical addition a far wore exceeding and eternal weight of Glory 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Affliction the Greek word is a Metaphor taken from crowdding or pressing in a multitude or throu●g of People and it is any trouble or pressure that befalls the Soul Body or Estate which God is pleased to inflict upon his Church or any Member of it and that for three causes especially 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the 1. is for Correction of sin past The 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is for Prevention of sin to come The 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 is for the Probation or Tryal of our Faith and other Graces that as Stars shine brightest in the darkest night so the Graces of Gods People shine brightest in the darkest night of Affliction 2. Light Affliction 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Original it is lightness of Affliction that is very light but this is to be understood Comparatively for