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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29373	A sermon preached unto the voluntiers of the city of Norwich and also to the voluntiers of Great Yarmovth in Norfolke by William Bridge ...	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.	1642 (1642)	Wing B4466; ESTC R12276	14,881	24

other spyes they looked upon God upon his promise and upon his providence in delivering of them and thereupon returned and said the men of the Land are meat unto us c. Would you not be discouraged but encouraged take heed how you raise or how you lay your courage upon second causes take heed of all those things that may debase your spirits idlenesse wordlinesse and courage layd upon second causes Again Be sure of this that you keep your conscience clear A bad conscience is very timerous the righteous are as bold as a Lion but the unrighteous that have any conscience left are as fearfull as a Doe be sure therefore that you keep your conscience cleer And then again keep and improove all the experiences of Gods delivering mercy Beloved how many delivering mercies have God wrought for us the last yeare truly it may be said it hath been the annus mirabilis year of wonders and all the year long God hath been known to England by this Name A wonder-working God when any temptations arise to discourage answer Surely if the Lord had meant to destroy us he would never have done all this experienced men are most couragious onely make use of your experience as a stirrup to get up your spirits to the promise 6. Again Actuate refresh and strengthen your love True love is very valiant sayes the Apostle Love suffers all things it does all things as one observes concerning a Sheep though it be so feeble and fearfull a creature that a little dog will make a whole flock run before it yet notwithstanding you shall see That if a great masty comes to take away a Lamb from the Ewe the Ewe will stamp and run at him why love puts it on Do you therfore love your Countrey I know you do Do you love the people of God I presume you do Do you love the Cities of God I believe you do often actuate refresh and strengthen your love this will give courage 7. In the last place When ever any discouraging temptations arise before ever you parly with those difficulties and temptations step in to God by prayer Beloved if you first parly with difficulties before you go to prayer you will never have done a thousand Objections will be created in your mindes whereas if you first go to prayer before you parly with them in prayer you shall have the sight of a great God and the sight of a great God will make your spirits great In prayer your heart shall be composed for prayer is a soul-composing duty In prayer you shall meet with the Captain of your Salvation and he will leade up your hearts that are ready to run away In prayer you shall bring your souls to this frame quietly to resign up your selves and cause and successe unto God and a man is never more couragious than in that frame as Joabs courage and resignation went together Are you presented with any difficulty and discouraging temptation then say within your selves it is true indeed to attain to such an event certainly it will be hard notwithstanding I know that my cause is good my work is good the people good and therfore though the difficulties and temptations be never so great I will give my selfe to prayer and praying courage is good courage Wherefore my beloved in the name of the Lord pray in these evill times pray pray pray and when you have done praying then wait wait on the Lord and be of good courage and again I say waite on the Lord and what I say unto one I desire to speake unto my own soule and so unto you all in these sad and evill times be of good courage and let us play the men for our people and for the Cities of our God and the Lord do with us what seemeth him good FINIS Omnes urbes Israel vocantur urbes Dei quia Deus illas dederat Israelitis vel illa erat specialiter terri Dei Abul●●nsi in 1. Chr● 29. Observation Fortitudo justorum est carnem vincere propiis voluptatibus contraire delectationem vitiae praesentis extinguere hujusmodi aspera pro aeternis praemiis amare prosperitatis Blandimenta contemneie adversitatis malum in corde superare Reproborum vero fortitudo est transitoria sine cessatione diligere contra flagella conditionis insensibiliter perdurare bonorum vitam non solum verbis moribus sed etiam gladiis impugnare in semetipsis spem ponere iniquitatem quotidie sinè ullo desiderii defectu perpetrare Greg. moral lib. 8. Tumor animi non est magnanimitas Sen. Leonum clementiae multa indicia sunt prostratis parvunt in viros potius quam in faeminas saeviunt infantes non nisi in magra same perimunt Solinus Si igitur animus tibi sit si valeas si audeas absolve quod propofuisti redde hostibus meis sociis tuis quod promisiffi si me occidere stat animus quando rectius quando secretius quando virilius venenum parasti mulierculis id relinquito tortulo insidiaris hoc adulterae possunt ferro ex insidiis me aggredi decrevisti hoc sicarii non militis est officium solus cum solo congredere ut saltem proditio tua turpitudine careat quae perfidia carere non potest Miles autem haec audiens mox verbis regis quasi gravi percussus fulmine ad pedes regios cum lachrymis tremore cucurrit Cui Rex noli timere inquit quod nihil a me patieris Cumque ei de caetero se fidelem amicum futurum promisisset reveriunter ad socios nihil paenitus referentes Mat. Paris pag. 21. Hist. Willil 21. Confirma 1. Fortis est quē adversa non frangunt fortier est quem prospera non alliciunt fortissimus est quem vicissitudo rerum non deturbat Senec. Magnus animus est quem non incurvat injuria Senec. Dan. 3 17.18 Applica Aquin. Peccatum majus ubi repugnantia major inter peccantem peccatum Object Answ Psal. 127.5 Hist. Nether 1 Sam. 30.6 otium est vivi hominis sepultura