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A29371	I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.	1656 (1656)	Wing B4462; ESTC R34370	561,325	608

because of him who prospereth in his way Thirdly It doth heal the Conscience and purifie that therefore saith the Apostle Let us draw neer with assurance of Faith having our Consciences sprinkled c. Heb. 10. Fourthly It doth also bring the soul neer to God the great work of faith is to bring God and the soul together So you have it in Eph. 3.12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him Faith gives a man access unto God and brings him neer unto God But a man may come neer unto God yet he may fear and tremble as the Jews d●d at Mount Sinai true but saith the Apostle By this Faith we have boldness and access The word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a freedom of speech a man by Faith may come into the presence of God with open mouth and speak all his mind unto God Yea Faith doth not only thus bring a man into the pre●ence of God with open mouth freedom of speech and boldness but it brings him into the presence of God with open face and uncovered We all with open face saith the Apostle speaking to Beleevers in the times of the Gospel We all with open face behold as in a Glass the Mirror of the Lord with open and uncovered face There are Three Vails or Coverings that we read of in the old Testament that were thrown upon faces 1. There is the Vail of Obscurity and that was upon the face of Moses 2. The Vail and the Covering of Guilt and so Haman● face was covered a cloth thrown over his face and his face was covered 3. And there is the Vail of Abashment or shame and so it i● said of the Angels that they cover their faces in the presence of God Now to shew with what boldness a Christian and a Beleever comes into the presence of God by Christ through Faith as if all Vails were taken off saith the Apostle We come with open face and we all with open face behold as in a Glass the Mirror of the Lord. And upon this account a Beleever may now come with more boldness into the presence of God than Adam in the state of Innocency for though Adam in the state of Innocency had no Vail or Covering of Guilt thrown over his face yet there was a great distance between God and him But now since the Fall since Christs time God is come into our Nature manifested in the Flesh and so God is come neer to us and by Faith we do draw neer to God no wonder therefore that the Apostle saith That by Faith we have boldness and access with Confidence Faith tels a man that God is come neer to him and he is come neer to God and therefore Faith certainly is the great Remedy and means against all discouragements that can arise Quest 3 Thirdly How may it appear that when Discouragements do arise it is the Duty of every Christian to exercise Faith and then especially Answ You know what David said At what time I am afraid I trust in thee And the Scripture is most express for this Isa 50.10 Who is amongst you that feareth the Lord that obeyeth the voyce of his Servant that walketh in darkness and hath no light Let him trust in the Name of the Lord and stay upon his God First It is possible for one that is the Servant of God to be in darkness and in such a dark condition where no light nor no comfort is Secondly When he is in this dark Condition and discouragements do arise the Commandement is most express then he is to trust in the Name of the Lord and stay upon his God So also our Savior Christ commands his Disciples John 14.1 Let not your hearts be troubled you beleeve in God beleeve also in me There was a great Cloud arising upon Christs Disciples Christ to be taken from them by Death the Shepheard to be stricken and the Sheep scattered Now the only means against trouble that Christ prescribes is this Ye beleeve in God beleeve also in me and he gives many Arguments to press thereunto in this 14. Chapter This time was the time of Christs own trouble Christ was now to die and to bear the sin of many and to lie under the sence of his Fathers wrath and displeasure whereupon he saith that his heart was heavy unto death but though it was the time of his own trouble yet he addresseth himself to comfort his Disciples against their trouble and the only means and remedy that he doth prescribe is this Ye beleeve in God beleeve also in me So that I say when Discouragements do arise it is the Duty of all Christs Disciples then and then especially for to trust in God by Christ for I pray what is Faith made for but for such a time as this is every Grace is to be exercised in its season If a man have sinned then he is to repent that is the season for his Repentance If a man have received any mercy from God then he is to be thankful that is the season of Thankfulness If another poor Christian be in want then he is to exercise his Charity that is the season of that Grace of Charity If Gods Face do shine upon a man then he is to rejoyce that is the season of Spiritual Joy If a man be given to wantonness and have a beautiful Object laid before him then he is to exercise Chastity and that is a season for it So when Discouragements do arise then he is to exercise Faith and that is the season the proper time and season for it For it is not only our Duty to bring forth Fruit but we must bring forth Fruit in its season Psalm 1.2 Now this is the proper season for Faith to work in when all a mans Comforts are out of sight and therefore when Discouragements do arise then and then especially the Saints and the People of God are to exercise their Faith Fourthly But what power hath Faith to suppress Quest 4 and allay Discouragements and what is there in Faith that can bear up a mans heart against all Discouragements and how doth Faith do it Answ 1 First Faith doth give a man the true prospect of things past present and to come and of things as they are Whence are all our Fears and Discouragements but from hence That men do not see things as they are If Evil be stirring they think it is greater than it is If Good be stirring they think it is lesser than it is If a man be in Temptation then he loseth the sight of his former Experiences and so he is much discouraged If a man be under a Desertion he loseth the sight of what is present what God is to him and what he is to God and so he is discouraged If a man be under an Affliction he loseth the sight of what is to come the end and the issue of the Affliction and so he is disquieted

that Servant So saith he Though a man be backward to receive these Revelations yet knowing what Deceit there is abroad in the World Alter sanctorum Patrum dum sibi daemoni transfiguratus in Christum diceret ego sum Christus personaliter te visitans qui dignus es confestim clausit oculos utraque manu vociferans nolo hic Chris●●m videre satis est ipsum in gloria si videro Gersom de probatione spirituum God wil not take it ill at his hands but will commend him for it An itching desire after Visions argues that a man is not content with the Scripture and is it not enough for us to see Christ in Heaven Gersom tels us of an Antient Father who when the Devil did appear to him in the shape and Image of Christ saying I am come in person to visit thee for thou art worthy did with both his hands shut his Eyes saying Nolo hic Christum videre I wil not see Christ here 't is enough for me that I may see him in Heaven Though God may possibly speak in this way to some of his Servants yet if the Revelation be contrary to or diverse from the Scripture it is not Gods but the Devils for saies the Apostle Though we or an Angel from Heaven do preach any other Gospel to you than that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed Gal. 1.8 which he repeats again and therefore good for us to mark again I say now again If any man preach any other Gospel unto you than that which ye have received let him be accursed verse 9. Yea Though the Revelation or Vision be not contrary to the Scripture yet if it be brought to try or confirm the Doctrine of the Gospel it is not the Lords for the Doctrine of the Gospel is confirmed already and that sufficiently Heb. 2.4 we read indeed That when Peter was at first to go and open a door to the Gentiles then the Lord did appear to him in way of a Vision but after that Truth was confirmed That the Gentiles should be called then God appeared no more by Vision for the confirmation thereof Now the Doctrines of the Gospel are al confirmed by Miracles and Gifts of the Holy Ghost and therefore if any man have a Revelation to try or confirm any Gospel Doctrine 't is a delusion of Satan not a Revelation of God Though God may somtimes lead a man in extraordinary waies and work by waies and means extraordinary yet if a mans heart be drawn off from the ordinary Means by what is extraordinary it is not right Mr. Greenham famous for resolving Cases o● Conscience being once asked as his Book tels us Whet●●r there might now be Visions agreeable to the Word He said there might be such extraordinary but saith he whoso is moved with them and not with the Word wherewith he is charged to be moved and is not drawn the more by the Vision to the true means that mans Faith is suspitious And I pray what is the reason why the Lord wil not have us to beleeve the Prophet in D●ut 13. that doth foretel such things ●s do come to pass The reason is Because he seeks to turn you to oth r gods whom ye have nor known and because he hath spoken to t●●n you from the Lord your God and from keeping his Commandements Do I therefore come unto you and pretend Vision and Revelations that I may thereby turn a people from the good Waies and O●d●●●nces of Christ then I am a Deceiver And if you receive me o● the pretended Revelation you are deceived also Though God did speak to his People ●●od by Visions and Revelations and those were no ●lwa●es examined by the Word written 〈…〉 yet now the ●●d speaketh nothing to us in this way but what he w●l have examined by the Word for saies the Apostle If an Angel from H●aven 〈◊〉 any othe●●●●spel than what I have preach●d unto 〈…〉 him be accursed Surely therefore th● 〈…〉 ●●velations are to come under the examin●●● 〈◊〉 Word and Gospel And therefor● 〈…〉 Revelation that refuses to be examined by 〈…〉 it is a Thief and a Robber an Illusion o● 〈◊〉 Vagrant and not sent by God And 〈◊〉 ●●●ture be that only Lydius Lapis that 〈…〉 whereby all our Gold is to be tried that Light whereby we are to try al our Revelations and Visions then this Scripture-Light is the more excellent Light in compare with the other And thus now I have done with the first Thing which doth pretend to much Light in these daies of ours namely Visions and Revelations The Second followeth viz. That of Dreams and Voyces SCRIPTURE-LIGHT The most Sure LIGHT Compared with Dreams and Voyces Sermon II. 2 PET. 1.19 We have also a more sure Word of Prophesie whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a Light that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the Day-star arise in your hearts Instance 2 AS for Dreams and Voyces the Scripture or the written Word of God is more excellent than those and the Light of Scripture is the best Light in compare with any Light that may come from them For First In many Dreams there is much vanity Eccles 5.7 In the multitude of Dreams Somnia ne cures nam f●llunt somnia plures and many words saith Solomon there are also divers vanities but fear thou God It seems then that the fear of God doth not consist with these Here is a check upon our attendance on the●e But saies the Apostle Let the Word of God dwel in you richly there is no check on that Secondly Dreams are uncertain Some are Natural and some are Supernatural Gregor Moral Lib. 1. Somnia 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 graviter animos somniantum feriebant quod divinitus inimissorum somniorum est quasi proprium Gerard in Gen. Cap. 40. p. 706. Somnia Divinitus inspirata vehem●nter movent somniantem habent impressiones valde acres quale fuit Pharaonis in quo tanta fuit consternatio animi et 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ut sentiret esse Divinam quandam admonitionem Luther in Gen. 31. Circa cognitionem humanae mentis duo oportet considerate scil representationem rerum et judicium de rebus representatis si cui siat Divinitus re●resentatio aliquarum rerum per sim●litudines imaginatias non est talis censendus Propheta nisi illuminetur ejus mens ad judicandum Aquin. 22. Q. 173. Art 2. It 's an hard thing to know whether the Dream be Natural or Supernatural In case it be Supernatural Supernatural Dreams are either Diabolical from the Devil or Divine from God and it 's an hard thing to know whether it be of God or from Satan Some think that if Dreams do greatly afflict and trouble the mind with some sharp impression then they are of God Because saies Pilates Wife I have suffered many things this night in a Dream and this Dream of