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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29369	Bridge's remains, being VIII sermons ... by that learned and judicious divine, Mr. William Bridge ...	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.	1673 (1673)	Wing B4459; ESTC R18600	124,015	222

Parable of the Talents c. If God will require the work of our hands at our hands Why shall we not do that work with all our might But Secondly As God will call you to an account for all that work which is in the power of your hand So you do not know how soon he may take your work out of your hands how soon he may take you from your work or your work from you We ordinarily think that we shall not dye before our work be done But if you look wishly upon Gods Dispensations you shall find that Death doth sometimes press men from their Shop-board when much work is cut out before them You all know what an useful man good King Josiah was as a Magistrate yet he dyed in the midst of his work when he was but Thirty nine years old Ye know what an useful man John the Baptist was yet he died in the midst of his days when not above Thirty three years old Is it not known to some what a great Workman Dr. Whitaker was here in England of whom it was said That he never was less idle then when idle yet he died in the midst of his work when he was but Fourty four years old It is ordinarily known what a blessed Instrument Mr. Perkins was of whom the Preacher said at his Funeral Here lyes that blessed Perkins who first taught England for to worship God yet he died in the midst of his work when he was but Fourty seven years old And who hath not heard of Dr. Preston what a great Workman he was in Gods Vineyard of whom I may say Who though dead yet speaketh in his precious Books that are amongst you yet he died in the midst of his Work when he was but Fourty one years old I might instance in Mr. Burroughs and others yea in divers good Christians in this place who have died in the midst of their work and time It was not long since a Preacher now in Heaven preached on this Text at the Guild at Norwich at the Installment of the Mayor and before the year came about the Mayor died So that Death doth sometimes press us from our Shop-board before our work be made up And I pray mind the Text a little Whatever is in the power of thine hand to do do it with all thy might For says Solomon In the grave there is no work nor device whither thou goest He doth not say Whither thou shalt go or whither thou must go but whither thou goest You go sometimes to Church and sometimes not you go sometimes to Sea and sometimes not you go sometimes into the Countrey and sometimes not But whether you go to the Church or whether you go to Sea or whether you go into the Countrey still thou goest to the Grave And ye know what Christ saith The night cometh wherein no man worketh Now if the night cometh and thou goest then why should you not do your work with all your might whilst it is day Certainly he that plays away his day shall go to bed in the dark But in the third place Thirdly Who is therein all this Congregation that doth not desire a comfortable Death-bed when it comes As the Heathen man said to a great congregation I know all your thoughts for every man desires to buy cheap and to sell dear So in this respect I may say I know all your thoughts viz. that when death comes you may have a comfortable death bed In the time of your death-bed-sickness you will then be able to do little when your pains shall be great you will be able to pray little to hear little to read or meditate litle and then what will be your comfort in that death-bed-little but this Well though I can do but little now yet I have pray'd and serv'd God with all my might when I was well and therefore I have comfort now Now therefore if you desire that you may have much comfort in your death-bed-little why should you not do the present work of your hand with all your might But 4. In the last place Who is there in all this Congregation that doth not desire to rejoyce with all his heart in these blessings which he hath in his hand now look once more upon the words of the Text and ye shall find that as Solomon in Gods name commands you to rejoyce with all your heart in the blessings which you have verse 7 8 9. So in these words he commands you to do Gods work with all your might And why are these things thus knit together but to teach us thus much That whoever will do with all his might the work that is in his hand to do he may and shall rejoyce with all his heart in the blessings which he hath in his hand to enjoy But above all ye know how fully Christ did your work for you and will you do his work by halfes never speak of rest here there is rest enough in the grave and recompence enough in heaven Either the work that is in your hand is worth your while or it is not if it be not worth your while why should you do it at all and if it be worth your while why should you not do it with all your might And O that there were an heart in you all to do so If the weight of this truth have fallen in power upon your souls I dare say Some of you will go away and say what have I done all this while I confess I have done Gods work by the by and when I heard Ministers pressing such truths as these I have said well yet I hope I may go to Heaven with less ado but now through grace I will go away and what ever is in the power of my hand to do I will do it with all my might Thus do and I shall obtain the end of my preaching and you under Christ shall obtain the end of your practice the Salvation of your souls Wherefore think on all these things and the Lord bless them to you Soul-Resignation Into the hands of God Luke 23.46 Father into thy hands I commend my Spirit THese are the last words of Christ on the Cross the seventh speech and of all others the most exemplary for us Into thy hands that is into thy Charge Care and Tuition God hath no hands at all for he is a Spirit but by his hands we are to understand his Keeping Charge and Custody Numb 33.1 It s said The Children of Israel went forth out of Aegypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron that is under the charge of Moses and Aaron so the Translators doe interpret it For whereas Chap. 31.49 It s said by the Officers of the army Thy Servants have taken the sum of the men that were under our charge the Margent tells you That in the Hebrew it is under our hand So Psal 91.11 12. He shall give his Angels charge over thee and they