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A29372 Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London by Willam Bridge, late preacher of the word of God at Yarmouth. Bridge, William, 1600?-1670. 1668 (1668) Wing B4463; ESTC R28532 153,225 263

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iniquities of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me But as for those that keep this Commandment And sh●wing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my Commandments Why doth he say Commandments and not this Commandment The reason is this because in the second Commandment all institutions are commanded all the inventions of men are forbidden All the institutions of Christ come within the second Commandment and therefore saith he I will shew mercy to a thousand generations of those that l●ve me and ke●p my commandments Now here 's an hundred-fold in that mercy is sh●wn to a thousand generations Well what God gives to our children and to our posterity that he gives unto us A third consideration is this Look what that is which we have in eff●ct that we have in truth though we have it not in the formality Now look whatsoever you do lay out for Christ whatsoever worldly interest you do part withal and forsake for Christ that you shall have in effect Why because the same affection doth still remain I will express it thus Suppose you have a Crab-stock and there you plant a Harvie or a Pearmain or a Pippin why the Pippin is an hundred times better then the Crab would have been Why 't is the same stock still under the Harvie or Pippin or Pearmain onely there 's an Apple planted that 's an hundred times better then the Crab was So now you have a delight in the things of the world well you leave this delight for Christ you leave not the affection but there 's a better object planted upon the affection and there being a better object planted upon the same delight thus you have the same thing you part withal for the Name of Christ in an hundred-fold Fourthly look what that is that we have in a way of substitution that we have in truth and in effect though we have it not in formality Now look what that is that you do leave for the Name of Christ that you shall have an hundred-fold in a way of substitution The Apostles they left their houses Peter left a house it may be or a fisher-boat for Christ why he had an hundred houses in a way of substitution he had an hundred mens houses open to receive him and happie was that Lydia that could receive the Apostle And this is that which you have Psal 45. vers 10. Hearken O daughter and consider incline thine ear forget also thine own people and thy fathers house What then Why then at vers 16. In stead of thy fathers shall be thy children whom thou mayst make Princes in all the earth Here now is the same in a way of substitution 'T is true 't is not the same in formality but in a way of substitution here 's that which is an hundred-fold Fifthly look what that is which we have in a way of satisfaction that we have in truth and in effect though not in formality Look what that is that you do leave or forsake for Christ that you shall have in satisfaction an hundred-fold more then you had before If you leave any thing for Christ you shall have an hundred-fold more satisfaction in what you have given for Christ then what you keep for your selves So that an hundred-fold in a way of substitution and an hundred-fold in a way of satisfaction And thus you see how we receive an hundred-fold in this life That whatsoever you do lay out for Christ here you shall be paid an hundred-fold and how and in what manner But then secondly what is that reward that we shall have in ●he life to come Suppose a man do leave a worldly interest for the Name of Christ or that he do suffer for the Name of Christ what is that reward that he shall have in the world to come Truly that reward is great and I am not able to speak it it requires the unwearied hand and arm of Eternity to tell over all the wealth of glory that the suffering people of God shall have in the world to come Onely thus much I 'll say and briefly First of all That reward that you that are suffering Saints shall have in the world to come it shall be an open reward for saith Christ he that confesseth me before men him will I confess also before my Father c. Secondly it shall be a comfortable reward for saith the book of the Revelations Then all tears shall be wiped out of your eyes He doth not say From your eyes or from your cheeks no but they shall be wiped out of your eyes So that the eyes shall be then such a womb as shall never breed a tear again All tears shall be wiped not from your eyes but out of your eyes So in Rev. 7. Thirdly as it shall be a comfortable reward so an honourable reward for saith our Saviour Christ Be faithful unto the death and I will give thee the crown of life And Fourthly as it shall be an honourable reward so a proportionable reward a reward proportionable to all your sufferings You know what the Apostle saith These light affl●ctions which are but for a moment work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory Will you say I but our afflictions are exceeding heavie Nay saith the Apostle they are light But grant they be to balance the account you shall have a weight of glory Will you say They are long and tedious Nay saith the Apostle they are but light But grant they be long and tedious To balance the account you shall have an exceeding and an eternal weight of glory And then fifthly as it shall be a reward proportionable so it shall be a reward transcending over and beyond proportion over and beyond all expression beyond all our apprehensions or thoughts Who is able to think or apprehend what the inheritance of the Saints in light is that inheritance that is incorruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away Look into Rom. 8. If ye be children then are ye heirs heirs of God and joynt-heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him See it hangs upon suffering If so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together Now if children then heirs All our children are not heirs well but all the children of God shall be heirs heirs of God What 's that Some think that's to be understood objectively that they shall inherit God and indeed they have all things that have him that hath all things Heirs of God But take it efficiently shall be Gods heirs and joynt-heirs with Christ He doth not say Joynt-purchasers with Christ but joynt-heirs joynt-heirs with Christ What shall Christ inherit Why Ch●ist is God the Fathers heir and he never d●spleased his Fath●r he will not disinherit him therefore Look what God the Father is worth that Christ shall be worth and look what Christ is worth that the suffering Saints
sufferings as they may turn to a good account praise God over your suffering and pray to God under your suffering I put these two together praise and pray This is a certain thing those sufferings shall turn to a good account that Christ blesses How shall I know whether Christ will bless my sufferings Why if I can bless God over my suff●rings God will bless my sufferings to me And then are you call'd at any time to suffer go away rejoycing that you a●e counted worthy to suffer for the Name of Christ Yet notwithstanding not onely bless and praise God over your sufferings but pray unto God under you● suffering● And what should you pray for Pray unto the Lord that he would turn your sufferings unto a good account There is an old promise wrapt up in the Apostles prayer 1 P●t 5 10. The God of all grace who hath called us un●o his eternal glory by Christ J●sus af●er that ye have s●ffered a while make you perfect stablish strengthen s●ttle you So then have you suffered a while you may go then to God as to the God of all grace and say Lord through thy providence I have now suffered a whil● thou art the God of all grace make me perfect confirm me stablish strengthen and comfort me and let all these sufferings turn to a good account Thus praise God under your sufferings and pray over your sufferings and so shall you manage and order all your sufferings as that they shall turn to a good account The way to obtain a sure and great Reward SERM. III. Matth. 19. 28. And Jesus said unto them Verily I say unto you that ye which have followed me in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel And every one that hath forsaken houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my Name sake shall receive an hundred-fold and shall inherit everlasting life IN this Scripture we have our Saviours answer unto Peters question propounded at ver 27. Behold Lord saith Peter we have forsaken all and followed thee what shall we have therefore Our Saviour answers in the following verses and his answer is partly Comfortable and partly Cautional The Cautional part I have spoken to among some of you from vers 30. But many that are first shall be last and the last shall be first The Comfortable part I spake unto the last Lords day in another Meeting And being now desired to speak the same things unto you considering that they are of present and universal concernment I shall do it as briefly and plainly as I can The Comfortable part of Christs answer you have in v. 28 29. wherein our Saviour Christ doth shew what great reward those shall have that do suffer or leave any worldly interest for him and for his Name-sake Which reward doth either relate unto the Apostles or unto others It relateth unto the Apostles in vers 28. Verily I say unto you that ye which have followed me in the regeneration that is in the preaching of the Gospel Preaching of the Gospel is a regenerating work The preaching of the Law is convincing work the preaching of the Gospel is regenerating work Ye which have followed me in the regeneration in the great work of preaching the Gospel when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel That 's their reward peculiar and proper unto them The reward which is more large extending unto all v. 29. And every one not one of you shall be rewarded that are mine Apostles but EVERY ONE that hath forsaken houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or land for my Name-sake shall receive an hundred-fold and shall inherit everlasting life From whence then I took up this Observation and you may observe from the whole thus much That whosoever shall leave any worldly interest for Christ and for his Name sake shall be sure to be well rewarded He shall be well rewarded for he shall have an hundred-fold in this life and everlasting life in the world to come And he shall be sure to be well rewarded for he hath put a verily upon it Verily I say unto you and every one that hath forsaken houses c. So then the Doctrine is clear That whosoever shall leave or forsake any worldly interest for Christ and for his Name-sake shall be sure to be well rewarded For the clearing of this first we must enquire what it is to leave any worldly interest for Christ and for his Name-sake Secondly what the reward is that such shall have that do so and wherein it consists And Thirdly what assurance we may have of such a reward And first of all if you do enquire what it is to leave any thing for Christ forsake any worldly interest for Christ I answer that a man may leave and forsake a worldly interest for Christ two ways Either by his own will or the wills of others We do leave and forsake a worldly interest by our own wills when we do voluntarily and freely deprive our selves of our commodity or satisfaction for Christ as the Apostles left their ships and nets to follow Christ We secondly do leave or forsake a worldly interest by the wills of others when through their oppression or persecution we are deprived of our own commodity and satisfaction for Christ and that is called suffering Our Saviour Christ here hath respect to both and in both these respects it's true That whosoever doth leave any worldly interest for Christ and his Name-sake shall be sure to be well rewarded But then still to clear it Quest What is it to leave any worldly interest for the Name of Christ Answ The Name of Christ is that whereby Christ is made known unto us as the name of a man is that whereby a man is made known unto us A man is made known unto us by his name so Christ is made known unto us by his Name That whereby Christ is made known unto us that 's his Name Now Christ is made known unto us by his Spirit and by the Gospel By his Spirit he is made known unto us for as God the Father is made known unto us by Christ his Son so Christ is made known unto us by the Spirit He shall take of mine and shew it unto you such Christ And upon this account therefore when a man doth suffer any thing for the Spirit or for any working of the Holy-ghost upon his heart or soul then he is said to suffer for the Name of Christ And upon this score it was that John the Baptist was accounted a Martyr of Christ and enroll'd among the Martyrs of Christ John the Baptist if you look into the story did not suffer for any Gospel-truth John the