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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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Beloved I appeal to you have you not had a fine time of it here have you not had a sweet season of Gospel-preaching amongst you The Lord knows what plentiful rain hath fallen upon you Oh great engagements are upon you all for to grow in grace and if you this people shall not after all your engagements this way and opportunities to grow if you shall not grow in grace Oh how will you appear before God your Father at the great day how how will you give an account of those talents that you have had We read of him that had but one talent he wrapt it up in a napkin but the Parable speaks there wer● five left and two left but it is not said that he that had the five or the two wrapt them up in a napkin but he that had but the one talent he wrapt it up and you know what became of him but now when those that have five talents shall wrap them up in a napkin Oh what will become of them Beloved you have not had the one talent you have not had the two talents you have had the five talents and if there was such a miserable end of him that wrapt up his one talent O what will become of us that have five talents and wrap them up and do not improve them You know what the Lord Christ said to the Church of Ephesus how he threatned that Church I have somewhat against thee because thou hast lost thy first love remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first works or else I will come unto thee quickly and will remove thy candlestick out of his place God knows whether your first love be not left or no I am sure the Lord hath taken away a burning and a shining light from among you and certainly if you do not grow and thrive under all those opportunities of grace and growth in grace that you have had and still have how soon the Lord may quite remove his Candlestick from you and leave you quite in the dark he onely knows Wherefore Beloved in the Lord you have received much Oh much is expected from you much is expected from you And let me tell you for your encouragement If you do grow in grace and abound in the work of the Lord then shall there be an abundant entrance given unto you into the everlasting inheritance And so I come to that place of Peter which I shall but open before you and so have done for this time and I pray consider it diligently 2 Pet. 1. 5. And besides this giving all diligence add to your faith vertue and to vertue knowledge But mark how he prefaces before he comes to the words Whereby saith he are given unto us exceeding great and pretious promises that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lusts Now besides this there is something else to be done well what 's that it is such a matter as all diligence is to be given to it Besides this giving all diligence adde to your faith vertue 'T is not 't is not enough that you believe but you must have moral vertue also Adde unto your faith vertue I but suppose we have moral vertue is not that enough No and to your vertue knowledge You must not onely have moral vertues but you must know Jesus Christ But suppose he hath knowledge is not that yet enough No and to your knowledge adde temperance whereby you may be kept from the immoderate use of the things of this world But suppose we have that is not that enough No adde to your temperance patience you shall meet with many afflictions and crosses and therefore you must have patience But suppose we have patience is not that yet enough No and to your patience adde godliness there must be a right worshipping of God in his Service Well but suppose we have godliness and do worship God after a right manner is not that enough No adde to your godliness brotherly kindness you that are Saints are brethren and therefore it is not enough that ye have the worshipping of God in a right way but ye must agree together as brethren adde to your right worship and godliness brotherly kindness But suppose we have that is not that enough no adde charity brotherly kindness may be towards you that are brethren but there must be charity towards all to those that are not of the body Well but suppose we do these things what then Read vers 8. For if these things be in you and abound they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. You complain that your hearts are barren and that you lie as barren ground in the Family why if you would not be barren and unfruitful you must grow and adde one grace unto another And if these things be in you and abound they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful Well but suppose a man lack these things read vers 9. But he that lacketh these things is blinde and cannot see afar off he may see some things in Religion that are neer but those things that are afar off he is blinde in them and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins that is by Baptism But suppose we do all this what then Pray see what encouragement there is to this in vers 10. Wherefore the rather brethren give diligence to make your calling and election sure this will be a signe to you of your election And if you do these things you shall never fall Whereas those that are weak and do not grow in grace they stumble at all occasions but if you do these things ye shall never fall and not stumble as those that are weak do And yet further at vers 11. you shall not onely have this benefit for the present but for the future for so an entrance shall be ministred unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Do you abound in grace and grow in grace and are rich in grace Why look as you abound so there shall be an abundant entrance ministred to you into the everlasting kingdom Wherefore he saith I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things It may be you will tell me you knew these things before but mark vers 12. I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things though ye know them and be established in the present truth Yea at vers 13. I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle to stir you up by putting you in remembrance And that you may see that it is a matter of great concernment he doth not onely say that he would put them in remembrance as long as he liv'd but he would take some course when he was dead that this exhortation