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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

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no affection but a tanquam onely as the enjoyments of this World is but a tanquam unto heavenly enjoyments and outward afflictions is but a tanquam to afflictions of the Soul So the affection that is laid out upon these things in comparison is to be but a tanquam Let him that rejoyceth be as though he rejoyced not and him that grieveth as though he grieved not saith the Apostle you may afford these outward things some relicks of your Love and so much onely as better things leave for what is too cool for God is hot enough for them Toleramus potius praesentia quam diligamus says Austin My Son saith God give me thine Heart Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy soul with all thy heart with all thy might and with all thy strength Surely therefore our affection to these outward things is in comparison to be as no affection But our affections are to be set and placed on things that are above not on things that are below but on things above Quest But why are we thus to set and place our affections on things that are above Ans There are many great and important reasons all which are as so many proofs of the Doctrine Demonstration 1. If you do not set your affections on Christ and the things of Christ you are no fit match for him you will not be found marriageable unto the Lord Christ that woman is not fit to be married to a man whose affections are not drawn out and knit to him and if your affections be not drawn out to Christ and the things of Christ you are no fit match for Christ Now we must all be espoused to Christ and married to him as the Church so every believer is the true Spouse of Christ but the Spouse of Christ ye cannot be unless your affections be drawn out to him 2ly As you cannot be married to Christ unless your affections be set on him and the things above so you will never own him unless your affections be set on him 'T is the duty of all the Saints to own Christ his ways his truths his ordinances He that is ashamed of me before Men him will I be ashamed off before my Father which is in Heaven saith Christ Now look what that is which a man doth much affect that he will own and not be ashamed of but if a man doth not affect a thing he will not own it but will be ashamed of it but we must own Christ here or he will not own us hereafter Surely therefore it is very fit and necess●ry that our affections be set on Christ and the things above 3ly If your affections be not set upon things above they will never be drawn off from things here beneath 't is the gracious affection that doth mortifie carnal affection Sin is ever truly mortified by the contrary good the joy of the World by the joy of Heaven worldly grief by Spiritual grief the Snow is not melted but by the warm Beams of the Sun and the more your hearts are warmed and drawn out with love to Christ the more your love and affections to the World will be mortified Now is it not necessary that our affections should be drawn off from things here below Surely therefore it is fit and necessary for us to set and place our affections upon Christ and the things above 4ly If your affections be not set upon things above spiritual and heavenly things you will never press much after the knowledge and obtainment of them Ye see how it is with a Child if he have no affections to his book he will never make a Schollar and so if you have no affections to the things of Christ you will never make a Schollar in the School of Christ Great is the power of affections as it 's said of Conscience Magna est vis conscientiae in utramque partem Great is the force of Conscience either way for truth or errour so I may say of affections Magna est vis affectionum in utramque partem great is the force of affections either way to put us on to evil or good Look what a man hath an affection too that he presseth after Now is it not our duty to press after the knowledge of Christ Surely therefore it is very fit and requisite that we should place our affections on things above 5ly If your affections be not thus set you will never be zealous for God for what is zeal but angred Love it is saith one Divinae Charitatis fervor the heat of divine Love Surely it is the top and extremity of affection Now is it not our duty to be zealous for Christ The zeal of thine house saith he hath eaten me up and shall the zeal of our own houses eat us up Zeal is commanded in opposition to Lukewarmness Be zealous therefore and repent saith Christ to lukewarm Laodicea but zealous we cannot be for God and the things of God unless our affections be set on things that are above 6ly If our affections be not thus set on things above you will never do any great thing for God We read of David that he gave 347. Millions 382. thousand 50● pound in Silver and Gold of his own cha●ges to the building of Gods house for so the learned do compute the matter a mighty great and a vast sum but if you look into the 1st of Chron. 29. ye shall see how this came to pass that he gave such a gift v 3. it 's said I have set mine affections to the house of God and because I have set mine affections to the house of God I have of mine own proper goods given c. And what is the reason that men give and do no more now for God but because their affections are not set on the things of God but if God have done great things for us and Christ have suffered great things for us shall not we do some great things for him this ye cannot do unless your affections be thus set Surely therefore it is our duty to set our affections on things that are above 7ly If your affections be not thus set you can never please God in any thing that you do for God for as he requireth truth in the inward parts Affectum non vocem audit Deus August so he requireth that we should serve him with fervency of Spirit Affectibus appropinquamus Deum Tostat in Math. Tom. 4. fol. 97. Be fervent in Spirit serving the Lord. Rom 12.11 As if no service could be acceptable without the fervency of affection Cursed is every one that hath in his flock a Male saith Malachi and offereth a Female to God Go and offer it to thy Prince saith God Do you think that I will accept your Female affections No saith the Lord if you would have acceptance with me I must have the best and the Masculine affections from you Surely therefore it is very fit and necessary that our