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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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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