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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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Faithful witness Rev. 3. write These things saith the Amen the true and Faithful witness That is Christ Christ is the true and the faithful witness and therefore those that are his they must be witnesses too that they may be conformed to him Thereby they also overcome as you have it in Rev. 12. And they overcame him by the Bloud of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony They overcome by the Bloud of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony by witness-bearing So then the Saints and people of God they are Christs witnesses In Anti-Christian times they are Christs witnesses and if they be thus described why then should not we look unto this work especially Bearing of witness to the truths and wayes of Christ This is the work that we are born for For this cause saith Christ was I born and for this cause came I into the World that I might bear witness unto the truth This is the work of our Generation witness-bearing to the truths of Christ in opposition to the waies of Anti-Christ in Anti-Christian times This is the work of our Generation This is the work which there is a thousand years of glory and comfort promised unto above other things as you read in Rev. 20. This is the work Witness-bearing to the truths of Christ in opposition to the wayes of Anti-Christ This is the work that hath the Crown and Name of Martyrdom A Martyr what 's that but a Witness Every witness more or less is a Martyr We take the word only for them that dye But every witness is a Martyr This is that work which sometimes is necessary to Salvation Rom. 10. 10. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto Salvation This is the work I say therefore that sometimes is necessary unto Salvation And this is that work which Jesus Christ will own and acknowledg before all the world He that confesseth me before men him will I confess before my Father and all the Angels in Heaven And if this be the great work why should we not all of us look to this work especially this witness-bearing You will say what shall I do that I may be found faithful in this witness-bearing what shall I do that I may witness a good confession in these dayes of ours Something by way of Rule Something by way of means and yet not long because I must pass on to other things Rule 1. Something by way of Rule Be sure that your testimonies do agree Though there be 100 Witnesses about a business if their witness don't agree 't will be of little worth And now so it is Christs Witnesses this day are divided into many Opinions and Perswasions but they may agree in the main for Christ they may all agree in opposition unto Anti-Christ If that you wou●●●ave your witness valid and good labour you tha● are the witnesses for unity in your testimony T●●re are three saith the Apostle John that bear witness in Heaven speaking of Gods testifying of the truth of Grace There are three that bear Record in Heaven the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost these bear witness of Christ and their witness is good why For these three are One 1 Joh. 5. 7. And saith he at the 8. v. There are three that bear witness on earth the Spirit and the Water and the Bloud The Spirit I come to know that I am the child of God by the testimony of the Spirit bearing witness with my Spirit that I am the child of God And I come to know that I am the child of God by the witness of water by the testimony of Sanctification And I come to know that I am the child of God by the testimony of Bloud by the testimony of my Faith relying upon the Bloud of Christ And these three agree and these three agree in One. The testimony is good because they agree in one So in our testifying of Christ If our testimonies do agree our testimony is good that 's the first thing We have bin too much divided God knows we have and he hath punisht our Divisions with Divisions 't is time to unite our testimony If you would bear witness unite your testimony 2. If you would witness a good confession in these dayes of ours then you must be willing to own the truth of Christ to own it whensoever you are called thereunto 't is said our Saviour Christ he witnessed a good Confession before Pontius Pilate Pray what kind of witness was it was it any long confession or large n● ●ut the manner on 't was this when they call'd him before them to give an account of any fact he left them to prove it When they called him to give an account of the Doctrine that he held Art thou the King of the Jews then he owned it He left them to prove the fact and he owned the truth so should we do And indeed if that we be not willing for to own the truth when we are called thereunto why how can it be that the mark of the Father should be written upon our Foreheads only We read of the followers of the Beast that they received a mark in their right hands and in their Foreheads both why in the Forehead and why in the hand In the Forehead sometimes to wear it openly And in their right hands to put it into their pockets and to hide it They can own it sometimes and sometimes they can hide it but the followers of the Lamb they have the mark of their Father only in their Forehead Therefore I say If we would witness a good Confession we must be willing to own the truth whensoever we are called thereunto 3. If you would witness a good confession in these dayes of ours then you must be willing also for to suffer for the truth of Christ Those that cannot suffer for the truth of Christ and run the hazard of a suffering they cannot bear their witness fully See how they go together in Rev. 13. 10. Here is the patience and Faith of the Saints The Faith of the Saints and their Patience do go together So in chap. 14. ver 12. Here is the Patience of the Saints here are they that keep the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus Patience and keeping the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus they go together And therefore that 's a third thing 4. If you would witness a good Confession then take heed that when you hav born your testimony you do nothing that may revoke the same either directly or by consequence Some bear a good testimony to the truths of Christ but then they revoke their testimony by somthing that they do afterwards either directly or by consequence Mark what is said of John in Joh. 1. 20. 't is said of him He confessed and denyed not but confessed I am not the Christ He confessed and did not revoke his testimony He
any man will hurt them mind a little It seems then first That there will alwaies be some in readiness to hurt the witnessing people of Christ though they be impowered to witness from Christ himself Though the Saints and People of God be impowered by Christ himself for to bear their Testimony There will alwaies be some or other to hurt the witnessing people of God If any man will hurt them Them that are Witnesses But Secondly though men do hurt the witnessing people of God they shall not go unpunished If any man will hurt them fire proceeds out of their mouths and devoureth their enemies Though the enemies may hurt the witnessing people of Christ the enemies shall be hurt themselves they shall not go unpunished But Thirdly They shall not only be punished that hurt the witnessing people of God But they shall be punished with a So He must in this manner or So he must So be punished So how so So look in what way he thought to have hurt the witnessing people of God So shall he be hurt look by what mens he sought to hurt the people of God by the same hand and means shall he be hurt himself But So so by fire coming out of their mouth by the prayers of the people of God they shall be blasted and consumed not by sword not by might nor by strength but by fire coming out of their mouth So So he shall not only be punished but be punished with a so that hurts the witnessing people of God Oh my beloved friends why do you shut your mouths why should you not be much in prayer what doth fire come out of the mouth of the witnessing people of God to devour their enemies and will you shut your mouth and not pray Oh! where will Opposers appear what will become of those that hurt the witnessing people of God O wo to them Oh! what a dangerous thing is it to oppose the prayers of the people of God This is the fire that comes out of their mouth whereby those that hurt them are scorched And therefore let men take heed how they hurt any of the witnessing people of Christ and let all those that are witnesses pray You that are witnesses now open your mouths for fire proceedeth out of your mouths to devour the enemies that hurt the witnessing people of God Open your mouths wide And so I have done with the fifth thing The Guard whereby the Witnesses are guarded in the daies of their Prophesie 6. The sixth thing remains and that is what are the great things that these Witnesses will do in the end of the daies of their Prophesie and of their Sackcloth Why briefly thus In the general 't is said These have power to smite the Earth with all plagues as often as they will That is as I humbly conceive pouring out the seven Vials in Rev. 16. the seven Vials are poured out upon the earth and why is it spoken of here That they have power to smite the earth with all Plagues But to shew that at least some of the Vials shall be poured out before the Witnesses are slain But not to fix there more particularly First These have a power to shut Heaven that it rain not in the daies of their Prophesie What 's that Certainly it must relate unto Elijah That Elijah prayed and by his prayer he shut the Heavens that it rained not for three years and an half Plainly it relates unto Elijah as can be Elijah prayed and by his prayer he shut the Heavens that it rained not for three years and a half Well but what are the Heavens here Those cannot be understood litterally but spiritually As it is said in the 8th verse Their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great City which Spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt The Heavens here cannot be understood litterally but spiritually what then what are the Heavens then and what is the shutting of the Heavens that it rain not The Heavens are the highest power so that look when the Witnesses have power to restrain the highest power in Church and State from their wonted influence then is this word fulfilled that they have power to shut Heaven that it rain not in the days of their Prophesie I say the Heavens are the highest powers look when the Witnesses do restrain the highest power in Church and State from their wonted influence Then is this word fulfilled Secondly They have power also to turn water into blood What 's that plainly it must relate to Moses who turned Rivers and turned waters into blood What 's that It cannot be understood litterally but spiritually still What 's that then Why thus These waters are to be understood spiritually and so you read in Revel 16. The Sea and Rivers were turned into blood Look therefore when the Witnesses shall have power to turn the still waters of a State or Nation into War and Blood Then is this Word fulfilled But how came the Witnesses to have power to do this It may be not legally for it is not said here And I will give power unto them to shut the Heavens but these have power to shut the Heavens and these have power to turn waters into blood 't is not said here I will give them power as 't is said before it may be this may be done and not legally But when shall this be done It must be done immediately before their slaying I pray mark the coherence here They shall have power to shut the Heavens immediately before they are slain and to turn water into blood immediately before they are slain just before the three years and a half that they lye dead upon the earth For when did Elijah shut the Heavens but immediately before the three years and a half of drought When did Moses turn the waters into blood but immediately before the coming out of the Children of Israel out of Egypt So here immediately before the Witnesses are slain and they lye three years and a half as dead immediately before they have power to shut the Heavens that it rain not and to turn waters into blood Now therefore to draw to a Conclusion whensoever you see all these things come to pass I will not apply them to times or places this or that time or place But when you shall see all these things come to pass one treading upon the heel of another when you shall see that the Witnesses have power to shut the Heavens that it rain not to restrain the highest powers both in Church and State from their wonted influence And that they have power to turn water into bloud and still Nations into War and then immediately upon it they shall be slain and so lye dead deprived of their functions and vital operations as if they lay dead Then lift up your heads and comfortably say hopefully say Now now comes the three years and half which is the last time Now is our Salvation near for God will bring