A29368:10
The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference…
The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference to 1. their services and suffering, 2. their consolations, and 3. their salvation and eternal glory : together with the excellency of the fear of God, the goodness and pleasantness of brotherly love, the wisdom of hearing the voice of the rod, repentance the only way to prevent judgements / delivered in several sermons by the late reverend and faithful minister of Christ, Mr. William Bridge ...The freeness of the grace and love of God to believers discovered in reference to 1. their services and suffering, 2. their consolations, and 3. their salvation and eternal glory : together with the excellency of the fear of God, the goodness and pleasantness of brotherly love, the wisdom of hearing the voice of the rod, repentance the only way to prevent judgements / delivered in several sermons by the late reverend and faithful minister of Christ, Mr. William Bridg ...
London: printed for Nath. Crouch, 1671
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To the Reader.
THE Labours of this Reverend Author (now with God) both in Print and in Preaching, have already praised him in the Gate, and make his name and memory still remain, and continue like a precious Ointment, notwithstanding the vain endeavours of some, to make both himself and Writings ridiculous: in which kind, though they may be abundantly repaid, since a late Author makes some on all sides guilty of the like; yet there is cause to fear, (whatsoever innocent design may be pretended by those Witty men) that Religion it self may be ⟨image 3⟩contemned and slighted by such Practices.
THE Labours of this Reverend Author (now with God) both in Print and in Preaching, have already praised him in the Gate, and make his name and memory still remain, and continue like a precious Oyntment, notwithstanding the vain endeavours of some, to make both himself and Writings ridiculous: in which kind, though they may be abundantly repayed, since a late Author makes some on all sides guilty of the like; yet there is cause to fear, (whatsoever innocent design may be pretended by those Witty men) that Religion it self may be ⟨image 3⟩contemned and slighted by such Practices.
It is hoped that these Sermons will give no occasion for such Cavils, but that they may be of use to some persons, to direct, and confirm them in the good old ways of God, though they may want much of those advantages, which it may be the Authors own hand would have bestowed upon them. And upon that Account, the Reader is desired not to be offended, though some things may not be so exact or plain as might be wished, nor to impute it to the Author in the least, but to look upon it only as the fault of the Transcriber, or Publisher.