A29368:127
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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First, Worldly fears, and worldly delights; these are enemies to true comfort.
Secondly, Sins against conscience, they that sin against knowledge, will hardly have peace of conscience; nay it is pity they should have peace, lest they be ⟨p. 51⟩engaged and encouraged thereby to sin; those that sin against Conscience will hardly have peace. Do you think to have the Spirit to be your friend whom you grieve so often, if then you would be truly comforted, you must have a great care of sinning against conscience, and thereby grieving the spirit, that spirit whereby you are sealed to the day of Redemption, Ephes. 4.30. would you then be truly comforted? Observe I say these things that hinder your spiritual comfort: can you think that what you grieve most, should comfort you most. Therefore as you expect true comfort, have a care of grieving the spirit of God.
Secondly, Sins against conscience, they that sin against knowledge, will hardly have peace of conscience; nay it is pitty they should have peace, lest they be ⟨p. 51⟩ingaged and incouraged thereby to sin; those that sin against Conscience will hardly have peace. Do you think to have the Spirit to be your friend whom you grieve so often, if then you would be truly comforted, you must have a great care of sinning against conscience, and thereby grieving the spirit, that spirit whereby you are sealed to the day of Redemption, Ephes. 4.30. would you then be truly comforted? Observe I say these things that hinder your spiritual comfort: can you think that what you grieve most, should comfort you most. Therefore as you expect true comfort, have a care of grieving the spirit of God.