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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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Lastly, Would you be comforted in a way of free grace and love; then go to God for that comfort: Friends and Beloved; God is willing, most willing to comfort; and what will you not go to him? God is willing to make good his name, and his Title; now this is one of his Titles, I am the Lord that comforteth: He is willing to do what Christ was sent to do; the spirit of the Lord is upon me to comfort all that mourn, Isa. 61.2. Is not God willing to do it; He hath sent the comforter also to comfort you, yea he ⟨p. 54⟩hath given his Ministers charge to comfort you; Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, Isa. 40.1. and are not you willing now, to receive what God hath promised, I will not leave you comfortless, I will come unto you. John 14.15. You will be troubled and reason with your selves, yet I will not leave you comfortless. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you, and ye shall be comforted. Isa. 66.13. Therefore now O poor drooping soul go to God, for he is willing to comfort thee, if thou be but willing to go unto him. Only in your going to God observe these two or three directions.
First, When you go to God for comfort, go to the Office which he hath set up for comfort, the Office of the Holy-Ghost.
Secondly, When you go to God, shut your eyes, and cast your self at an adventure upon the free grace of God.