A29368:158
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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Secondly, You shall be delivered from all sorrow, both inward and outward, and if so, how blessed, and happy are you, for you shall die in the Lord; And blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours, &c. Rev 14.13. It is a mercy to have meat and drink, and a bed to lye on, but it is a greater mercy not to need them; in Heaven you shall be freed from these needs and necessities. You walk here, but it is with a burden; you hear now, but it is with a burden; you repent now, but it is with a burden: But in Heaven you shall be freed, not only from the guilt of the neglect of duty, but from the burden of duty ⟨p. 60⟩also, Heaven knows of no duty that hath a burden with it. Thus you shall be freed. Again,
Thirdly, You shall not only be freed from these troubles, but you shall also be brought into a possession, into an inheritance that is incorruptible, that fadeth not away; where you shall enjoy the company of Saints and Angels, and that without suspicion, or jealousy one of another: here you have the company of Saints, but either you suspect them or they you, either they are jealous of you or you of them; but Heaven knows no suspicions, no jealousies; Saints live there without suspicions.
Thirdly, You shall not only be freed from these troubles, but you shall also be brought into a possession, into an inheritance that is incorruptible, that fadeth not away; where you shall enjoy the company of Saints and Angels, and that without suspicion, or jealousie one of another: here you have the company of Saints, but either you suspect them or they you, either they are jealous of you or you of them; but Heaven knows no suspicions, no jealousies; Saints live there without suspicions.
Fourthly, If you go to Heaven and be saved, you shall then be filled with glory: if you have but a little taste of glory here you are ready to break under it, under a little glory; but the time will come, when you shall be filled with glory, and your hearts shall bear up under it, your bodies shall be changed; your vile bodies shall be changed, and made like unto Christs glorious body; you shall be filled with glory, soul and body both. Yea,