A29368:161
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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Fifthly, If you be saved, your graces shall be always in Act, always in exercise; your understandings shall be fully enlightened, ⟨p. 61⟩your difficulties shall be renewed, and you shall see them all little and easy unto you, and your wills, hearts and affections shall be drawn out to God, with infinite satisfaction and infinite delight; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness, Psalm 17.15. All delight ariseth from enjoying things suitable, now what is more suitable for a rational creature, than to enjoy his ends: when a Husband hath been at sea from his wife half a year, or a year; what joy is it to her to see him come home again. So for a poor soul to see Christ, what joy is it after he hath withdrawn himself a great while? here we have communion with Christ but in part and interrupted; but then you shall be ever, for ever with the Lord, and have communion with him without interruption. Now we see joy and glory, but darkly; and if there be so much sweetness to see Christ in a glass; O then what sweetness will it be to see him face to face, and enjoy him for ever; And to say no more,
Fifthly, If you be saved, your graces shall be alwaies in Act, alwaies in exercise; your understandings shall be fully inlightned, ⟨p. 61⟩your difficulties shall be renewed, and you shall see them all little and easie unto you, and your wills, hearts and affections shall be drawn out to God, with infinite satisfaction and infinite delight; I shall be satisfied when I awake with thy likeness, Psalm 17.15. All delight ariseth from enjoying things suitable, now what is more suitable for a rational creature, than to enjoy his ends: when a Husband hath been at sea from his wife half a year, or a year; what joy is it to her to see him come home again. So for a poor soul to see Christ, what joy is it after he hath withdrawn himself a great while? here we have communion with Christ but in part and interrupted; but then you shall be ever, for ever with the Lord, and have communion with him without interruption. Now we see joy and glory, but darkly; and if there be so much sweetness to see Christ in a glass; O then what sweetness will it be to see him face to face, and enjoy him for ever; And to say no more,