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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, If you be saved, you shall have the knowledge of the continuance of this condition: Though a mans condition be never so happy in it self, yet if he think it will not continue, ⟨p. 62⟩that man is unhappy in the midst of his happiness; this is the unhappiness of Hell, men shall know and be assured that they shall never be delivered out of it, never, never, never; and this is the happiness of Heaven, that men shall always rejoice, and shall be assured that they shall so continue to do, ever, ever, ever.
Lastly, If you be saved, you shall have the knowledge of the continuance of this condition: Though a mans condition be never so happy in it self, yet if he think it will not continue, ⟨p. 62⟩that man is unhappy in the midst of his happiness; this is the unhappiness of Hell, men shall know and be assured that they shall never be delivered out of it, never, never, never; and this is the happiness of Heaven, that men shall alwayes rejoyce, and shall be assured that they shall so continue to do, ever, ever, ever.
But 2. In what way does a man come to this attainment, how and in what way is a man saved? Why in a way of free love and grace, for if God bestow any thing in a way of gift it is free, for what is more free than gift; now do but consider what those things are, which are called in Scripture, Salvation, and you may observe, that they all come in a way of gift.
1. Sometimes Salvation is put for the Author of Salvation, Jesus Christ. Lord now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation: