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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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Thirdly, God would have Heaven and Salvation to be of one piece, he would have the work of heaven to be all the same; Now there were many Angels that fell, and many thousands that stood, why how came they to stand, that did stand, more than the others that fell; it was only by free grace, they were Elect Angels. Now men and Angels in heaven are of the same Quire, and sing the same song; and therefore those men that are fated, O who are they? why they are the Elect, and they have great cause to glorify the grace, the free grace of God.
Thirdly, God would have Heaven and Salvation to be of one peice, he would have the work of heaven to be all the same; Now there were many Angels that fell, and many thousands that stood, why how came they to stand, that did stand, more than the others that fell; it was only by free grace, they were Elect Angels. Now men and Angels in heaven are of the same Quire, and sing the same song; and therefore those men that are fated, O who are they? why they are the Elect, and they have great cause to glorifie the grace, the free grace of God.
Fourthly, God saves men in a way of free love, and grace, because none shall miss of Salvation: As God will punish, and condemn all the proud, all the wicked, that none shall escape; So he will also save all that he hath a mind to save, by free grace, because they shall not miss of Salvation.
Fifthly, God will save men in such a way as whereby he may be glorified to all Eternity, and therefore he saves them in a way of free grace and love; For what ⟨p. 74⟩have we to praise God for, in heaven, but only for free grace, free grace, to glorify his name for that; therefore I say God will save men in this way of free love and grace, that he may be thereby glorified hereafter to all Eternity, and thus I have done with the Doctrine; Now go along with me a little by way of application.