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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, If we be saved by grace, then we may here see the reason, why many do take so much pains, as they think, for heaven, and yet fall short of it, and go to Hell; why it is because Salvation lies under the conduct of free grace: Some men abstain from sin, that they may not be damned, others perform holy duties, read and hear, &c. That they may go to Heaven, yea many strive and shall not enter, because salvation is of free grace.
Fourthly, If by grace ye are saved, and that there is much of the free grace of God in our salvation, why then should you doubt of it: I confess it is a hard thing to have Assurance of your salvation, and if you have it, it is free grace to you more than to another, and free grace is the founder of it if you have it: But yet, O soul, if by grace we are saved, let us not then doubt of it, for it is most sure: if you are saved by grace I say, why doubt ye then O ye of little faith. O Christians comfort your selves with these words, It is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom, Luke 12.32. It is his good will and pleasure, it is in a way of free grace and love.
But you may say though it be in a way of free grace and love, yet it may not be ⟨p. 76⟩for me, it may none of it be mine, saith the soul.