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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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But some may say, I am guilty of this doubting, what shall I do that I may not doubt of my salvation?
This is too large a subject to speak to now, I shall only say this to it. Let me desire you to study much, the freeness of the grace of God in general; and consider also much, and frequently, the particular instances of grace and mercy, that God hath shown to others, and you will find it is all of free grace; yea and this scripture shows you that all is of free grace; and therefore though it be a hard thing for us to get assurance of our salvation, yet the particular instances, and examples of the mercies that God hath bestowed upon others, should much encourage us, and bear us up, and should stir us up to get assurance. Grace and mercy being shown to others doth not only show that it may be had, ⟨p. 81⟩but that mercy hath been had. When you see the Ice trodden, then you say you will venture: So say, such a one was unworthy, such a one profane, and yet he hath obtained mercy, and why may not I? Therefore if you would have assurance of your salvation, think much of the freeness of the grace of God; and withal consider the particular instances, and examples of others, that have obtained this mercy, and that in a way of free grace and love too.
This is too large a subject to speak to now, I shall only say this to it. Let me desire you to study much, the freeness of the grace of God in general; and consider also much, and frequently, the particular instances of grace and mercy, that God hath shewn to others, and you will find it is all of free grace; yea and this scripture shews you that all is of free grace; and therefore though it be a hard thing for us to get assurance of our salvation, yet the particular instances, and examples of the mercies that God hath bestowed upon others, should much incourage us, and bear us up, and should stir us up to get assurance. Grace and mercy being shewn to others doth not only shew that it may be had, ⟨p. 81⟩but that mercy hath been had. When you see the Ice trodden, then you say you will venture: So say, such a one was unworthy, such a one prophane, and yet he hath obtained mercy, and why may not I? Therefore if you would have assurance of your salvation, think much of the freeness of the grace of God; and withal consider the particular instances, and examples of others, that have obtained this mercy, and that in a way of free grace and love too.