A29368:202
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Fifthly, And lastly to conclude, Is it so, that God saves the soul freely, and that our salvation is only by the free grace and love of God? Why then should we not come with boldness for salvation, since it is so free; O let none be discouraged, but let it stir us up to come with boldness, and to plead for it, if it be free; Is salvation free, and will not poor sinners come to receive it? Come, O come freely for salvation, Christ Jesus is willing to make good his own name, and this is his name, he is called Jesus, and he shall save his people. This is the will also of my Father, that you should come unto me, John 6. Christ Jesus hath now salvation in his hands, and will you not come and ask for it? But methinks I see ⟨p. 82⟩salvation in your faces; methinks I hear a voice among you, saying, What shall we do to be saved?
In answer to which thus: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and venture your salvation upon him.
And then if you will be saved, you must become as little children; for saith our Saviour, unless you become as little children, you cannot be saved. Mat. 18.3. You cannot enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. As little children, how? Why, not seeking great things; Little children do not seek great things, you must become as little children, low and humble, not seeking great things, for great things become not little children; You must be willing to part with all at Christs command, and for his service; and for want of this the young man went away without eternal life: Go and sell all that thou halt, and follow me, and he could not do it; and he lost Heaven by it; he would keep Earth, and he lost Heaven by it. But once more,