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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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Secondly, This fear of God, this filial fear, is not only because of his love, but of his love in conjunction with his greatness also: The greater a man is, the more we fear him, and the nearer he is in relation to us, the more we reverence him. Yet further, as the love of God in conjunction with his greatness, calls for our fear; So also.
Thirdly, The word and works of God call for our fear; For the word of the Lord is mighty, and his works are wonderful; For it is said of God, That he is fearful in praises, working wonders. Thus if you ask me what this filial fear is, I say it is a fear whereby we fear him, because of his love, because of his greatness, and because of his word and works. That is the first.
Secondly, A man that truly fears God, cannot do as others can do; for in the Text we find that Nehemiah had an opportunity in his hand, to make himself, to raise himself, to make himself rich, as to outward things: But you see what he saith, But so did not I, as others did, because ⟨p. 88⟩I feared God; where the true fear of God is planted in a mans heart, he cannot, he will not do, as other men can and will do: I shall clear this to you by instancing in some particulars.
Secondly, A man that truly fears God, cannot do as others can do; for in the Text we find that Nehemiah had an opportunity in his hand, to make himself, to raise himself, to make himself rich, as to outward things: But you see what he saith, But so did not I, as others did, because ⟨p. 88⟩I feared God; where the true fear of God is planted in a mans heart, he cannot, he will not do, as other men can and will do: I shall cleer this to you by instancing in some particulars.