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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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Fourthly, A man that fears God cannot do as others can do, in the matter wherein he is entrusted. You know how it was ⟨p. 90⟩with the Spies, Caleb brought a good report of the Land of Canaan, because he feared God; but so did not the others.
Fourthly, A man that fears God cannot do as others can do, in the matter wherein he is intrusted. You know how it was ⟨p. 90⟩with the Spyes, Caleb brought a good report of the Land of Canaan, because he feared God; but so did not the others.
Fifthly, They that fear the Lord cannot do as others do, in the matter of Afflictions. A man that fears the Lord, can love God in adversity, and fear him in prosperity. It is said of King Ahaz, that he sinned more and more, because of his afflictions: but Jehoshaphat did not so, when he was under great afflictions, and troubles, for he sought to the Lord, and laboured after faith, and strength from him, that so he might be established: but so doth not the wicked man, because he feareth not God.
Fifthly, They that fear the Lord cannot do as others do, in the matter of Afflictions. A man that fears the Lord, can love God in adversitie, and fear him in prosperity. It is said of King Ahaz, that he sinned more and more, because of his afflictions: but Jehosophat did not so, when he was under great afflictions, and troubles, for he sought to the Lord, and laboured after faith, and strength from him, that so he might be established: but so doth not the wicked man, because he feareth not God.
Sixthly, As there is a great difference between a good man, and a wicked man, or between one that fears the Lord, and one that doth not in the matter of afflictions: So there is a difference also in the matter of their refreshment, in their eating, and drinking, and recreation.