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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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Fifthly, Suppose a man do truly fear the Lord, what is the Issue and consequence thereof? why the Issue will be this: If you fear the Lord, God will deal well with you, he will deal well with you in a special manner: he will make a difference between you & another in his dispensations. Psal. 1. Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of Sinners, nor setteth in the heat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night; he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth its fruit in his season, his lease also shall not wither, but whatsoever he doth shall prosper; the ungodly are not so, but are like unto the chaff, which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not ⟨p. 95⟩stand in Judgement, nor Sinners in the Congregation of the Righteous; But the way of the ungodly shall perish. Thus you see how Gods dispensations shall be to them that fear him: it shall go well with them, but not so to the wicked: It is said that those that feared the Lord spake often one to another. And it is said in Isa. 8.11, 12. For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and Instructed me, not to walk in the way of this people, &c. Psal. 112.6, 7, 8. You may find there that there will be a great difference one day, between them that fear the Lord, and they that do not: Surely he shall not be moved for ever, the Righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not be afraid of evil Tidings, his heart is fixed trusting in the Lord: his heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies, he hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor, his Righteousness endureth for ever, his horn shall be exalted with honour: The wicked shall see it and be grieved, he shall gnash his teeth and melt away, the desire of the wicked shall perish, yea God will do great things for them that fear him: he will put his law into their Hearts, that thereby they may keep his Commandments. He will do greatly for them, for his eye shall be upon them. The eye of the Lord ⟨p. 96⟩is upon the righteous, and his ear is open to their cry. He is ready to answer those that fear him upon all accounts. Read what the Psalmist saith,