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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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First, I say, it is a great mercy to be used for God or by God in the matter of service or sufferings, it is a great mercy to be employed in any work for God. For,
First, The more serviceable any man or woman is for God, the more they honour God; and the more they honour God, the more will God honour them: when I testify of any excellency in God, then I honour God: when God testifies of any honour in me, then God honours me; as now when God calls me to any service, then God testifies an excellency in me, then God honours me: when a Governor puts any honour upon a common Soldier, he calls him forth to special service: so it is an honour for a man to be serviceable to God. This was the honour of Moses, Moses the servant of the Lord: and when the Holy Ghost puts an honour upon David, he says, The Psalm of David the servant of the Lord: Not the Psalm of David the King of Israel, no, the Psalm of David ⟨p. 6⟩the servant of the Lord. So in the New Testament this was Pauls honour, Paul the servant of the Lord. Now is it not a great honour to honour God, and to be owned by God? Thus it is with them that serve the Lord.
First, The more serviceable any man or woman is for God, the more they honour God; and the more they honour God, the more will God honour them: when I testifie of any excellency in God, then I honour God: when God testifies of any honour in me, then God honours me; as now when God calls me to any service, then God testifies an excellency in me, then God honours me: when a Governour puts any honour upon a common Souldier, he calls him forth to special service: so it is an honour for a man to be serviceable to God. This was the honour of Moses, Moses the servant of the Lord: and when the Holy Ghost puts an honour upon David, he sayes, The Psalm of David the servant of the Lord: Not the Psalm of David the King of Israel, no, the Psalm of David ⟨p. 6⟩the servant of the Lord. So in the New Testament this was Pauls honour, Paul the servant of the Lord. Now is it not a great honour to honour God, and to be owned by God? Thus it is with them that serve the Lord.