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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, The property of love is to cover the infirmities of those they love; and indeed how can there be any agreement, if infirmities be not covered: It is the property of love to give no offence, nor to take any; and it is a great sign that there is no agreement, nor no love, when people are so apt to give offence, and to take offence; for true love is apt to do neither, but to take all in good part.
Sixthly, True love knows how to give and how to take admonitions: And thus you have heard what love will do; therefore I beseech you to strengthen your love to one another; yea I beseech you in the Lord to increase it more and more, one toward another.
But you may say further, suppose there be a difference in the matter of our Judgements or opinions: what shall we do to remove it? Why,
First, Be sure of this, that you do not ⟨p. 120⟩mistake the meaning of that Scripture, which your judgement is founded upon. It is said There was a division among the people because of Christ; why for what was it, what was the reason of it? It was because of misunderstanding, and for want of a right understanding of Christ: So I say, this division may come for want of a right understanding of the Scriptures, upon which our judgement is grounded and founded. But