A29368:398
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, The rod calls upon you to mortify your sins more and more, Proverbs 20.30. The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil, so do stripes the inward parts of the belly, Isaiah 27.9. By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; by this, that is, by affliction, by the rod; if therefore you have neglected any duty, that you have performed heretofore, or ought to perform, the rod now calls upon you to do it now, Remember your first works and repent.
First, The rod calls upon you to mortifie your sins more and more, Proverbs 20.30. The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil, so do stripes the inward parts of the belly, Isaiah 27.9. By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; by this, that is, by affliction, by the rod; if therefore you have neglected any duty, that you have performed heretofore, or ought to perform, the rod now calls upon you to do it now, Remember your first works and repent.
Secondly, If you be Converted, the rod calls upon you to prize those common mercies which you have not valued heretofore; you have had peace but you have not prized it, now the rod of war should teach you to prize it; you have had a quiet habitation, but you have not prized it, now the rod of Tumult calls upon you to prize your quiet habitation, and to be thankful for it; this is another lesson which the rod teacheth.
Thirdly, If you be Converted, the ⟨p. 141⟩