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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, Though God be angry with, and afflict his own people, yet they know, or may know, that God is afflicted with them, Christ partakes in their Afflictions with them.
Sixthly, Though God do afflict his own people for their sins, yet they know or may know, that God always gives a due allowance in reference to their sins and Infirmities; the best Gold must have an allowance of some dross, and the best Saint must have an allowance upon the Account of his Infirmities, says the Lord, Hosea 11.8. How shall I make thee as Admah, and set thee as Zeboim; why did not the Lord say; How shall I make thee as Sodom or Gomorrah, says Jerome, It was because Admah, and Zeboim were lesser Cities, and were drawn into sin, by the example of the great Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah: and so the ten Tribes were drawn into sin, by the great Cities of Judah, and by Jerusalem, and therefore God says, how shall I make thee as ⟨p. 171⟩Admah, &c. So I say, God doth always give an allowance to his own people, even in the day of his wrath.
Sixthly, Though God do afflict his own people for their sins, yet they know or may know, that God alwayes gives a due allowance in reference to their sins and Infirmities; the best Gold must have an allowance of some dross, and the best Saint must have an allowance upon the Account of his Infirmities, saies the Lord, Hosea 11.8. How shall I make thee as Admah, and set thee as Zeboim; why did not the Lord say; How shall I make thee as Sodom or Gomorrah, sayes Jerom, It was because Admah, and Zeboim were lesser Cities, and were drawn into sin, by the example of the great Cities of Sodom and Gomorrah: and so the ten Tribes were drawn into sin, by the great Cities of Judah, and by Jerusalem, and therefore God saies, how shall I make thee as ⟨p. 171⟩Admah, &c. So I say, God doth alwayes give an allowance to his own people, even in the day of his wrath.