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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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Then you must observe what those evils are that do provoke God, and labour and strive against them till they be removed; and in order hereunto,
First, If you would meet with God in the way of his Justice and Anger, then you must get Christ into your Arms, as I may say, and so go forth and meet God: It is written of one, that when he would gain favour of his King, he use to get the Kings son in his Arms, and so he got the favour he desired; so if you would find favour with God, get Jesus Christ into your arms, and so go forth to meet him.
Secondly, If you would meet with God in the way of his anger and Justice, then you must humble your self before him and submit unto him: There are two parts in Humiliation, Sorrow for sin, and submission to God; now it may be you are wanting in one of these, therefore labour to abound in both, and so go forth to meet God.
Thirdly, If you would meet with God in the way of his anger and Justice, then do you live justly, and deal justly and righteously. He hath showed thee O man what is good, and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God;