A29368:52
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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Secondly, Is it nothing to do the work of your generation? to do the work that is suitable unto your condition? All men are not called to all works: there is a ⟨p. 18⟩peculiar work to every man. Now is comforting work nothing? Is supporting work nothing? Is relieving work nothing? This comforting work it is Angelical work. Is it nothing to improve the Talent that God hath given thee? This will be the great Question at the day of Judgement, Faithful, or not faithful? There are none but have Talents more or less, which they must then answer for.
But you may be ready to say, I have no work. That is a mistake; for there are none but have work: therefore look unto that which is your work.
But you may say again, Though I have work and service, yet my service may be a judicious service, or a mercenary service, or a providential service: Now how shall I distinguish my service, Whether it be a providential, a judicious, a mercenary service, or whether God hath graciously singled me out to serve him in a way of free grace and love?
But you may say again, Though I have work and service, yet my service may be a judicious service, or a mercinary service, or a providential service: Now how shall I distinguish my service, Whether it be a providential, a judicious, a mercenary service, or whether God hath graciously singled me out to serve him in a way of free grace and love?