A29368:62
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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In answer to this, you may take it in these following particulars.
First then, if you would serve and suffer under the conduct of free grace, then serve your call fully; and go to the utmost of the thing called unto, leaving God to do his work: Do your work to the utmost, and leave God to do his. When God called Joshua to do a work fully, and he did it, God showed mercy to him, and to his posterity after him: And so when John was called to a work, and he did it by halves, God blew upon him, and upon his posterity after him. Therefore I say, when God calls us to a work, let us do our work fully, and leave God to do his work.
First then, if you would serve and suffer under the conduct of free grace, then serve your call fully; and go to the utmost of the thing called unto, leaving God to do his work: Do your work to the utmost, and leave God to do his. When God called Joshuah to do a work fully, and he did it, God shewed mercy to him, and to his posterity after him: And so when John was called to a work, and he did it by halves, God blew upon him, and upon his posterity after him. Therefore I say, when God calls us to a work, let us do our work fully, and leave God to do his work.
Secondly, If you would serve God under the conduct of free grace, then when you find any warmth or heat upon your affections, take the hint of this opportunity for the doing of that work God calls you to.