A29368:96
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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Eighthly, This is that grace that will strengthen and establish you in the good ways of God. Mark how they go together ⟨p. 31⟩in 2 Thess. 2.16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even our Father which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. Comfort and establishment go together, and if it be so, it is no small matter.
Eighthly, This is that grace that will strengthen and establish you in the good waies of God. Mark how they go together ⟨p. 31⟩in 2 Thess. 2.16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even our Father which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. Comfort and establishment go together, and if it be so, it is no small matter.
Lastly, This is that grace that will give a beauty and lustre to your profession. The comforted Christian is the truly beautiful Christian. If a man have never so much beauty in his face, yet if his face be wrinkled with grief, and blubbered with tears, the beauty of his face is not seen; but when joy and comfort comes, that wipes off all, and his beauty then is seen. So here, comfort doth not only take away reproach from your profession, but it gives a lustre, a beauty to your profession; the comforted Christian I say is the truly beautiful Christian; and if so, surely it is a great mercy to be truly comforted.