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I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…
I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet. I. 19 : II. Christ in travel ... in three sermons on Isai. 53. 11 : III. A lifting up for the down-cast ... delivered in thirteen sermons on Psal. 42, 11 : four several sermons ... / preached by William Bridge ...
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1656
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.
Quest. But suppose that upon due search and examination, I find that my Sin is no other than a sin of Infirmity, which will not cast me off, although through my weakness, I do fall into it again, and again, what then?
Answ. Then several Duties follow, and accordingly you are to take up these, and the like gracious Resolutions.
If my Sin be a Sin of Infirmity, and no other, then through Grace,1 will I observe what Gods design is, in suffering and leaving such Infirmities in me, and will labour what I can and may, to promote and advance that design: God could have freed me from all Sin, these Infirmities as well as the greater; but God hath some great designs in leaving of these Infirmities, as that I may be always humbled, that I may be always upon the work of mortification, that Jesus Christ may be the more sweet and precious to me, that I may live in continual dependence on him, that I may not gather up the assurance of my Salvation only from my Sanctification, but from the free Grace of God, and his absolute Promise, that I may be weary of my present state, and groan after Heaven, where no imperfections are; and that I may learn to pity others, and therefore through ⟨p. 399⟩Grace, I will do what I can to help on these Designs.
If my Sin be a Sin of Infirmity, and no other, then through Grace,1 wil I observe what Gods design is, in suffering and leaving such Infirmities in me, and wil labor what I can and may, to promote and advance that design: God could have freed me from all Sin, these Infirmities as wel as the greater; but God hath some great designs in leaving of these Infirmities, as that I may be alwaies humbled, that I may be alwaies upon the work of mortification, that Jesus Christ may be the more sweet and precious to me, that I may live in continual dependance on him, that I may not gather up the assurance of my Salvation only from my Sanctification, but from the free Grace of God, and his absolute Promise, that I may be weary of my present state, and groan after Heaven, where no imperfections are; and that I may learn to pity others, and therefore through