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The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emanuel College in CambridgeThe works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge
The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emanuel College in Cambridge; now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The first volume. Viz. I. The great Gospel-mystery of the saints comfort and holiness, opened and applied from Christs priestly office. II. Satan's power to tempt; and Christs love to, and care of his people under temptation. III. Thankfulness required in every condition.The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emanuel Colledge in Cambridge; now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The first volume. Viz. I. The great Gospel-mysterie of the saints comfort and holinesse, opened and applyed from Christs priestly office. II. Satans power to tempt; and Christs love to, and care of his people under temptation. III. Thankfulnesse required in every condition.
London: printed for Peter Cole, 1649
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.
Further, When a man is blessed by God, or Christ; §2he is drawn nearer to God by all outward things, by all things: Come ye Blessed, Go ye Cursed. Blessing hath an attractive Nature, Come ye Blessed: when the Lord Christ does bless a man, he does draw him, Come ye Blessed. When a man is brought nearer to God by Affliction, he is blessed: when a man is brought nearer to God by his Estate, by any Comfort, by any Sorrow, here is blessing, Come ye Blessed. Blessing draws one nearer to God with a cord of love.
Thirdly, Where the Lord does Bless, he does cause a man to Increase and Multiply, in that thing wherein he is Blest. §3Increasing and Multiplying, is so natural unto Blessing, that in the Original tongues of the old and new Testament, Plenty is put for Blessing. I will give you but one clear place for it in the new Testament, the 2 Cor. 9. Chapter, 5. verse. Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto ye, and make up before hand your Bounty. The word is, your Blessing. Whereof you had notice before; that the same might be ready as a matter of Bounty. The word is, as a matter of Blessing. But especially in the next verse. But this I say, he which soweth sparingly, shall reap sparingly: and he which soweth bountifully, shall reap bountifully. And he which soweth with Blessing (as it is in the Original) shall reap with Blessing: And here 'tis opposed to Sparingly, and translated Bountifully. Where the Lord does bless, he does always cause a man to Increase and Multiply.
Thirdly, Where the Lord does Bless, he does cause a man to Increase and Multiply, in that thing wherein he is Blest. §3Increasing and Multiplying, is so natural unto Blessing, that in the Original tongues of the old and new Testament, Plenty is put for Blessing. I will give you but one clear place for it in the new Testament, the