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The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel College in CambridgeThe vvorks of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge
The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel College in Cambridge: now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The second volume. [sic] Viz. 1. Grace for grace; or, The overflowing of Christs fullness received by all saints. II. The spiritual actings of faith through natural impossibilities. III. Evangelical repentance.The vvorks of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge: now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The second volumn. [sic] Viz. 1. Grace for grace; or, The overflowing of Christs fulness received by all saints. II. The spiritual actings of faith through natural impossibilities. III. Evangelical repentance.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1649
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This is the Office of Christ to be a Priest, and therefore He is willing to satisfy for you: and indeed, if Jesus Christ were not willing to give out His grace unto the children of men, He would never lay it upon such conditions as He does. When a man is unwilling to do a thing for another, He will put it upon hard conditions: As Saul, being unwilling to give his Daughter to David, He put it upon hard conditions. But now, what does Jesus Christ require? What does the Lord Jesus Christ require, for the Communication of His grace? But only this, that you do receive it: Mark, only this, that we do receive it; a condition indeed, that is no condition: I say, a condition that is no condition, because he promises strength to receive also. Oh! my beloved: Why should we cumber the way to Heaven with Preparations, and Qualifications, and Precedaneous conditions? There are no In-comes, no In-comes to be paid at our coming in to Jesus Christ; there ⟨p. 28⟩are no Precedaneous conditions: Grace is free, and Mercy is free, and Christ is free, and His Love is free: there is an infinite Propension in Jesus Christ, to communicate this His Grace to the children of men. This is the third Proposition.
This is the Office of Christ to be a Priest, and therfore He is willing to satisfie for you: and indeed, if Jesus Christ were not willing to give out His grace unto the children of men, He would never lay it upon such conditions as He does. When a man is unwilling to do a thing for another, He will put it upon hard conditions: As Saul, being unwilling to give his Daughter to David, He put it upon hard conditions. But now, what does Jesus Christ require? What does the Lord Jesus Christ require, for the Communication of His grace? But only this, that you do receive it: Mark, only this, that we do receive it; a condition indeed, that is no condition: I say, a condition that is no condition, because he promises strength to receive also. Oh! my beloved: Why should we cumber the way to Heaven with Preparations, and Qualifications, and Precedaneous conditions? There are no In-coms, no In-coms to be paid at our coming in to Jesus Christ; there ⟨p. 28⟩are no Precedaneous conditions: Grace is free, and Mercy is free, and Christ is free, and His Love is free: there is an infinite Propension in Jesus Christ, to communicate this His Grace to the children of men. This is the third Proposition.