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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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for, the imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth: One would think He should rather say thus: I will curse the ground again, and I will bring a new flood, for the imagination of mans heart is evil from his youth. No, but the Covenant that God made with Noah, was thus: I do now make a Covenant with man-kind, that the world shall never be drowned again: yea, Though man do sin, yet the world shall not be drowned again. This is the Covenant that the Lord made with Noah: The Lord did not make such a Covenant as this: I do promise, that the world shall not be drowned again, if man do not fin. No, but the Covenant that the Lord made with Noah was thus: But I promise the world shall not be drowned again, Though men do sin again: this is the Covenant the Lord made with Noah: it was so far from running upon a condition, that it runs cross to all conditions. So now the Lord says concerning a poor Believer: I do take this soul into Covenant with Me: Yea, and Though he do sin, yet notwithstanding ⟨p. 30⟩I will pardon him, and this soul shall never lye under water again, shall never lye under water again: his sin shall not hinder My grace; he shall never lye under water again: for as the Covenant I made with Noah, such is the Covenant I make with every believer. And beloved, if indeed that we could hinder Christ, when He comes to communicate His grace; if our sins could hinder: then we might resist grace, with an Overcoming resistance. 'Tis true, a man may resist the grace of God, with A gain-saying resistance; but he cannot resist the grace of God, with an overcoming resistance. Whatsoever is overcome, is overcome by a stronger: Man, (I say) cannot resist with an overcoming resistance. Pray do but consider well the Covenant of Grace:1 says the Lord in that: I will take away the heart of stone, and I will give an heart of flesh: and I will cause ye to walk in my ways; and I will put My Spirit into you. I will take away the heart of stone: What is that? a stone is hard, a hard thing does not yield to the touch, a soft thing yields. Pharaoh had a hard heart, and therefore he yielded not. When therefore, the Lord makes such a promise as this; I will take away the heart of stone: What is His meaning? His meaning is plainly, I will take away the un-yielding, the resisting disposition that is in man. Now therefore, when the Lord makes such a promise as this: