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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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Thirdly, §3The fullness of the earth, is a fullness that runs into emptiness; a fullness that hath an hole at the bottom: Like unto an hour glass: if you turn it up, the upper part of the glass is full of sand: but because it hath an hole at the bottom, and there stands a glass beneath it as big as it self; it empties it self into that glass. Then you turn up the glass again, and that is full: but because that hath an hole at the bottom, it runs out, having an empty glass beneath it, and this fullness runs into it. So now, ;tis with the worlds fullness: a man he hath a great estate, he hath his glass full of sand: I but because his children, and his family stands under him; his sand runs into them, and he is soon emptied; he is soon emptied into them. Then, when the father is dead, and gone; and ⟨p. 35⟩hath emptied out his fullness into his children; the children's glass is turned up: but they having children under them, and house under them; their sand also, is soon run out, it runs out into emptiness. Thus, all the fullness of the world, 'tis but a fullness that hath a hole at the bottom, that runs into emptiness. Oh! but the fullness of Jesus Christ, the fullness of Jesus Christ it is a dwelling fullness; His fullness runs out into Leleevers, & yet He is full Himself: In Him the fullness of the God head dwells, it dwelleth there.
Thirdly, §3The fulness of the earth, is a fulness that runs into emptiness; a fulness that hath an hole at the bottom: Like unto an hour glasse: if you turn it up, the upper part of the glasse is full of sand: but because it hath an hole at the bottom, and there stands a glasse beneath it as big as it self; it empties it self into that galsse. Then you turn up the glasse again, and that is full: but because that hath an hole at the bottom, it runs out, having an empty glasse beneath it, and this fulness runs into it. So now, ;tis with the worlds fulnes: a man he hath a great estate, he hath his glasse full of sand: I but because his children, and his family stands under him; his sand runs into them, and he is soon emptied; he is soon emptied into them. Then, when the father is dead, and gone; and ⟨p. 35⟩hath emptied out his fulness into his children; the childrens glasse is turn'd up: but they having children under them, and house under them; their sand also, is soon run out, it runs out into emptiness. Thus, all the fulness of the world, 'tis but a fulness that hath a hole at the bottom, that runs into emptiness. Oh! but the fulness of Jesus Christ, the fulness of Jesus Christ it is a dwelling fulness; His sulness runs out into Leleevers, & yet He is ful Himself: In Him the fulnes of the God head dwels, it dwelleththere.