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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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Again, The rain cometh by special appointment from God;1 with a kind of dis-crimination. He maketh the rain to fall upon one City (saith the Prophet) and not upon another. As we read concerning Gideons Fleece; the dew fell upon the Fleece, when all the earth was dry round about it: And then the dew fell upon the ground, when the Fleece was dry. And this was a Type of the Grace of Christ: when the Jews were bedewed with the Grace of Christ, then all the Nations round about, they were dry: And then, when God bedewed the Gentiles, the Nations round about with His Grace; then the Jews were dry, and they are dry to this day.
Again, The rain cometh by special appointment from God;1 with a kind of dis-crimination. He maketh the rain to fall upon one City (saith the Prophet) and not upon another. As wee reade concerning Gideons Fleece; the dew fell upon the Fleece, when all the earth was dry round about it: And then the dew fell upon the ground, when the Fleece was dry. And this was a Type of the Grace of Christ: when the Jewes were bedewed with the Grace of Christ, then all the Nations round about, they were dry: And then, when God bedewed the Gentiles, the Nations round about with His Grace; then the Jews were dry, and they are dry to this day.
Again, The rain, falleth ('tis the Scripture phrase) the rain falleth; and falleth upon the earth: and the earth is a recipient to receive it: it is mere recipient at the first, and then brings forth it's fruit: the Rain falleth. And so doth the Grace of Christ: the Grace of Christ falls upon the souls of men and women (saith the Text here) He shall come down like the rain upon the mowne grass. So doth the Grace of Jesus Christ, it comes down upon a poor soul: All in a way of receiving, all in a way of receiving; whatever grace, or holiness a man hath on this side Heaven, it is all in a way of Receiving.