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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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I but, Ans. Do you consider, The Opposition of Grace: The Retinue of Grace: And the Mystery of Grace.
I but, Ans. Do you consider, The Opposition of Grace: The Retinue of Grace: And the Mysiery of Grace.
First, §1For the Opposition of Grace. A little Grace may be much opposed: and when the Opposition is great, though Grace be small in the Bulk, it may be great in the Work: though little in the Quantity, yet it may be much in Quality. There's no true Gospel-Grace, but it is much opposed. When Jesus Christ came into the world, you know Herod raised all the County upon him: And so when Christ comes into the heart, the whole soul it is raised against Him, because He comes as an enemy unto the soul. As when an enemy Lands, the Beacons are all fired, and the Country all rises: what do you say? An enemy is landed, an enemy is landed, and all the Country rises. So when Christ Lands upon a soul, at the first. He Lands as an enemy unto the ••n, and soul; and all the soul, the Region, the Continent, it rises up against Him.
First, §1For the Opposition of Grace. A little Grace may be much opposed: and when the Opposition is great, though Grace be small in the Bulk, it may be great in the Work: though little in the Quantity, yet it may be much in Quality. There's no true Gospel-Grace, but it is much opposed. When Jesus Christ came into the world, you know Herod raised all the County upon him: And so when Christ comes into the heart, the whol soul it is raised against Him, because He comes as an enemy unto the soul. As when an enemy Lands, the Beacons are all fired, and the Country all rises: what do you say? An enemy is landed, an enemy is landed, and all the Country rises. So when Christ Lands upon a soule, at the first. He Lands as an enemy unto the ••n, and soul; and all the soul, the Region, the Continent, it rises up against Him.