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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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Secondly. Consider the Retinue of Grace: §2Grace hath a great Retinue, Though it be very mean, it hath rich Retinue. If a man hath but a poor Cottage, an Acre of Land, an half-Acre of Land, a Rood: Yet if it be an Earnest of a great Inheritance, 'tis much: Look upon the little Cottage in it self, or the Rood of Land in it self, 'tis not much; but consider it as an Earnest of a great Inheritance; so 'tis much. Beloved! whatsoever Grace the Saints have, they have it but as an Earnest. Ye read of the Testimony of the Spirit, of the Earnest of the Spirit: all the Grace that the Saints have on this side Heaven, 'tis all but the Earnest of what they shall have. And the Apostle, he blesses God for this, as ye read in the 1. of the Colossians 12. Giving thanks unto the Father, which bath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light: (Mark,) Here are Three things especially considerable in these words: All the Children of God have an Inheritance. You have but one Heir to your Estate, all are not Heirs; but all ⟨p. 82⟩Gods Children have an Inheritance. And the Inheritance called, an Inheritance of Light: It does not lie in a dark, foggy, and fenny, and moorish place; 'tis a comfortable Inheritance, 'tis an Inheritance of light. And the Apostle, He does here give thanks unto God, that had made them Meet to be the partakers of the Inheritance of the Saints in light. He does not here give thanks unto God, for the Inheritance; but that they were meet, to be partakers of the Inheritance; that they had an Earnest, till the Inheritance came. (I say) all the Grace which a godly man hath on this side Heaven, it is but an Earnest: you look upon it as it is in it self, and you say; 'Tis not much: I but, look upon it as an Earnest, but as an Earnest, and then you will say, 'Tis much indeed, Oh! 'tis much indeed.
Secondly. Consider the Retinue of Grace: §2Grace hath a great Retinue, Though it be very mean, it hath rich Retinue. If a man hath but a poor Cottage, an Acre of Land, an half-Acre of Land, a Rood: Yet if it be an Earnest of a great Inheritance, 'tis much: Look upon the little Cottage in it self, or the Rood of Land in it self, 'tis not much; but consider it as an Earnest of a great Inheritance; so 'tis much. Beloved! whatsoever Grace the Saints have, they have it but as an Earnest. Ye reade of the Testimony of the Spirit, of the Earnest of the Spirit: all the Grace that the Saints have on this side Heaven, 'tis all but the Earnest of what they shall have. And the Apostle, he blesses God for this, as ye reade in the 1. of the Colossians 12. Giving thanks unto the Father, which bath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the Saints in light: (Mark,) Here are Three things especially considerable in these words: All the Children of God have an Inheritance. You have but one Heir to your Estate, all are not Heirs; but all