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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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As for the Insufficiency of Nature; You know what the Apostle says:1 We are not able as of our selves, to think a good thought, but all our sufficiency is of God. And if you look into this first Chapter of John, you find, That those that are regenerate, and borne again; 'tis said concerning them (at the 13. verse) that they are not borne of Bloods (in the plural number) your English hath it, Blood, (in the singular) You are not born of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Some there are, and were, that thought themselves to be the children of God, because they came of godly parents, because of their bloods, because of their education: 2So the Jews, We are the Children of Abraham. Some there are, and were, that think themselves the Children of God, because of some Legal workings, and ⟨p. 93⟩monkish devotion: all those legalities under the Gospel, are called, flesh. Some there are that think themselves the children of God, because of some more refined, and raised, and heroical actions. That he might obviate all these; says he, We are not born of bloods, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. You are for Free-will, and you think Free-will hath a great stroke in mans Conversion: but how can ye look this Scripture in the face? No way of will, not of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man. If it be any will, it must be either the will of the flesh, or the will of man: but I tell you (says he) We are not borne of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, (no way of will) but of God.
As for the Insufficiency of Nature; You know what the Apostle saies:1 Wee are not able as of our selves, to think a good thought, but all our sufficiency is of God. And if you look into this first Chapter of John, you find, That those that are regenerate, and borne again; 'tis said concerning them (at the 13. verse) that they are not borne of Bloods (in the plural number) your English hath it, Blood, (in the singular) You are not born of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Some there are, and were, that thought themselves to be the children of God, because they came of godly parents, because of their bloods, because of their education: