The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel College in CambridgeThe vvorks of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge

Name: The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel College in Cambridge
Author: William Bridge

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.

William Bridge 1600?–1670London: printed by Peter Cole, 1649

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JOHN 1.16. And of His Fullness have all we received, even Grace for Grace.¹

JOHN 1.16. And of His Fulness have all we received, even Grace for Grace.¹

1Preached at Dunstans in the East, March 16. 1644

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HERE in this Chapter are Two choice Spirits, John the Baptist, and John the Evangelist: both agreeing in this, To advance the Honour of Jesus Christ. John the Baptist is brought in by John the Evangelist, giving (as you read in this first Chapter) Four great Testimonies of Jesus Christ.

HERE in this Chapter are Two choice Spirits, John the Baptist, and John the Evangelist: both agreeing in this, To advance the Honor of Jesus Christ. John the Baptist is brought in by John the Evangelist, giving (as you reade in this first Chapter) Four great Testimonies of Jesus Christ.

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The first begins at the 15. verse, John bare Witness of Him and cried, saying, This was He of whom I spake. Wherein John the Baptist doth prefer Jesus Christ above himself; both ⟨p. 2⟩in regard of His Person, and in regard of His Office; In regard of His Person, as you read in the latter end of the 15th, This was He of whom I spake, He that cometh after me, is preferred before me, for He was before me.

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