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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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for the lover loves to make a thing loved to be like himself, or himself to be like to it: The lover would (if he could) melt himself into a One-ness with the thing loved. Indeed our love is scant, and we cannot do it. Moses, (of whom the Law is signified) might chip, and pare his wives nails, but he could not change her countenance. A man may love his wife, and bestow much upon her; but he is not able to change her countenance, to make her to be like himself: But Jesus Christ hath this happiness above all the world; His love hath this happiness above all other love, that He is able to melt the person loved, the soul loved into His own likeness: and therefore, wherever Jesus Christ sets His heart upon any soul, to delight in any; He draws His Image upon them, makes the soul to be like unto Him: what Grace He hath Himself, He does communicate it unto that soul, that there is an Answerableness of Grace, Even Grace for Grace.
for the lover loves to make a thing loved to be like himself, or himself to be like to it: The lover would (if he could) melt himself into a One-ness with the thing loved. Indeed our love is scant, and we cannot do it. Moses, (of whom the Law is signified) might chip, and pare his wives nailes, but he could not change her countenance. A man may love his wife, and bestow much upon her; but he is not able to change her countenance, to make her to be like himself: But Jesus Christ hath this happiness above all the world; His love hath this happiness above all other love, that He is able to melt the person loved, the soul loved into His own likeness: and therefore, wherever Jesus Christ sets His heart upon any soul, to delight in any; He draws His Image upon them, makes the soul to be like unto Him: what Grace He hath Himself, He does communicate it unto that soul, that there is an Answerableness of Grace, Even Grace for Grace.
Again, There is the same Spirit in a Christian, 1that is in Christ. I will send (says He) the Comforter, the Spirit of truth, and He shall come unto you. The Spirit does not only come to them; but is said to dwell in them, and to be shed abroad upon their hearts. Now if a Beast had the spirit, and the soul of a man; he would work like a man, he would speak like a man: and if a Plant, if a Tree, if an Herb had the life of a Beast; it would taste like a Beast: And if a Stone, if that had the life of a Plant, it would grow like a Plant. So now, if a Christian have the Spirit of Christ, he must work like Christ, he must needs be like Christ: Now the same Spirit He hath, a Christian hath the same Spirit with Christ, and therefore needs must be like unto Him, and have Grace for His Grace. Somewhat in a Christian, Answerable to every Grace of Christ.