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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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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.
The first begins at the 15. verse, John bare Witness of Him and cryed, 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 reade 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.
In regard of His Office, at the 16, the 17, and 18. verses: And of His Fullness have all we received, even Grace for Grace. For the Law was given by Moses, but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ, &c.
In regard of His Office, at the 16, the 17, and 18. verses: And of His Fulness have al we received, even Grace for Grace. For the Law was given by Moses, but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ, &c.
I confess there are Learned Interpreters, as Cyril, and Chrysostom, that do conceive the words of my Text, to be the words of John the Evangelist: the 15. verse, having (as they say) relation unto Johns speech in the latter end of the 14. verse, Full of Grace and Truth.