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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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And this fellowship hath God the Father called you unto: By whom we have fellowship: 1this hath God the Father called you unto. Oh! how infinitely are you bound unto God the Father, to honour, and bless the Father! When ye look upon the Son, me thinks you should bless the Father: and when ye look upon the Pather, you should love the Son. As a mother does; when she looks upon her Child, she loves the father; and when she looks upon the father, she loves the Child again: So a Christian, when he looks upon Jesus Christ, he should bless the Father; and when he looks upon the Father, he should bless Jesus Christ, and love Jesus Christ: Dear Father, thou hast not only given us thy Son, but given us thy Son in such a way, that we should have Grace for Grace, Answerable to His Grace: is this after the manner of men? Oh! therefore, why should we not all say, Blessed be God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh! you, you that love Jesus Christ, bless the Father: and you that bless the Father, love Jesus Christ: take your selves to be infinitely bound unto god the Father, who hath given you such a Christ as this, of whom you should have Grace for Grace.
And this fellwoship hath God the Father called you unto: By whom we have fellowship: 1this hath God the Father called you unto. Oh! how infinitly are you bound unto God the Father, to honor, and bless the Father! When ye look upon the Son, me thinks you should bless the Father: and when ye look upon the Pather, you should love the Son. As a mother does; when she looks upon her Child, she loves the father; and when she looks upon the fatehr, she loves the Child again: So a Christian, when he looks upon Jesus Christ, he should bless the Father; and when he looks upon the Father, he should bless Jesus Christ, and love Jesus Christ: Dear Father, thou hast not only given us thy Son, but given us thy Son in such a way, that we should have Grace for Grace, Answerable to His Grace: is this after the manner of men? Oh! therefore, why should we not all say, Blessed be God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Oh! you, you that love Jesus Christ, bless the Father: and you that bless the Father, love Jesus Christ: take your selves to be infinitly bound unto god the Father, who hath given you such a Christ as this, of whom you should have Grace for Grace.
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