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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 then again secondly, God does go this way with his people, with believers, the children of Abraham, That they may learn more to trust unto him, to trust unto God alone: You know what the Apostle says in the first of Timothy the fifth chapter and firth verse, She that is a widow, and desolate trusteth in God. We seldom trust in God, till a desolation come upon the means: A widow that is desolate, trusteth in God; when desolation comes upon the means, then we learn for to trust in God. One that does learn to swim, so long as he can touch the bottom, can touch the earth with his foot, he does not commit himself unto the stream: but when he can feel no bottom, then he commits himself unto the mercy of the waters: Now so long as a man can stand upon the second cause, he can feel the bottom with his feet, he does not commit himself to the stream of mercy: but when once the second cause is gone, and he cannot feel the bottom; then he commits himself unto the stream of mercy. And you shall see the Apostle gives you this account of it, in the second of Corinths, the first chapter, and the ninth verse, But we had the sentence of death in our selves, that we should not trust in our selves, but in God, which raiseth the dead. This is another reason, why God is pleased to go this way.
And then againe secondly, God does go this way with his people, with beleevers, the children of Abraham, That they may learne more to trust unto him, to trust unto God alone: You know what the Apostle sayes in the first of Timothy the fifth chapter and firth verse, She that is a widdow, and desolate trusteth in God. We seldome trust in God, till a desolation come upon the meanes: A widdow that is desolate, trusteth in God; when desolation comes upon the meanes, then we learne for to trust in God. One that does learne to swimme, so long as he can touch the bottome, can touch the earth with his foote, he does not commit himselfe unto the streame: but when he can feele no bottome, then he commits himselfe unto the mercy of the waters: Now so long as a man can stand upon the second cause, he can feele the bottom with his feete, he does not commit himselfe to the streame of mercy: but when once the second cause is gone, and he cannot feele the bottome; then he commits himselfe unto the streame of mercy. And you shall see the Apostle gives you this account of it, in the second of Corinths, the first chapter, and the ninth verse, But we had the sentence of death in our selves, that we should not trust in our selves, but in God, which raiseth the dead. This is another reason, why God is pleased to go this way.