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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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The Second Proposition is this; §2That when all means fail, and seem to lye dead before us; then it is the duty, and commendation of all the children of Abraham, to believe: That is, to believe the thing may be, and so to rest, and rely on God in Christ. Thus it was here with Abraham.
The Second Proposition is this; §2That when all meanes faile, and seem to lye dead before us; then it is the duty, and commendation of all the children of Abraham, to beleeve: That is, to beleeve the thing may be, and so to rest, and relye on God in Christ. Thus it was here with Abraham.
And hath not the Lord commanded by the Apostle, saying; Let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their Souls to the hand of God, as into the hand of a Faithful Creator? the 1 of Peter 4.19. When ye are scrupled about your Election or Reprobation, you look upon God, as a Potter, that hath power over the clay, to make it either a Vessel of honour or dishonour: But when you are to believe, then you are not to look upon God as a Potter, that works out of clay, or out of materials; but as a Creator, that works out of nothing; yea as a faithful Creator, that will be sure to work out of nothing, whom you shall be sure of. Thus then you are to look upon him. You know the place in the third of Habakkuk, and the 17. verse: Although the Fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the Vines, the labour of the Olive shall fail, and the Fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation; the Lord God is my strength &c. Thus Habakkuk believed. Beloved, we are so to believe as the promise runs; Gods promise is the rule of our Faith: look how that speaks, so may we believe. The promise and Faith is the buckle and clasp fit for one another. Now the Lord does not only promise to help the children of Abraham, 1