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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 so I have done with those three Propositions:1 and now come to the Application.
- 1Applic.
If these things be so: Oh! what manner of Faith should we have? Will ye only believe when means are strong, and have life in them? Ye have read of the unbelief of the people of Israel when they were in the wilderness: being in the wilderness, they wanted much outward provision, ordinary provision; and by occasion thereof they murmured, full of unbelief, in so much as the Lord was angry with them, and slew them, so that they never came into the Land of promise. But I pray, what was their unbelief, for which God did slay them? Was it this that they did not believe when they had means? No, but that they did not believe when all means failed, when all outward means failed; that is their unbelief.
If these things be so: Oh! what manner of Faith should we have? Will ye only beleeve when meanes are strong, and have life in them? Ye have read of the unbeliefe of the people of Israel when they were in the wildernesse: being in the wildernesse, they wanted much outward provision, ordinary provision; and by occasion thereof they murmured, full of unbelief, in so much as the Lord was angry with them, and slew them, so that they never came into the Land of promise. But I pray, what was their unbelief, for which God did slay them? Was it this that they did not beleeve when they had meanes? No, but that they did not beleeve when all means failed, when all outward meanes failed; that is their unbeliefe.