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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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Beloved, there is a time when God does purposely take away the means to try a mans Faith. God does first try our Faith, before he does feed our sense. When our Lord and Saviour Christ, was to work that great miracle, feeding so many thousand with five barley loaves, and two small fishes, we read in the sixth Chapter of John, and the 5. verse thus, Jesus lift up his eyes, and saw a great company, and said to Philip, whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? Why did our Saviour Christ thus put Philip upon it? read what follows. And this he said to prove him: He took away the means; and this he said to prove him. There is a time when the Lord does sometimes take away the means on purpose to prove thy Faith; how doest thou know, (man or woman) whether this be not the day and the time? Thou sayest, thou canst not believe, because means fail; it may be 'tis the time of thy trial, God sending this time of purpose to try thee.
Beloved, there is a time when God does purposely take away the meanes to try a mans Faith. God does first try our Faith, before he does feed our sence. When our Lord and Saviour Christ, was to worke that great miracle, feeding so many thousand with five barley loaves, and two small fishes, we reade in the sixth Chapter of John, and the 5. verse thus, Jesus lift up his eyes, and saw a great company, and said to Philip, whence shall we buy bread, that these may eate? Why did our Saviour Christ thus put Philip upon it? reade what followes. And this he said to prove him: He took away the meanes; and this he said to prove him. There is a time when the Lord does sometimes take away the meanes on purpose to prove thy Faith; how doest thou know, (man or woman) whether this be not the day and the time? Thou sayest, thou canst not beleeve, because meanes faile; it may be 'tis the time of thy triall, God sending this time of purpose to try thee.
Again secondly, Consider this; §2God does never give to supply our lusts, but to supply our wants. Possibly there may be means to supply thy want, though not means to supply thy lust. When our Lord and Saviour Christ fed so many thousand, what did he feed them with? Five barley loaves and two fishes; not with Turkey, not with Partridges,