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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, That true, saving faith, will carry one through all these.
Thirdly, That nothing else can do it.
And Fourthly, What it is in true, saving, justifying Faith, that does is? How this Faith comes to do it?
First, The way to Jesus Christ is clogged with many difficulties, or natural discouragements. No sooner does a man begin to look after Christ, but difficulties, and natural discouragements do arise; and they are pressed by Satan with much violence. When the children of Israel began to make out of Egypt, Pharaoh doubles their task, and labours to make their way grievous, and troublous. And so soon as a soul begins to look after Christ; Satan, and the world labours to make his way troublous. The Devil is the great hunter of Souls: So long as the Game goes well with the hunter, and he is going into his snare, he makes no noise; but if once the Hare, or the Game begin to decline the snare, and go another way, then he hoops, and he hollows, and he makes a noise, that he may scare it into the snare again. And so, as long as men are going into the Devils snare, he makes no noise; but if once they begin to turn aside from his snare, then he raises Town & Country, and a great noise is made to scare the soul in again He knows that a candle may be easily blown into light, when 'tis new put out. Paul met with no buffetings of Satan, till he had been taken up into the third heavens