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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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Again fourthly, §4True, saving faith, it enables the soul to leave the success and the event of all unto God himself. Nothing strengthens the hands of Difficulties and Discouragements, so much, as solicitude about success and event of things: True saving faith helps a man to leave the success to Christ; it does commit the soul unto God, unto Christ; there is a mutual committing between Christ and a believer: ⟨p. 205⟩Christ commits himself unto a believer, and a believer commits himself again unto Christ. Christ commits himself unto a believer: you know what is said in the Gospel,1 He did not commit himself unto them, because they did not believe him: arguing, that he did commit himself unto others that did believe him. And believer commit themselves unto Jesus Christ. Commit thy way unto the Lord; there is a mutual way of committing: Christ, he does commit his Grace; he does commit his Spirit; he does commit his Truth unto a believer: a believer commits his Estate, and his Name, and Himself again unto Christ: Christ commits his work unto a believer; and a believer commits the success of the work again unto Jesus Christ. Faith now leaves the event, and the success unto Jesus Christ; and therefore, when Difficulties and natural Discouragements arise, and say, What wilt thou do now? What wilt thou do now to be preserved? What wilt thou do to continue now? What wilt thou do to be delivered now? What will become of you now? Oh! Satan (says a believer,) thou hast mistaken the question; My question is not, What shall become of me? I have left the success of things to God: but my question is, What shall I do for God? My question is, How shall I love Jesus Christ? My question is, How shall I be like unto Jesus Christ? My question is, How shall I serve my generation, and own Jesus Christ in these times? This is my question, Faith, true, saving faith, it leaves the success and the event of things unto Christ, and so thereby the soul is carried through all Difficulties and natural Discouragements unto Jesus Christ.
Againe fourthly, §4True, saving faith, it inables the soule to leave the successe and the event of all unto God himselfe. Nothing strengthens the hands of Difficulties and Discouragements, so much, as solicitude about successe and event of things: True saving faith helps a man to leave the successe to Christ; it does commit the soule unto God, unto Christ; there is a mutuall committing between Christ and a beleever: