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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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In the fourth place, §4for your encouragement know this: That the more and greater difficulties your duties or your graces are recovered out of the hand of, the more comfortable they will be to you. (I pray mark it) I say, duty, or grace, recovered out of the hand of difficulty, is the most comfortable. You know how it was with David at Ziklag: the enemy had come upon him, taken away his wife, and all his comforts; a sentence of death was upon all his comforts: David, he follows after, overtakes the enemy, recovers his wife, and all his comforts, and there he had the greatest spoil of all spoils; he sent unto all his friends of his spoil, he never had a greater spoil. So I say, does difficulty, or discouragement break in upon your duty? Morning duty? Evening duty? Or any grace? Follow after it: if thou strikest this difficulty in the hinder part, and recoverest thy duty, or thy grace out of the hand of the difficulty, thy duty and thy grace will be more comfortable then ever it was.
In the fourth place, §4for your incouragement know this: That the more and greater difficulties your duties or your graces are recovered out of the hand of, the more comfortable they will be to you. (I pray mark it) I say, duty, or grace, recovered out of the hand of difficulty, is the most comfortable. You know how it was with David at Ziklag: the enemy had come upon him, taken away his wife, and all his comforts; a sentence of death was upon all his comforts: David, he followes after, overtakes the enemy, recovers his wife, and all his comforts, and there he had the greatest spoile of all spoiles; he sent unto all his friends of his spoile, he never had a greater spoile. So I say, does difficulty, or discouragement break in upon your duty? Morning duty? Evening duty? Or any grace? Follow after it: if thou strikest this difficulty in the hinder part, and recoverest thy duty, or thy grace out of the hand of the difficulty, thy duty and thy grace will be more comfortable then ever it was.
And then in the Fifth place,