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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 again in the fourth place. §4Above all things, consider what great difficulties Jesus Christ hath broke through to come to you. Ye read of him so described in the Canticles, He comes leaping over the mountains; many are the mountains, that Jesus Christ came leaping over to come to you. Passion-work is greater and harder then Creation-work: he came leaping over the mountains of work. Oh! shall Jesus Christ come leaping over mountains, and difficulties to come to my Soul, and shall I go over no mountains, and break through no difficulties to get to Jesus Christ? think what difficulties he broke through to come to you.
And againe in the fourth place. §4Above all things, consider what great difficulties Jesus Christ hath broke through to come to you. Ye reade of him so described in the Canticles, He comes leaping over the mountaines; many are the mountaines, that Jesus Christ came leaping over to come to you. Passion-worke is greater and harder then Creation-worke: he came leaping over the mountaines of worke. Oh! shall Jesus Christ come leaping over mountaines, and difficulties to come to my Soule, and shall I go over no mountaines, and breake through no difficulties to get to Jesus Christ? thinke what difficulties he broke through to come to you.
And lastly, §5Never speak with your difficulties or discouragements apart from the promise. If a man be travailing in the rode, and a thief can sunder him from his company, draw him alone into the woods, a hundred to one but he takes his purse, if he save his life. And if the Devil can part you ⟨p. 213⟩from the promise, take you into the woods, where you shall see nothing but darkness, difficulties, and discouragements; a hundred to one but he spoils you of all your comforts: (man or woman,) does difficulty arise therefore? natural discouragement arise? Away to the promise, and say unto them when they come, I will never speak with you, unless it be in the presence of a promise.