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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, A Repenting person does not only loath himself for his sin: but he is ashamed of it: §4he is ashamed of his former evil ways. What fruit have ye of those things whereof ye are [now] ashamed: not before, but whereof ye are [now] ashamed. So long as a man walks in the dark, he does not blush, he is not ashamed though his Clothes be ragged, and torn, and his naked flesh appears, because he is in the dark: But if he come to the light, then he blushes that his ⟨p. 244⟩nakedness appears: And so long as men are in their sins, and are in darkness, they are not ashamed of their sins; because they are in darkness: But when once they come to the light, then they blush, and then they are ashamed: What light is that that will ashamed one of sin? there is light enough in hell-fire, for the damned there to read their sins by, but that don't make them ashamed: where the light of the Gospel, the opening of the Kingdom of Heaven is, and pardoning love is, there is shame. Ye shall see therefore, how Ezra blushes, when he considered the love of God, and their sins together: in the 9. of Ezra and the 6. verse. And he said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face unto thee, my God: Why? for our iniquities are increased. Is that all? No, says he at the 8. verse: for a little space grace hath been showed us from the Lord our God, to give us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his Holy place: we were bond-men, yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage: And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? after this? The sight of their own sins, and the remembrance of Gods love together, made him blush. Ye know the place in Ezekiel, Then shall ye be confounded, and ashamed, when I am pacified towards ye. The more a man knows that God is pacified towards him, the more he is ashamed.
Again, A Repenting person does not only loath himself for his sin: but he is ashamed of it: §4he is ashamed of his former evil waies. What fruit have ye of those things whereof ye are [now] ashamed: not before, but wereof ye are [now] ashamed. So long as a man walks in the dark, he does not blush, he is not ashamed though his Cloaths be ragged, and torne, and his naked flesh appears, because he is in the dark: But if he come to the light, then he blushes that his ⟨p. 244⟩