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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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You will say, This work is not now to do: we have Repented already.
But pray give me leave: Have ye, have ye Repented upon Gospel-Motives? have ye Repented upon this ground, because the Kingdom of Heaven hath approached? Oh! how many legal Professors are there among Professors? As there are Two sorts of men in the world; Some that live in dark places, and prisons: And others that walk up and down in the light. So, some there are among Professors, some legal, that walk up and down in the dark, and see no light: Others again, that walk up and down in the light of the Gospel: many, many legal Professors.
But pray give me leave: Have ye, have ye Repented upon Gospel-Motives? have ye Repented upon this ground, because the Kingdom of Heaven hath approach't? Oh! how many legal Professors are there among Professors? As there are Two sorts of men in the world; Some that live in dark places, and prisons: And others that walk up and down in the light. So, some there are among Professors, some legal, that woak up and down in the dark, and see no light: Others again, that walk up and down in the light of the Gospel: many, many legal Professors.
Beloved, The more Evangelical your Repentance is, §1the more it will cure your souls, and not hurt your body: Legal Repentance soaks into the body, and frets out the very strength of ones body. Pray look a little into the 33. Chapter of Job; See what the holy Ghost says there. God speaks once, yea twice, yet man perceives it not: (here is man in his natural, pure natural state) In a dream (at the 15. verse) in a vision of the night; when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings ⟨p. 256⟩