The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel College in CambridgeThe vvorks of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge

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⟩upon the bed: (that is, before a man is aware.) Then he openeth the ears of men: and sealeth their instruction: That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. What then? He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. Verse the 21. His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen: and his bones that were not seen stick out: His soul draweth near to the grave, and his life to the destroyers. Here's Legal work. Then comes the Gospel. If there be a messenger with him, an Interpreter, one of a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. Then at the 25. verse: His flesh shall be fresher than a child's, he shall return to the days of his youth. His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. Thus, Evangelical Repentance is a friend both to soul and body: Mere Legal Repentance eats out the strength of ones spirit, even of ones very body.

Beloved, The more Evangelical your Repentance is, §1the more it will cure your souls, and not hurt your body: Legal Repentance soakes 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 saies there. God speaks once, yea twice, yet man percieves 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 stumbrings ⟨p. 256⟩upon the bed: (that is, before a man is aware.) Then he openeth the ears of men: and sealeth their instruction: That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. What then? He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. Verse the 21. His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen: and his bones that were not seen stick out: His soul draweth neer to the grave, and his life to the destroyers. Here's Legal work. Then comes the Gospel. If there be a messenger with him, an Interpreter, one of a thousand, to show unto man his uprightness: Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransome. Then at the 25. verse: His flesh shall be fresher than a childs, he shall return to the daies of his youth. His flesh shall be fresher than a childs. Thus, Evangelical Repentance is a friend both to soul and body: Meer Legal Repentance eats out the strength of ones spirit, even of ones very body.