The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, now preacher…The vvorks of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now preacher…

But who ever you are that make this Objection, Give me leave to propound these Two Questions to you.

First, Whereas you say, It is little, and therefore you fear it cannot come from so full a fountain: Doest thou stint, or limit thy self in thy Obedience, or in thy Holiness? A man that seeks to be justified, and saved by his working, he does stint, and limit himself: I have enough (says he) for to bring me to heaven, and what need I more? a great many are very precise, and strict, but I praise the Lord, I have enough for to bring me to heaven, and what need I more? So he stints, and limits himself. And I have been Weeping, and Mourning enough for to get forgiveness, and the Lord now hath forgiven me, and what need I more? Thus he stints, and limits himself, because he is under the Law, and under a Covenant of Works.

First, Whereas you say, It is little, and therefore you fear it cannot come from so full a fountain: Doest thou stint, or limit thy self in thy Obedience, or in thy Holiness? A man that seeks to be justified, and saved by his working, he does stint, and limit himself: I have enough (saies he) for to bring me to heaven, and what need I more? a great many are very precise, and strict, but I praise the Lord, I have enough for to bring me to heaven, and what need I more? So he stints, and limits himself. And I have been Weeping, and Mourning enough for to get forgivenesse, and the Lord now hath forgiven me, and what need I more? Thus he stints, and limits himself, because he is under the Law, and under a Covenant of Works.

Again, Though your Obedience as you think is very little, and very small: Do you oppose those that have much? do you oppose those that have the power of godliness? and those that have more than your self? A man that seeks Justification by Works, he does oppose those men that have more Holiness than himself. See I pray, how it was with the Jews in that 9. of the Romans, and the 31. vers. But Israel which followed after the Law of righteousness, hath not attained to the Law of righteousness: Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the Law: for they stumbled at that stumbling stone. They stumbled at Christ, they stumbled at Christianity, they stumbled at the corner stone. And so now, Moral and Civil men, that seek acceptance (though they do not understand themselves) in a way of working; they oppose those that are more godly that have the power of godliness. But ye know, a spark