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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…
The works of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The third volume. [sic] Viz. 1. The spiritual life, and in-being of Christ in all believers. 2. The woman of Canaan.The vvorks of William Bridge, sometime fellow of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, now preacher of the Word of God at Yarmouth. The third volumn. [sic] Viz. 1. The spiritual life, and in-being of Christ in all believers. 2. The woman of Canaan.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1649
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
GALATIANS, 2. part of the 20. vers. —Nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.
THE Apostle Paul, having spoken of our living to God, in the former verse: of our spiritual life, in those words, Yet now I live. He proceeds unto the Properties of this spiritual life; and those are Three. First, It is a Self-denying life: Yet not I. I live, yet not I. Secondly, It is a Christ-advancing life: But Christ liveth in me. Thirdly, It is, The life of Faith: And the life which I live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God.
I begin with the First at this time, in those words, Yet not I. The words hold forth a Self-Depression, or Self-Annihilation. The words are spoken in the Person of a Believer. So that in all these I's: I through the Law; and I am crucified; and, I live; Paul doth personate a Believer, one that seeks Justification by faith alone, according to the tenure of the Gospel. And so the Observation is this.
I begin with the First at this time, in those words, Yet not I. The words hold forth a Self-Depression, or Self-Annihilation. The words are spoken in the Person of a Beleever. So that in all these I's: I through the Law; and I am crucified; and, I live; Paul doth personate a Beleever, one that seeks Justification by faith alone, according to the tenure of the Gospel. And so the Observation is this.