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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
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Answ. For Answer, I grant ye, that the very Heathen, Papists, and Moral men, have spoken much, and written much, concerning Humility, and Self-Denial: and have seemed to go far in the practice of it. I have read of some Papists, that have been so abstenious, that they have gone up and down from one Tavern to another, and from one Feast to another; and when men have been Eating and Drinking liberally, they have sate down, abstaining from all Meats and Drinks, presenting themselves as patterns of Self-Denial in the point of appetite.
Answ. For Answer, I grant ye, that the very Heathen, Papists, and Moral men, have spoken much, and written much, concerning Humility, and Self-Denial: and have seemed to go far in the practice of it. I have read of some Papists, that have been so abstenious, that they have gone up and down from one Tavern to another, and from one Feast to another; and when men have been Eating and Drinking liberally, they have sate down, absteining from all Meats and Drinks, presenting themselves as patterns of Self-Denial in the point of appetite.
And indeed, we read of Three Degrees, that the more moderate Papists do make of Self-Denial, and Humility. The first Degree (says Granatensis, and divers others) is, for a man to acknowledge, That all comes from God, and nothing from himself. The Second Degree of Humility is, to acknowledge, That whatsoever a man hath from God, he hath it not from Merit, but from Grace, and mere Mercy. The Third Degree of Humility or Self-Denial is, for ⟨p. 56⟩a man, To be Eagle-eyed, and quick sighted, in beholding another mans excellency; but Mole-eyed, and not seeing his own Excellency. Even thus far the Papists. So that I grant, men may seem to go very far herein. But I speak of Self-Denial in Spiritual things: and do we read of Moral, Heathen men, and the like; that do deny themselves, (it may be in Words, but I say, in Practice) that do Deny, or have Denied themselves in Spiritual things?