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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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Again, Take a Moral, Civil man; and though he seem to be very Humble, and to Deny himself; yet notwithstanding, it is but the Artifice of his Reason, and his Resolution. If I go on in such and such a way (says he) I shall be undone; and therefore I must deny my self of this Company, and of this Pleasure; and so by the strength of his Reason, and Resolution, he does Deny himself. But now, a Believer, a Christian, he denies himself in Spiritual things, by the beholding of Jesus Christ.
Again, Take a Moral, Civil man; and though he seem to be very Humble, and to Deny himself; yet notwithstanding, it is but the Artifice of his Reason, and his Resolution. If I go on in such and such a way (saies he) I shall be undone; and therefore I must deny my self of this Company, and of this Pleasure; and so by the strength of his Reason, and Resolution, he does Deny himself. But now, a Beleever, a Christian, he denies himself in Spiritual things, by the beholding of Jesus Christ.
Again, Take a Moral, Civil man, though he may seem to be Humble, and Deny himself; yet there is no Mystery, no Spiritual Mystery in his Self-Denial: In Gospel-Self-denial there is, the Gospel does work Mysteriously like it self, it is the great Mystery. Take a Christian, a Believer & I pray, do but observe a little, What a great Mystery there is ⟨p. 57⟩in all his Humility, and Self-denial, wrought by the Gospel. As thus:
Again, Take a Moral, Civil man, though he may seem to be Humble, and Denie himself; yet there is no Mysterie, no Spiritual Mysterie in his Self-Denial: In Gospel-Self-denial there is, the Gospel does work Mysteriously like it self, it is the great Mysterie. Take a Christian, a Beleever & I pray, do but observe a little, What a great Mysterie there is ⟨p. 57⟩in all his Humilitie, and Self-denial, wrought by the Gospel. As thus: