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…

Fifthly. If Christ be really united unto all believers by his Spirit; Then they may come with boldness unto the throne of grace, and with unlimited expectations of mercy from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus. The nearer ye are unto any Person, the more boldness ye have towards him, and the larger will your expectations be from him. If a man marry his Servant; whilst she was his maid, she was not so bold, nor could expect so much from him: when she becomes the Wife, then she is more bold, and can expect more, because now she is nearer: A Child may have more boldness, and expect more from the Father than the servant: and the servant that is within doors, more than the servant that works in the field; but the Wife that is nearest, she is most bold, comes with most boldness into the presence of the man, and hath the largest expectations from him, because she is nearest to him. So the nearer that the soul of a believer does get unto God, the more boldness he may have when he comes to God, and the largen expectations of mercy from him. Now if Christ were in a believer only by the Habit of grace, and Christ in the soul were nothing else but the Habit of grace; here were yet a great distance from ⟨p. 87⟩Christ: but now, if Jesus Christ be really United unto each Believer by his Spirit, here is a close Union indeed. And therefore, upon this account, every believer may come with boldness now, and with Unlimited expectations of mercy from God the Father, being brought thus near, that Christ Himself is really in the believers soul. And what a Glorious, and Blessed Condition is every believer in now upon this account!

Fiftly. If Christ be really united unto al beleevers by his Spirit; Then they may come with boldness unto the throne of grace, and with unlimitted expectations of mercie from God the Father, and from Christ Jesus. The nearer ye are unto any Person, the more boldness ye have towards him, and the larger will your expectations be from him. If a man marry his Servant; whilst she was his maid, she was not so bold, nor could expect so much from him: when she becomes the Wife, then she is more bold, and can expect more, because now she is nearer: A Child may have more boldnes, and expect more from the Father than the servant: and the servant that is within doors, more than the servant that works in the field; but the Wife that is nearest, she is most bold, comes with most boldness into the presence of the man, and hath the largest expectations from him, because she is nearest to him. So the nearer that the soul of a beleever does get unto God, the more boldness he may have when he comes to God, and the largen expectations of mercy from him. Now if Christ were in a beleever only by the Habit of grace, and Christ in the soul were nothing else but the Habit of grace; here were yet a great distance from