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…

Thirdly, Whoever you are that make this Objection: Did ye ever find, perceive, or think, that Christ is in you? It may be now ye are under some present Fear, Doubting: but were you never persuaded of this In-being? did ye never think, or were ye never persuaded that Christ was in you? Yes, sometimes I have, and sometimes I have not again: Sometimes I do think that Christ is in me of a truth, and sometimes I do not. Then, look into the 14. chapter of John, ye shall see what our Saviour promises. I will pray the Father (at the 16. verse) and he shall give you another Comforter. And what then? He describes him, in he 17. verse. And at the 20. says he, At that day ye shall know, that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. At that ⟨p. 91⟩day. It may be for the present you cannot say, that Christ is in you, you in him, and he in you: but did ye never think yet in all your life that Christ was in you? Yes, once or twice, or sometimes, I confess I did think that Christ was in me, and I was strongly persuaded too, that Christ was in me; but now I have lost those persuasions. But how came ye to be so persuaded at that time that Christ was in you? Thus it was with me, My heart was Dead, Hard, and I could not pray; I thought that God and Mercy was gone, that I should never see the face of God again; and all on a sudden, when my soul was in this sad condition, I know not how, but all on a sudden, a strange and unspeakable comfort came upon my soul, and my soul stood up, as it were, from the dead, and then I had that persuasion, that Christ was in me. Well, soul! be of good comfort, this was Christs time, that was Christs time; and though now for the present, thou canst not say, that Christ is in thee; I tell thee from the Lord, that time shall come again, and Christ will send the Comforter again, and then shalt thou know, that thou art in the Father, and Christ is in thee, and thou art in Jesus Christ: for what he said unto those Disciples, he said unto other of the Disciples, Wait but a little, and though I be absent for a little time, I will send the Comforter, and then shall you know: although you do not know now, yet there is a time, when the Comforter shall come, and then shalt thou know, that Christ is in thee, and thou art in Jesus Christ.

Thirdly, Whoever you are that make this Objection: Did ye ever find, perceive, or think, that Christ is in you? It may be now ye are under some present Fear, Doubting: but were you never perswaded of this In-being? did ye never think, or were ye never perswaded that Christ was in you? Yes, sometimes I have, and sometimes I have not again: Sometimes I do think that Christ is in me of a truth, and sometimes I do not. Then, look into the 14. chapter of John, ye shall see what our Savior promises. I will pray the Father (at the 16. verse) and he shall give you another Comforter. And what then? He describes him, in he 17. verse. And at the 20. saies he, At that day ye shall know, that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. At that