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…

Duty. 2 2ly If Christ be in you of a truth, Why then should ye not be Contented with your Condition what ever it be, yea, thankful for it, yea in some Proportion thankful? I say, Contented, Thankful, & thankful in Proportion. I know, a man that is made partaker of this great mercy, this Inbeing of Christ in the Soul, can never be Thankful in Proportion unto the mercy received; but he may be thankful in Proportion unto other mercies. You will be thankful to a man that gives you an hundred pound; you will be more thankful to him that gives you a thousand pound; you will be more thankful to him that gives you a thousand pound a year: It may be you will say to him that gives you a thousand pound, I can never be thankful enough to you; but yet you will be more thankful to him that gives you a thousand pound a year. So here, you can never be thankful enough in proportion to the mercy received, but you may be thankful in proportion to other mercies received. If the Lord had given you the whole world for your portion, you would have been thankful: now in that he hath given you his Son, and that Jesus Christ is really united to you by his Spirit, and Christ really in your soul; he hath done more for you, than if he had given you all the whole world. And will ye be thankful for these outward things? and not for this In-being of ⟨p. 94⟩Christ in your souls? And yet, how many are there, that are sometimes blessing God, and showing some kind of thankfulness for outward things; but as for this In-being of Christ in the soul, that they are strangers to, and the Lord knows, they were never thankful for that, so much as for outward things. But if Christ be in you of a truth; why should you not be contented with your condition what ever it be, yea, Thankful for it, yea, thankful in Proportion?

Duty. 2 2ly If Christ be in you of a truth, Why then should ye not be Contented with your Condition what ever it be, yea, thankful for it, yea in some Proportion thankful? I say, Contented, Thankful, & thankful in Proportion. I know, a man that is made partaker of this great mercy, this Inbeing of Christ in the Soul, can never be Thankful in Proportion unto the mercy received; but he may be thankful in Proportion unto other mercies. You will be thankful to a man that gives you an hundred pound; you will be more thankful to him that gives you a thousand pound; you will be more thankful to him that gives you a thousand pound a yeer: It may be you will say to him that gives you a thousand pound, I can never be thankful enough to you; but yet you will be more thankful to him that gives you a thousand pound a year. So here, you can never be thankful enough in proportion to the mercy received, but you may be thankful in proportion to other mercies received. If the Lord had given you the whole world for your portion, you would have been thankful: now in that he hath given you his Son, and that Jesus Christ is really united to you by his Spirit, and Christ really in your soul; he hath done more for you, than if he had given you all the whole world. And will ye be thankful for these outward things? and not for this In-being of