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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Answ. 1 No, not just so: for if you look into that 31. of Jeremiah, from whence the place is fetched: and the 8. chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews; ye shall find, that the words run thus: This is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, (verse the 10.) after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my Laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, Saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me from the least to the greatest. Mark how the words run: It is not barely said thus; They shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother; but that clause is added to it, Saying, Know the Lord: They shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, Saying, Know the Lord. As if he had said, I will now make a Covenant of grace, and mercy with you; I will write my Laws in your ⟨p. 103⟩hearts, and ye shall all know me, and though you have been taught heretofore, as ignorant people, that have not known the Lord, yet now, because I will write my Laws in your hearts, and my Law shall be there; ye shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, Saying, Know the Lord, as if ye were ignorant, but my Law shall be within your hearts, and you shall be taught as a knowing people.
Answ. 1 No, not just so: for if you look into that 31. of Jeremy, from whence the place is fetched: and the 8. chapter of the Epistle to the Hebrews; ye shall find, that the words run thus: This is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel, (verse the 10.) after those daies, saith the Lord: I will put my Lawes into their mind, and write them in their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people. And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, Saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me from the least to the greatest. Mark how the words run: It is not barely said thus; They shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother; but that clause is added to it, Saying, Know the Lord: They shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, Saying, Know the Lord. As if he had said, I will now make a Covenant of grace, and mercy with you; I will write my Laws in your ⟨p. 103⟩