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…

Secondly. Ye must know, that although the Spirit of Christ live in every Christian, and so God; Yet the Spirit is the free gift of God, and therefore it acts, and works no further than it pleaseth God to give it. Now look into the Scripture, and you shall find, that the Lord was never pleased to give the Spirit for this end, that it should be the only Rule of a mans life; but for this end, that it should be an help to a man to know the Rule, and to keep the Rule. Look into the Word, and you shall find, that the Spirit of the Lord was never given, to be the only Rule for a man to live by, but it was given to be an help to understand, keep, and fulfil the Rule. And therefore Chrysostom doth well observe, It is with Christ in us, (saith he) as with Christ without us. In the times of the old Testament, the great Promise was of giving Christ: in the times of the New Testament, the great Promise is, the giving of the Spirit. Now therefore, look as it was with Christ when he came into the world, so with the Spirit when he cometh into the heart, Christ in us. Now when Christ came into the World, he came not to destroy the Law, but he came to fulfil the Law: So when the Spirit cometh into the heart, the Spirit cometh not to destroy the Gospel, or the Ordinances of the Gospel; but he comes to fulfil the Gospel. Christus impletio legis, Spiritus impletio Evangelii. Christ the fulfilling of the Law, the Spirit the fulfilling of the Gospel. Quaecunque sunt in Legi &c. Whatsoever things are in the Law, Christ fulfilleth: whatsoever things are in the Doctrine of the Gospel, the Spirit fulfilleth. And as when Christ came, he came not to destroy the Law, but to fulfil ⟨p. 104⟩it;¹ (for he saith himself, I came to fulfil the Law) so when the Spirit comes into any soul, saith the Spirit also, I come not to destroy the Gospel, or the Commandments of the Gospel; but I come into this poor soul, to help it to fulfil the Commandments of the Gospel. Now when I do take away the Commandments, and make the Commandments no Commandments to me, (I mean, the Commandments without) then I destroy the Commandments as to me: When I do make the Ordinances of Christ, as no Ordinances to me; then I do destroy them, as to me: And when I make the Rule without, to be no Rule, as to me, then I destroy it, as to me:

Secondly. Ye must know, that although the Spirit of Christ live in every Christian, and so God; Yet the Spirit is the free gift of God, and therefore it acts, and works no further than it pleaseth God to give it. Now look into the Scripture, and you shall find, that the Lord was never pleased to give the Spirit for this end, that it should be the only Rule of a mans life; but for this end, that it should be an help to a man to know the Rule, and to keep the Rule. Look into the Word, and you shall find, that the Spirit of the Lord was never given, to be the only Rule for a man to live by, but it was given to be an help to understand, keep, and fulfil the Rule. And therefore Chrysostom doth well observe, It is with Christ in us, (saith he) as with Christ without us. In the times of the old Testament, the great Promise was of giving Christ: in the times of the New Testament, the great Promise is, the giving of the Spirit. Now therefore, looke as it was with Christ when he came into the world, so with the Spirit when he cometh into the heart, Christ in us. Now when Christ came into the World, he came not to destroy the Law, but he came to fulfill the Law: So when the Spirit cometh into the heart, the Spirit cometh not to destroy the Gospel, or the Ordinances of the Gospel; but he comes to fulfil the Gospel. Christus impletio legis, Spiritus impletio Evangelii. Christ the fulfilling of the Law, the Spirit the fulfilling of the Gospel. Quaecunque sunt in Legi &c. Whatsoever things are in the Law, Christ fulfilleth: whatsoever things are in the Doctrine of the Gospel, the Spirit fulfilleth. And as when Christ came, he came not to destroy the Law, but to fulfil