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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.
Fourthly. If all these things be true, Then may every Believer say, Now I see what a great evil it is for any child of God to say, That his Duties are nothing but Hypocrisy, or the work of Christ Hypocrisy. Do you look upon the work of Jesus Christ, as so vile and base? nothing more base in your eye than Hypocrisy. If Christ be in me, He liveth in me, He hath a greater hand and stroke in all my spiritual actions than my self hath. Therefore through the grace of God, I will be for ever wary, how I say of my own Duties again, They are all nothing but vile Hypocrisy.
Fourthly. If all these things be true, Then may every Beleever say, Now I see what a great evil it is for any child of God to say, That his Duties are nothing but Hypocrisie, or the work of Christ Hypocrisie. Do you look upon the work of Jesus Christ, as so vile and base? nothing more base in your eye than Hypocrisie. If Christ be in me, He liveth in me, He hath a greater hand and stroke in all my spiritual actions than my self hath. Therefore through the grace of God, I will be for ever wary, how I say of my own Duties again, They are all nothing but vile Hypocrisie.
Fifthly. If these things be true, Then here now I see the reason, why a Believer is, and ought to be thankful to God for all those things that he doth to God, and for God: Not only thankful for what he receiveth from God; but thankful for what he himself doth offer unto God. We read of David, that when he and his people had offered a great Offering, he praiseth the Lord for his own willingness to offer unto the Lord. So a Believer is not only to be thankful for what he receiveth from God, but also for what he himself doth do to God, and for God: Why? because it is not be that doth it, but Christ living in him; and the Lord Christ hath a greater stroke in that action which he doth to God, or for God than himself hath. Therefore infinite reason, why we should not only be thankful for what we receive from God, but for what we do to, and for God.
Fiftly. If these things be true, Then here now I see the reason, why a Beleever is, and ought to be thankful to God for all those things that he doth to God, and for God: Not only thankful for what he receiveth from God; but thankful for what he himself doth offer unto God. We reade of David, that when he and his people had offered a great Offering, he praiseth the Lord for his own willingness to offer unto the Lord. So a Beleever is not only to be thankful for what he receiveth from God, but also for what he himself doth do to God, and for God: Why? because it is not be that doth it, but Christ living in him; and the Lord Christ hath a greater stroke in that action which he doth to God, or for God than himself hath. Therefore infinite reason, why we should not only be thankful for what we receive from God, but for what we do to, and for God.