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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.
True] The word is the same that in the Corinthians ye translate,1 Protest. I protest by our rejoicing, that I die daily. And it should rather be translated so; Yea, by our rejoicing, we die daily: rather than in the form of an Oath, (as it is there) it is the same word that is here for, True.
True] The word is the same that in the Corinthians ye translate,1 Protest. I protest by our rejoycing, that I die daily. And it should rather be translated so; Yea, by our rejoycing, we die daily: rather than in the form of an Oath, (as it is there) it is the same word that is here for, True.
Obser. 1 Ye cannot charge a Believer so deeply, or speak so meanly of him, but he does think and speak as meanly of himself: Lord, thou doest call me a Dog, and one that is most unworthy; True, Lord, I am most unworthy. Some, they will dispraise themselves; but if you dispraise them too, then they will be angry: if you fall in with their own dispraises, and say, 'Tis true; then they will be angry. But a true Believer, you cannot speak, or think so meanly of him, but he will say, True, Lord, true.
Obser. 1 Ye cannot charg a Beleever so deeply, or speak so meanly of him, but he does think and speak as meanly of himself: Lord, thou doest call me a Dog, and one that is most unworthy; True, Lord, I am most unworthy. Some, they will dispraise themselves; but if you dispraise them too, then they will be angry: if you fal in with their own dispraises, and say, 'Tis true; then they will be angry. But a true Beleever, you cannot speak, or think so meanly of him, but he wil say, True, Lord, true.