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…

And this ye have most expressly, in that 6. Chap. of John, at the 40. vers. This is the will of him that sent me, That every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day. But though he shall have everlasting life hereafter, it may be he hath not this life for the present: Look therefore what he says at the 47. vers. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 'Tis not said, He shall have everlasting life, but he hath everlasting life; everlasting life is begun in him already. And that ye may be the more sure of it, he gives you a double Verily; Verily, verily I say unto ye, He that believeth on me, hath everlasting life. But how can this be? Nay, how should it be otherwise? for a mans life is, as his meat is: and says our Saviour, I am the bread of life, at the 48. vers. Then at the 54. vers. Whosoever eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life: For my flesh (at the 55. vers.) is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed; he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me and I in him: As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. So that ye see, this Chapter is full of it, here is a cloud of witnesses: I say therefore, That every godly, gracious man, is a living man, and lives another life from the life of the world, a spiritual life, and is in the state of spiritual life.

And this ye have most expresly, in that 6. Chap. of John, at the 40. vers. This is the will of him that sent me, That every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day. But though he shall have everlasting life hereafter, it may be he hath not this life for the present: Look therfore what he saies at the 47. vers. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that beleeveth on me hath everlasting life. 'Tis not said, He shall have everlasting life, but he hath everlasting life; everlasting life is begun in him already. And that ye may be the more sure of it, he gives you a double Verily; Verily, verily I say unto ye, He that believeth on me, hath everlasting life. But how can this be? Nay, how should it be otherwise? for a mans life is, as his meat is: and saies our Saviour, I am the bread of life, at the 48. vers. Then at the 54. vers. Whesoever eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life: For my flesh (at the 55. vers.) is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed; he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me and I in him: As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. So that ye see, this Chapter is ful of it, here is a cloud of winesses: I say therfore, That every godly, gracious man, is a living man, and lives another life from the life of the world, a spiritual life, and is in the state of spiritual life.