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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.
And, as unto the Miseries of the Churches. 1Ye know how it was with Jeremiah; O that my head were a fountain of tears, that I could weep day and night for the slain of my people. Thus (I say) a godly man, though he have not the sense and feeling of his sin, and of other things as he would have; yet these Three things he is especially sensible of: Sensible of his own Sin, especially that committed against knowledge. The Hiding of Gods face from him. And the Miseries of the Churches. Surely therefore, he is alive, he hath this Essential property of this life in a spiritual way, and therefore he is alive, and in the state of life.
And, as unto the Miseries of the Churches. 1Ye know how it was with Jeremiah; O that my head were a fountain of tears, that I could weep day and night for the slain of my people. Thus (I say) a godly man, though he have not the sence and feeling of his sin, and of other things as he would have; yet these Three things he is especially sensible of: Sensible of his own Sin, especially that committed against knowledge. The Hiding of Gods face from him. And the Miseries of the Churches. Surely therefore, he is alive, he hath this Essential property of this life in a spiritual way, and therefore he is alive, and in the state of life.
Thirdly. Take now the Third life, the life of Reason, the Rational life, the life of Man: And what is the Essential Property of that life? It is, To understand, to know, & to reflect upon a mans own actions, whether they be Good or Evil. A Beast does many actions: but a Beast hath not power to reflect upon his own action, to consider whether it be Good or Evil, when he hath done the action. Herein a man is distinct from a Beast. A Beast understands not, knows not, is not able to reflect upon his own action, and to consider whether it be good or evil when he hath done it. But now a Man that hath this Rational life is; and the more of man in a Man, the more he is able to reflect upon his own action.