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A77358	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.	Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.; Greenhill, William, 1591-1671.	1649 (1649)	Wing B4447; Thomason E471_2; ESTC R205749; ESTC R24233	115,073	169

Cloaths or he is proud of his Friends or he is proud of his fine House and the like But after once a man comes to take up a Profession there is nothing that he is more apt to be proud of than his Gifts Graces and Spiritual things For look where a mans Excellency lies there his Pride grows Now the Excellency of a Professor lies in spiritual things and therefore there his Pride grows and there he is most apt to be proud Yet let me tell ye It is a more dangerous thing to be proud of a mans Duties and Spiritual Gifts then to be proud of Cloaths then to be proud of these outward things For this pride of Spiritual Gifts it 's directly opposite to a mans Justification And the more secret hidden any sin is the more dangerous it is and when sin Pride lies under Duties and Spiritual things then it is hidden indeed The more Bold a sin is the greater it is When a sin shall dare to come into the presence of God then it is bold indeed Now pride in spiritual things comes more into the presence of God than pride of Cloaths and these Outward things do therfore it is the bolder and the greater sin therfore who would not take heed hereof who would not labor for this Self-Denial to be humble and denying of ones self in spiritual things Truly the first step to Humility is to see ones Pride and the first step to Self-Denial is to be convinced of ones Self-Advancing Object But will some poor soul say that hears all this I am convinced of mine own Pride and Selvishness in all my Duties I can do nothing but Self gets in I write an I upon all that I do I cannot deny my self in spiritual things I have heard of some that have been so Humble and Self-Denying that they have been willing and contented to go to Hell if God would have it so But as for me the Lord knows I am not contented so I have a Proud heart and Self creeps into all that I do and therefore I fear that I have not this Faith therefore I fear that the Gospel never came in power upon my soul to this day Answ Though every true Beleever be an Humble Self-Denying person and is made partaker of this Gospel-Self-Denial yet know there is something of Self some remains of Self that still continues with the best something still that will tast of the Cask Though the Onion that is beaten in the morter be taken out of the morter yet the morter will smell of it A godly gracious man is sensible of his own Pride and Self-Advancing in spiritual things and will cry out and say Oh! what a Proud heart have I a Self-Advancing heart have I But shew me that man that was ever so transformed melted changed into the mould of the Gospel but still some savor of Self remains Whereas you say That some are willing and contented to go to Hell if God would have it so I have heard it of some yea and that some Ministers have put people upon this trial as thus Art thou contented to go to Hell if God would have it so I say I have heard that even some Ministers have put people upon such a trial as this is But where is their Commission where hath any Minister such a Cōmission from the Lord to put poor people upon such a tryal as this is Soul art thou contented to go to Hell if God would have it so Let any Minister shew me his Commission to put a soul upon such a tryal as this is And where Soul hast thou a Commission to put thy self upon such a tryal No we may have an eye to the recompence of reward the Lord Christ himself had so he had an eye himself unto the recompence of reward and therfore though thou canst not bring thy soul unto this height yet there may be some Humility even Gospel Self-denial that may lie under the leaf This Gospel Humility and Self-denial it is as I may so speak the souls Violet The Violet ye know it is a very sweet flower but it lies very low it hangs down its head and it lies under other herbs obscure herbs as if it loved to be unseen but it smels very sweetly and if you would find out this sweet-smelling herb and violet you must lift up other obscure leaves and there you shall see it So this Humility and Self-denial it lies under other Duties and under other Exercises and if you would see it you must lift up other leaves though thou beest not able to attain to that height as to say Thou wouldst be contented to go to Hel if God would have it so yet thou maiest have this sweet Violet though it lie under other herbs yet thou maiest see it and it may be smelt Only this If at any time Self breaks out if at any time thy soul begins to be advanced in regard of Duty or Spiritual things I do here call upon you fall down before the Lord and humble thy self before him for the pride of thy heart concerning Spiritual things and labour to get this Self-denial in spiritual things I am not to speak of Self-Denial at large but I cal upon you frō the Lord to labor to get Self-denial in spiritual things And take these Two of Three Motives to it First The more you deny your self in Spiritual things the more you shall be sure to keep them Saies Chrysostome The best treasury to keep any good work in is forgetfulness of that good work Ye know that if a man be to travel the way to keep himself and his money is not to go to the Market-Crosse and there proclaim that he hath so much money about him or to carry with him in his journey the only way for a man to lose his money is to let it be known and to brag of it abroad And truly what is the reason that so many in these daies of ours have made shipwrack Some heretofore have been very forward had great Gifts great Parts and now they are rotten they have lost all Why because they were proud of them and did not walk humbly under them Secondly The more you do deny your selves in spiritual things the more humble you will be in other things and the more humble you are the more sweetly shall you live in your own bosom yea towards and amongst others Some possibly complain of a Froward spirit Oh! saies one I am of an Angry disposition my Husband my Children my Servants my Wife or my Friends cannot meddle with me or touch me but I am ready to break out in distemper anger and frowardnesse the Lord knows I have a very froward and peevish heart of mine own But what is the reason Pride pride is the cause of Frowardnesse Ye see how it is with a Bladder let a Bladder be blown full of wind and though you may take it at the end yet notwithstanding you cannot

obedience Thirdly The more a man does agree with God and the Law the more fit he is to walk with God and observe the Law when a man is justified by faith then he is agreed with God Amos 3.3 Can two walk together unless they be agreed Now when a man is justified by faith he is Reconciled to God reconciled to the Justice of God reconciled to the Anger of God reconciled to the Law of God the Law is his friend Now before a man was justified the Anger of God was his enemy and the Justice of God his enemy and the Law his enemy but now being justified he is reconciled to God reconciled to his Anger that is satisfied by Christ reconciled to the Law that is satisfied by Christ thus he is made a friend to God he is agreed with God and with the Law and so he can walk with God and so he is the more obedient But Fourthly and especially thus As by Works and seeking Justification by Works a man is Estated in the Covenant of Works So by Faith and seeking Justification by Faith alone a man is Estated in the Covenant of Grace When a man is Estated in the Covenant of grace God is engaged to give grace unto him to make him Holy For that I pray do but reade what ye have in that 36. Chapter of Ezekiel at the 25. verse and so downwards Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you and ye shall be clean from all your filthiness and from all your idols will I cleanse you A new heart also will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I wil give you an heart of flesh And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my Statutes and ye shall keep my judgments and do them First I pray mark here That the Lord does promise Remission of sin although it be never so great I will sprinkle clean water upon you and wash ye from all your filthiness and from all your idols wil I cleanse you But saies a poor doubting soul Though the Lord do thus wash me I am so foule and so unclean that I am afraid I shall never be cleansed Yes saies the Lord I will sprinkle clean water upon you and ye shall be clean But though I be clean and cleansed from my guilt and my sin pardoned yet notwithstanding I have such a naughty filthy heart as I shall foul my self again See what follows A new heart also will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you Oh! but my heart is so hard like a stone that I shall resist this mercy of God Nay saies he And I will take away the stony heart cut of your flesh I will take away the Resistance the stony heart out of your flesh But though it be so as long as my nature is unchanged I shal never do that which is right Saies God I will change your nature for you I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and I will give you an heart of flesh I wil make such a change in you That whereas before Naturally ye were as hard as a stone now I wil make you as soft as flesh But though the Lord do thus change my Nature yet notwithstanding I shall never be able to order my conversation aright I shall never be obedient Mark what follows I will put my Spirit within you and I will cause you to walk in my Statutes I will make you obedient saies God Oh! what streams of mercy are here But I pray mind the Fountain whence these flow They al flow from this fountain of Free-remission The first is I will sprinkle clean water upon you and cleanse you from all your idols I will forgive you freely I but though this be set first it may be this is not the Cause of the rest how shal it appear that this Free-remission is the Cause of all our holiness Then I pray look into the 8. chap. of the Epistle to the Hebrews where this Covenant of grace is repeated at the 10. verse For this is the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel saith the Lord I will put my laws into their minds and write them in their hearts and they shall not teach every man his neighbor and every man his brother saying Know the Lord for all shall know me from the least to the greatest Why for I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more So that Remission is the Cause of Sanctification I will thus and thus sanctifie saies the Lord For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more this is the Cause of all that Now I say When a man is once estated in this Covenant of grace the Lord ye see is engaged then for to make him holy And as by works and seeking Justification by works a man is estated in the Covenant of works So by faith and seeking Justification by faith alone a man is estated in the Covenant of grace and so the Lord is engaged for to make him holy So that thus you see now This Free-grace of God Justification of a poor sinner by faith alone it is no enemy but a real friend unto all our Holiness and Spiritual life No wonder therefore that the Apostle saies And now I live Applyca By way of Application If all these things be so Then here we see the reason why men are no more Gracious no more Heavenly no more Holy no more Spiritual in their lives because they think not of this they study not this they never had the true sence of this Even because they do not stand cleer from their own Duties and their own Doings as to the great matter of Justification and acceptance with God Is the Free-remission of sin and Justification by faith alone the Fountain and Original of all our Holiness Then why stand ye gazing upon your own Duties upon your own Prayers and Mournings Would ye live I know you would Skin for skin Job 2.4 and all that a man hath will he give for his life But would you live Spiritually would you live an Eternal life that life that never dies that Communicative life that life that is better than you should have had in the State of innocencie Then do you stand clear from all your own Doings and Duties and Workings as to this great matter of your Acceptance with God the Father Do ye think that Jesus Christ will present a Duty or a service unto God the Father that steps into his room and place and Office What is the Place and room of Christ He is our Saviour and the Mediator between God and man that stands between God and man for to cause Acceptance with God the Father if then you Pray Hear Reade Mourn and think