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The sinfulnesse of sinne ; and, The fulnesse of Christ delivered in two sermons / by William Bridge.
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Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.; Bridge, William, 1600?-1670. Fulnesse of Christ.
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not behold the Lion of the Tribe of Judah the root of David hath prevailed to open the book so he goes on opening the excellency and the fulness of Christ and John weeps no more So that I say all our want of comfort doth arise from our want of a sight of the fulness and excellency that is in Christ therefore certainly there is enough in Christ to comfort succour and relieve in the worst of times and so you have the first thing 2. Well but then secondly What is that in Christ that may or can comfort succour and relieve in the worst of times and conditions 1. I answer First Look what that good thing is which the world can either give or take away that is in Christ in great abundance and if that be in Christ in great abundance which the world can either give or take away then there is that in Christ that may or can succour comfort and relieve in the worst of times Now what can the world give or take away 1. Can the world take away your Estate Gold or Silver then read what is said in the third of the Proverbs concerning VVisdom where Christ is called wisdom Happy is the man that findeth wisdom v. 13. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver and the gain thereof than fine gold she is more precious than rubies and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her 2. Can the world take away your liberty your Gospel liberty Then you know what Christ sayes Revel 3. 8. Behold I have set before thee an open door and no man can shut it 3. Can the world take away your life You know what Christ saith I am the way the truth and the life Joh. 14. 6. ye will not come unto me that ye might have life Joh. 5. 40. On the other side what can the world give to you 1. Can the world give you peace rest quierness Then you know what Christ saith Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest Matth. 11. 28. I create the fruit of the lips peace Isa 57. 19. Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you not as the world giveth give I unto you Joh. 14. 27. 2. Can the world give you happiness or blessedness I am sure Christ can Blessed sayes he are the poor in spirit blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness blessed are the pure in heart yea blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you for my sake Matth. 5. It was the work of the High Priest to bless the people and Christ being our great High Priest it is his work to bless us He and he alone can make us blessed Would you therefore know what there is in Christ that can succonr comfort and relieve in the worst of times Look I say whatsoever good thing the world can either give or take away that is in Christ in great abundance 2. There is in Jesus Christ the greatest excellency under the best propriety The greatest excellency for 1. If the knowledg of Christ be the most excellent knowledg then surely Christ himself must needs be most excellent the knowledg of Jesus Christ is the most excellent knowledg 1. It is the most certain knowledg you know other things by their shapes and species you know Christ by the spirit you know other things by the testimony of men you know Christ by the testimony of the spirit and as the testimony of the spirit is more certain than the testimony of any man so the knowledg of Christ is the most certain knowledg in the world 2. It is that knowledg that gives you possession of the thing you know By my knowledg of Christ I am possessed of Christ surely therefore it is the most excellent knowledg in the world and therefore Christ himself must needs be most excellent 2. He is called The desire of all Nations in Hag. 2. 7. Some Nations desire one thing and some another but Christ is the desire of all Nations VVhat is most desireable that is not in Christ 1. Is Gold and Silver most desireable Sayes he I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire Rev. 3. 18 2. Is wisdom most desireable He is the wisdom of the father 1 Cor. 1. 24. In him are hid all the treasures of wisdom Col. 2. 3. He is wisdom in the abstract Wisdom hath builded her house Prov. 9. 1. and it is in the plural number wisdoms hath builded her house he is not onely wise but wisdom and wisdoms And 3. He is called that good thing Jer. 33. 14. Behold the day to come saith the Lord of Hosts that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and unto the house of Judah That good thing with an emphasis what is that At that time will I cause the branch of righteousness to grow up unto David and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land Christ is that good thing He is the excellency of Jacob the greatest excellency And this excellency is under the best propriety insomuch as you may challenge it with a double my My God my God sayes David Psal 22. 1. My Lord my God sayes Thomas Joh. 20. 28. There is such propriety in this excellency as you may challenge it with a double my And it is such a propriety as can never be lost None shall take them out of my fathers hand Joh. 10. 28 29. Would you then know what there is in Christ that can comfort succour and relieve in the worst of times I say there is the greatest excellency under the best propriety 3. There is in Jesus Christ the greatest fulness joyned with the most communicativeness Some things are empty and not full some things are full but they are full of wind as the bladders of the Creatures are that the least prick melts them down into nothing full but not communicative and some things are communicative but not full as Springs little water Springs but Christ is both full and communicative He is the Rose of Sharon and the lilly of the vallies Cant. 2. 1. The rose of Sharon not the rose of a Garden that onely some can come and take the sweetness of but the Rose of the field that every one may come and smell on his blood is a fountain opened not a fountain inclosed but opened He is the Tree of Life whose leaves are for the healing of the Nations So that there is not onely Plenitudo abundantia sed reduntantiae a fulness of abundance but a fulness of redundancy flowing over in Jesus Christ Would you therefore know what there is in Christ that can comfort and relieve in the worst of times I say there is the greatest fulness joyned with the most communicativeness 4. There is in Jesus Christ the sweetest love under the greatest ingagement The sweetest love Thy love