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A29374 The sinfulnesse of sinne ; and, The fulnesse of Christ delivered in two sermons / by William Bridge. Bridge, William, 1600?-1670.; Bridge, William, 1600?-1670. Fulnesse of Christ. 1667 (1667) Wing B4466A; ESTC R27224 34,005 84

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5. 6. answering to your infirmity or weakness or do you labour under any affliction outward or inward under persecution from enemies Then see what is said concerning Christ Micah 5. 5. And this man shall be the peace when the Assyrian shall come into our land Are you afraid of an enemy coming into the land This man shall be the peace when the Assyrian shall come into our land This man VVhat man See at vers 2. it is plainly spoken of Christ But thou Bethlehem Ephratah though thou be little among the thousands of Judah yet out of thee shall come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel whose goings forth have been from of old from everlasting he shal stand and feed in the strength of the Lord in the Majesty of the name of the Lord his God and this man shall be the peace This man that is Christ he shall be our peace when the worst of enemies come into our land Aye but you will say we see no likelihood of this mark then what is said at ver 7. And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the Lord and as the showers upon the grass that tarrieth not for man nor waiteth for the Sons of men If a Garden be to be watered with a watering pot it stayes for man but if it be watered with the dew it stayes not for man So saith the Lord Shall the remnant of my people be as the ground that waits upon the dew that tarrieth not for man Though you see no likelihood of deliverance no means whereby ye should be delivered when the Assyrian comes into our land when the worst of enemies come into our land yet ye shall be delivered For this man shall be the peace So that look whatsoever that is which you want it is all to be had in Christ And thus now you see in these seven Particulars what there is in Jesus Christ that may and can and doth afford sufficient comfort and relief in the worst of times and conditions That 's the second III. Well but then you will say in the third place This is good in the general but what is this to us We know there is enough in Christ to succour comfort and relieve in the worst of times and conditions but what is this to us Yes it is to you and to you very much for 1. If you be overcommers and do overcome the evil of the times and places where you live then all this fulness and excellency that is in Christ doth belong to you for if you look into the second and third Chapters of the Revelations you shall find that unto every Church there mentioned there is a promise made of giving out some of the fulness and excellency of Christ and still the promise runs to him that overcometh at the end of every Epistle To him that overcometh that is to him that overcometh the evil mentioned in that Epistle not in the general but the evil mentioned in that Epistle As now to instance in the Church of Laodicea saith he chap. 3. 21. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my Throne even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in his Throne What is the thing promised here Communion with Christ in his Kingdom on Earth Well but who are those that shall partake thereof Such as overcome to him that overcometh That overcometh what That Laodicean Lukewarmnes The sin forbidden in this Epistle is luke-warmness a mixture in the worship of God He that overcometh this mixture he shall have communion with Christ in his Kingdom on Earth Now I say this fulness and excellency of Christ is promised to him that overcometh Then friends you know what the evils of the times are if you overcome the evils of the times wherein you live and are then shall you be made partakers of this excellency and fulness of Christ and so this concerns you 2. If our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ hath therefore received all this excellency and fulness from the Father that he may give it out to you then it concerns you and much concerns you Now why hath Christ received all this excellency from the Father why hath he received the spirit why was he annointed with the spirit He tells you in Isa 61. 1. The spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord hath annointed me Why To preach good tidings unto the meek he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to them that are bound for this cause was I annointed And why hath our Lord and Saviour Christ received gifts The Apostle tells us and the Psalmist tells us for men for the rebellious also Eph. 4. 8. Psal 68. 18. Will you say oh but I am a poor Rebel he hath received gifts for men for wicked men even for rebels Paul was a Rebel and Christ received gifts for Paul even that rebel And why hath he received all power in Heaven and Earth from God the Father but in reference to your concernments Matth. 28. 18. Jesus came and spake unto them saying All power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth What then Go ye therefore and teach all Nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and loe I am with you alway even unto the end of the world Go ye therefore mark what a therefore is here All power is given unto me in Heaven and in Earth Go ye therefore Jesus Christ hath received all power in Heaven and in Earth in reference to your concernments therefore it is much to you that there is that in Jesus Christ whereby he is able to succour comfort and relieve in the worst of times 3. Yet thirdly If that our Lord Saviour Christ doth therefore stoop to your infirmities because he is clothed with Majesty and Excellency and invested with all this power then this that I have said is to you and much to you Now look into Joh. 13. you have there an assurance of what you shall find in Christ now by what he did then when he was to die at vers 3. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands he riseth from supper and laid aside his garments and took a towel and girded himself after that he poureth water into a bason and began to wash the Disciples feet Whence doth this arise See at vers 3. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands He was not therefore proud he did not therefore disdain his poor Disciples No but he did condescend to them upon this account and stoops to their infirmity his humility prompts on his excellency to be good to us Now if he therefore stoops to your infirmity because he is clothed