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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

up Jesus from the dead dwell in you Again you may observe here That Christ in a Beleever is not Habitual grace only for saith he If the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you It was not Faith or Habitual grace that raised up Christ from the dead but the Spirit of God himself And saith he this Spirit dwelleth in you So that Christ in a Beleever is not only the Habit of grace but the Spirit of Christ And then Thirdly ye may observe this too That this Spirit is a living Spirit and dwelleth or abideth in a Beleever For it is said twice here That the Spirit dwelleth in you So that plainly then you see from the words Christ dwels in every Beleever Christ dwels in every Christian he liveth in him And if it were not so How should the absence of Jesus Christ be recompenced by the coming of the Spirit or of the Comforter When our Lord and Saviour Christ left the World and his Disciples he gave them a gracious Promise of sending his Spirit Ioh. 16.7 And if I go not saith he the Spirit or the Comforter will not come but if I go I will send the Comforter and he shall make up your losse of me Now if that the Spirit of Christ should not be in a Beleever and live in him how would the coming of the Holy Ghost and of the Spirit make up the losse of the personal presence of Jesus Christ Besides You know that friends love to be neer unto one another and the neerer they are the happier they count themselves they love not to be asunder the soul of the lover liveth where it loveth rather than where it liveth Now there is the greatest friendship between Christ and a Beleever and the Lord Jesus Christ hath a happinesse above all friends that he can make himself neerer and be more One with his friends than any friend in the world can And therefore upon those terms of Love and Friendship Christ by his Spirit liveth in all Beleevers Object It will be said If Christ liveth in all Beleevers really liveth in them by his Spirit then what need of Ordinances for Christ and the Spirit of Christ in me can live without Ordinances and if a man have attained once unto the Spirit Christ in him and Christ living in him and have attained unto the Spirit the Spirit of Christ really living in him what need of any Commandements without or Rules without for the Spirit will be a sufficient-Rule to lead him into all that is right what need therefore of any Commandements Rules or Ordinances without Answ Yes For we use the Ordinances not only for the enjoyment of God in them but as a testimony of our Obedience If that the enjoyment of God and Christ were the only reason of the Ordinances then in case that a man could without the Ordinances have the enjoyment of God and Christ he might lay by the Ordinances but seeing that we are for to use the Ordinances as an act of our Obedience although a man can enjoy Christ have the Spirit and Christ living in him yet notwithstanding he is still to bear up the Ordinances because there he is to expresse his Obedience unto God and Christ And now give me leave a little to fix here to take off this scruple and Objection if you look into the 27. of Numbers you shall find that Joshua had the Spirit and not in an ordinary way but in a more than ordinary way the Lord gave Joshua his Spirit and yet notwithstanding Joshua was to be under Commandements and under Ordinances at the 18. verse The Lord said unto Moses take thee Joshua the sun of Nun a man in whom is the Spirit and lay thine hand on him and set him before Eleazer the Priest and before all the Congregation and give him a charge in their sight Mark he was to come under a Command and under a charge although he had the Spirit And he shall stand before Eleazer the Priest who shal ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the Lord. And so it was And Moses did as the Lord commanded him Now Moses doth not say What need I go to Eleazar or to the Priest what need I go and consult by Urim and Thummim for I have the Spirit that is able to leade me into all Truth No but he submits unto his Charge and he waits upon the Lord in this way of the Ordinances although it is said here that he had the Spirit So had not David the Spirit in a great measure and yet did he not use the Ordinances But look into the new Testament and there you find that the Apostles had the Spirit also Our Lord and Savior Christ he breathed upon them they waited for the coming of the Spirit and the holy Ghost fell upon them and yet notwithstanding they were under Commands for saith our Savior Christ to them Go Mat. 28.19 teach all Nations Baptizing and teaching them to do what ever I command you So that although they had the Spirit and the holy Ghost in a greater measure than any man for ought I know ever had since yet notwithstanding they were under Commandements Teaching them saith he to do whatsoever I command you And ye know what our Savior saies in that place I mentioned even now Joh. 7.38 39. He that beleeveth on me out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water which he spake concerning the Spirit and the holy Ghost that should be given for he was not yet glorified A Promise made to Beleevers and the Churches in the times of the Apostles they had the Spirit by vertue of that Promise and yet notwithstanding they were under Ordinances and did use the Ordinances But that you may see how this Objection runs crosse both to the old and to the new Testament look upon one place more it is in the 30. chap. of Isaiah the 20. and 21. verses a Promise made concerning the times of the Gospel And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more but thine eyes shall see thy teachers Here are Ordinances here are Teachers Well now but where is the Spirit Verse the 21. And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee saying This is the way walk in it Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee Who speaks that word Look into the 1. chapter of the Revelation there you shall find it is the Spirit that speaks the word behind one at the 10. verse I was in the Spirit on the Lords day and heard behind me a great voice So that this voice behind is that of the Spirit When we do not expect the Spirit the Spirit cometh and speaketh to us So that thus now ye see Teaching and Ordinances and the Spirit of Christ in us and living in us may and do stand together Object

the world was Christ was one with the Father before the world was Therefore if he should pray that a Beleever might be one with him in regard of Equallity he should pray that a Beleever might be one with him in that respect which were impossible But he does not pray that a Beleever might be one with him by way of Equallitie as he is one with the Father by way of Equallitie but Similitude And yet divers Learned and Reverend men think the meaning of that place rather to be this That they may be one among themselves Christ prayes that they may be all one that is Lord I pray that they may love and agree together he prayes for Union among themselves But suppose it be taken the other way That the Lord Jesus Christ here does pray that Beleevers may be one with him as he is with the Father That is not in regard of Equallitie but in regard of Similitude that as Christ is one with the Father in a way sutable to him so Beleevers may be one with Christ in a way sutable unto them Quest But suppose then you will say that a Beleever is not one with Christ in this heighth of One-ness how may it appear by way of Scripture reason that Christ is really united unto each Beleever and that he is really in the soul of a Beleever by the Spirit not only in regard of infused Habits habits of grace grace inherent but that Christ Himself is really in a Beleever by his Spirit Answ 1 Ye know that we are united to Christ by Faith and look what Faith laies hold upon that it brings into the soul but now Faith does not lay hold upon the Graces of Christ but upon Christ himself and therefore Christ Himself by Faith is brought into the soul and is there really in the soul of a Beleever by his Spirit Secondly Christ is in a Beleever as a Beleever is in Christ Now a Beleever is not in Christ that is in his Graces When we say That we are in Christ we do not mean that we are in the Graces of Christ but a Beleever is in Christ Himself as in the common Head A Beleever is not in the Graces of Christ only but he is in Christ Himself So Christ is not in a Beleever only by his Graces but he is really there in the soul of a Beleever by his Spirit Thirdly If the Lord Christ were not really in the soul of a Beleever by his Spirit besides those Habits of grace Actings and Operations of the Spirit then how would there be Three that bear witness The Apostle tels us 1 John 5.8 There are Three that bear witness in Heaven and in our Hearts The Spirit Water and Blood Water what is that That is Sanctification a mans Sanctification does bear witness to him that he is the Child of God that is Water But now Sanctification consists either in the Habit of grace or in the Acting of grace if therefore the Spirit of Christ in a Beleever were nothing else but Grace inherent Grace then it were all one with the testimony of Water but there are Three that bear witnesse There 's the testimony of the Spirit there 's the testimonie of Blood and there 's the testimonie of Water If by the Spirit we are to understand only the Grace of Christ the Habit of grace in the soul then there would be but Two that bear witnesse namely Water and Blood because the other would be al one with Water Water being meant only Sanctification But now there are Three that do bear witnesse unto a soul that is in Christ The Spirit and Blood and Water and therefore Christ is really in a Beleever Christ really united unto all Beleevers by his Spirit Quest What is the Benefit of all this For suppose that we grant this That Christ in a Beleever is not only Grace and the Habits of grace in the soul but Christ Himself is really in the soul of a Beleever by his Spirit What Profit Benefit or Comfort will come unto a Beleever more this way than the other way Answ 1 Much every way First If Jesus Christ be really united to each beleever by his Spirit and really in him in this spiritual and mystical way Then a beleever shall have more blessed and glorious Communion with Christ than the other way For Union is the root of Communion The Husband the Wife are first Joyned together and United and then they have Communion with one another and Fellowship in their goods and estate Union is the ground of Communion And the nearer the Union the greater the Communion Now if Christ should be only in a beleever by the Habit of grace the Union would not be so great but if this be true That Christ is really in a beleever by his Spirit Christ really United to each beleever here the Union is nearer and therefore the Communion and Fellowship that a beleever shall have with Christ a great deal more and more blessed Secondly If Christ be really united unto a beleever unto all beleevers by his Spirit Then his love must needs be infinite towards beleevers If that his Graces only were in them he would love them because thereby they should be made like unto him but now if his own Spirit be in a beleever then his love must needs be infinite unto a beleever and a beleevers love infinite to him again in his way This is a great and glorious Priviledge Thirdly If Christ be really in a beleever really united to each beleever by his Spirit Then a beleever knowing this may say I have now somwhat more than any Hypocrite can attain unto Saies a poor soul many times If I had but that grace that no Hypocrite can attain unto then my soul would be quiet within me but now as for Gifts Graces there is no Hypocrite but may attain to them or something that is like to them What will ye instance in will ye instance in Faith 'T is said of Simon Magus Act. 8.13 Mat. 27.3 Heb. 12.17 Mat. 13.20 Heb. 6.5 6. That he beleeved Will ye instance in Repentance 'T is said of Judas That he also Repented and Esau that sought the birth-right with Tears Will ye instance in Hearing of the Word with Joy 'T is said So did the False ground Wil ye instance in the partakings of the Heavenly Gift and Powers of the world to come Men have a taste of these and yet fall away Will ye instance in Sanctification it self 'T is said of certain Wicked men in the 10. of the Hebrewes That they trample upon the blood of Christ wherewithal they are Sanctified So that even a wicked man in Scripture phrase is said to be Sanctified one that fals away and comes to naught But where do ye find in all the Scripture that the Lord Christ is said to be in an Hypocrite An Hypocrite is said to Repent to Beleeve to receive the Word with joy and to be

from one Scripture turn ye both to the 17. of John the last vers Saies our Lord and Savior Christ praying unto his father And I have declared unto them thy Name and will declare it that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them I in them Mind the words Here are these Three things observable in them First of all Here ye have this Doctrine that I have been speaking of all this while Christ in each beleever I in them Secondly That God the Father does love a Beleever though not so much as Christ yet with the same love that he loveth Christ That the love wherewith thou hast loved me way be in them and I in them Thirdly That the way to procure this love and this In-being is To have the Name of God declared And I have declared unto them thy Name and I will declare it Why that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them and I in them So then the way for to get this In-being is to have the Name of God declared unto poor souls What is this Name the Name of God the Father that Christ declares It was the Love of God his Free-grace and Love Saies Christ Joh. 3.16 God so loved the world c. and stil Christ preach'd the love of God to poor lost man This was the Name of God that is declared Now then do any of your souls complain That you want this In-being of Christ in you or that you have not room in your souls to entertain such a guest Observe where this Name of God is declared and manifested this Free love of God is manifested and declared and there set thy soul under the spout under the declaration under the manifestation of the Name of God and look upon it as if Christ were there preaching and declaring the Name of God to thy soul and there Christ shall come in unto thee and there thy poor narrowed and straitned soul shal be enlarged and made more capacious for Jesus Christ Wherefore I beseech you then receive this Word of Exhortation and let every soul go unto Jesus Christ and say to this purpose Lord Jesus Thy work is to declare the Name of the Father to poor sinners that so thou maiest be in them now O Lord I am a poor sinner Lord declare the Name of the Father to me Lord declare the Name of the Father to me I have a straitned heart I have not room enough for thee in my soul Oh! that it were enlarged for thee now therefore declare this Name of thy Father to me that so the love wherewith thy Father hath loved thee may be in me and I in thee also Thus I say go unto Jesus Christ And study study much this In-being of Christ in your souls you that have it not labor to get it and you that have this In-being labor to be thankful for it improve it and get your souls more and more enlarged under it SERMON V. Preached at Christs-Church Aug. 25. 1648. GALATIANS 2. part of the 20. vers Nevertheless I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me I Intend at this time to speak on these words But Christ liveth in me Wherein ye have these Three things First The In-being of Christ in a Beleever Christ in me Secondly The Efficacy of this In-being Christ Liveth in me Thirdly The Constancy thereof he doth not stay for a night or two but he Liveth or Abideth in me Accordingly there are Three Notes or Observations First Christ is in each Beleever Christ is in every Christian For when he saies I live yet not I he personates a Beleever all along speaks not in his own person but in the person of a Beleever one Justified by Faith alone Secondly That Christ liveth in all Beleevers Christ liveth in me Thirdly That Christ liveth more in Beleevers than themselves do I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me Christ hath a greater hand and stroke in the Spiritual actions of beleevers than themselves have I have spoken of the former of these in another place and now I will speak unto the other and therefore I shall put them both together in one Doctrine or Observation thus Doct. Christ doth so live in a Beleever that he hath a greater hand and stroke in the Spiritual actions of a Beleever than a Beleever himself hath Christ lives in a Beleever more than himself as to his Spiritual actions For the opening and clearing of this Truth First I shall labor to shew you that Christ liveth in each Beleever Secondly That he hath a greater hand and stroke in the actions of his Spiritual life then a Beleever hath himself First That Christ liveth in each Beleever A man liveth where he worketh and staieth or abideth A man doth not live where he lieth he may come and stay for a day or two and yet not be said to live there but where a man works and staies or abides there he lives Now both these ye shall find Christ doth the first in that known place the 7. of John 38. verse He that beleeveth on me as the Scripture hath said out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water This spake he of the Spirit which they that beleeve on him should receive Where the Spirit of Christ is there is Christ And this is a promise made to all Beleevers more or lesse to be fulfilled unto them Out of their bellies shall flow rivers of living water Which is to be understood of the Spirit So that the Spirit of Christ shall be in them and be working in them And as for the other you know what is said in that 14. of John and the 23. verse Saith our Savior there If any man love me he will keep my words and my Father will love him and we will come unto him and make our abode with him It 's the same word that is used before for Mansions In my fathers house are many Mansions verse 2. We will come and take up our Mansions with him And this was so received a Principle in the Apostles time that he saies to the Corinthians in the 1 Epistle 3. chapter 16. verse Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you But if you look into the 8. chapter of the Romans you shall see all proved together verse the 10 11. And if Christ be in you the body is dead because of sin but the spirit is life because of righteousness But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you Here are Three or Four things observable First That Christ in you and the Spirit in you is all one And therefore having said in the 10. ver If Christ be in you at the 11. verse he saies If the Spirit of him that raised