Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
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Full of faith (Acts 6:5).
Full of the Holy Ghost (Acts 7:55). Full of assurance of faith (Heb 10:22). Full of assurance of hope (Heb 6:11). Full of joy unspeakable, and full of glory (1 Peter 1:8). Full of joy (1 John 1:4). Full of good works (Acts 11:36). Being filled with the knowledge of his will (Col 1:9). Being filled with the spirit (Eph 5:18). Filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ unto the glory and praise of God (Phil 4:11). These things to be sure are included either for the cause or effect of this fullness. The cause they cannot be, for that is God's, by his Holy Spirit. The effects therefore they are, for wherever God dwells in the degree intended in the text, there is shewn in an eminent manner, by these things, "what is the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints" (Eph 1:18). But these things dwell not in that measure specified by the text, in any, but those who know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge. But what a man is he that is filled with all these things! or that |
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