“Though God could have wholly delivered his people from the filth of sin, as well as from the guilt of it, and as well from lesser sins, as from great and scandalous; yet he hath left these infirmities and weaknesses in the hearts and lives of his people, that they may be constantly humbled in themselves, and prize Christ the more.”
—William Bridge, Works 4:230
Now in the covenant of works, the 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 sin breaks the covenant; but in the covenant of grace, the 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 sin doth not break the covenant between God and the soul.
—Puritan William Bridge, Works 4:232
“I will not question my spiritual estate and condition for every sin; I will grieve for every sin of infirmity because it is a sin, but I will not question my condition, because it is but a sin of infirmity.”
—Puritan William Bridge, Works 4:237