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A native of Cambridgeshire, the Reverend William Bridge was probably born in or around the year 1600. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, receiving an M.A. in 1626. For a short time in 1631, he was a lecturer at Colchester, put in place by Harbottle Grimstone and Robert Rich, 2nd Earl of Warwick; this was very much against the wishes of William Laud, then Bishop of London, who complained of the influence then held by Richard Sibbes and William Gouge, clerical leaders of the Feoffees for Impropriations. From 1637, he lived in Norwich as Rector of St. Peter Hungate and St. George Tombland. He came into conflict with Matthew Wren, bishop of Norwich, for nonconformity. He went into exile in Rotterdam, taking the position left vacant by Hugh Peters. Charles I of England, upon hearing from Archbishop Laud that Reverend Bridge had "gone to Holland", "...rather than [that] he will conform" replied, "Let him go: we are well rid of him."

He returned to Great Yarmouth and became a member of the Westminster Assembly. There he was one of the Five Dissenting Brethren, the small group of leading churchmen who emerged at the head of the Independent faction, opposing the Presbyterian majority. In 1643, he preached in front of Charles I of England, making a direct attack on the Queen. He was Minister at the Old Meeting House Norwich for several years right up until his death. [More via Wikipedia]

The Works of William Bridge:

The Righteous Man's Habitation in the Time of Plague and Pestilence. (130 pages) Psalm 91. [pdf epub mobi txt web via Internet Archive] Also part of volume 1 of Bridge's Works, below.

The Works of the Reverend William Bridge, Volume 1. (532 pages). [pdf epub mobi txt web via Internet Archive]
Containing the following:
1. A Memoir of the Author.
2. The Great Gospel Mystery of the Saints' Comfort and Holiness opened and applied from Christ's Priestly Office.
3. Satan's Power to Tempt and Christ's Love to and Care of his People under Temptation.
4. Grace for Grace (or, The Overflowings of Christ's Fullness Received by All Saints).
5. The Spiritual Life and In-being of Christ in all Believers.
6. The Righteous Man's Habitation in the Time of Plague and Pestilence.

The Works of the Reverend William Bridge, Volume 2. (486 pages). [pdf epub mobi txt web via Internet Archive]
Containing the following:
1. A Lifting up for the Downcast. -popular-
2. The Spiritual Achings of Faith through Natural Impossibilities.
3. The Great Things Faith Can Do.
4. The Great Things Faith Can Suffer.
5. The Freeness of the Grace and Love of God to Believers Discovered.

The Works of the Reverend William Bridge, Volume 3. (468 pages). [pdf epub mobi txt web via Internet Archive]
Containing the following:
1. Christ and the Covenant, the Work and Way of Meditation, God's Return to the Soul or Nation, together with his Preventing Mercy.
2. Christ in Travail.
3. Seasonable Truths in Evil Times.

The Works of the Reverend William Bridge, Volume 4. (482 pages). [pdf epub mobi txt web via Internet Archive]
Containing the following:
1. Seventeen sermons on various subjects and occasions.
2. Evangelical Repentance.

The Works of the Reverend William Bridge, Volume 5. (452 pages). [pdf epub mobi txt web via Internet Archive]
Containing the following:
1. The Sinfulness of Sin and the Fullness of Christ.
2. Remains.
3. A Word to the Aged.
4. The Wounded Conscience Cured and Weak One Strengthened.
5. The Truth of the Times Vindicated.
6. The Loyal Convert, According to the Oxford Copy, with Annotations Thereon.
7. The Doctrine of Justification by Faith Opened and Applied.
8. Index.

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