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The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…
The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in several discourses / by William Bates.
London: printed for Brabazon Aylmer, 1691
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
From this summary account we may understand how firmly the Divinity of Christ is established in the Scripture. For those Passages of the Prophets, that speak of the God of Israel as Creator, and the sole Object of Adoration, are ⟨p. 5⟩directly referred to Jesus Christ. And the Name Jehovah, 1the Majesty of which consists in its being incommunicable, is attributed to him. This is the Foundation upon which the whole Fabric of the Gospel is built. The Office of Mediator in the Prophetical, Priestly, and Regal Administration is necessarily joined with the Divinity of his Person. And the revelation of it from Heaven, is as clear as the Sun is visible in the Firmament. All the Difficulties in our conceiving this great Mystery of Godliness, are but like the Shadows that attend the Light. And all the heretical Subtleties to pervert the Sense of such plain and positive Texts, are as impertinent as impious.
From this summary account we may understand how firmly the Divinity of Christ is establish'd in the Scripture. For those Passages of the Prophets, that speak of the God of Israel as Creator, and the sole Object of Adoration, are ⟨p. 5⟩directly referr'd to Jesus Christ. And the Name Jehovah, 1the Majesty of which consists in its being incommunicable, is attributed to him. This is the Foundation upon which the whole Fabrick of the Gospel is built. The Office of Mediator in the Prophetical, Priestly, and Regal Administration is necessarily join'd with the Divinity of his Person. And the revelation of it from Heaven, is as clear as the Sun is visible in the Firmament. All the Difficulties in our conceiving this great Mystery of Godliness, are but like the Shadows that attend the Light. And all the heretical Subtilties to pervert the Sense of such plain and positive Texts, are as impertinent as impious.