A26796:107
The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…
The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ, or, Discourses wherein is showed how the wisdom, mercy, justice, holiness, power, and truth of God are glorified in that great and blessed work / by William Bates.The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ, or, Discourses wherein is shewed how the wisdom, mercy, justice, holiness, power, and truth of God are glorified in that great and blessed work / by William Bates.
London: printed by J. Darby for Nathaniel Ranew and Jonathan Robinson and Brabazon Aylmer, 1674
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.
1. 'Tis an innate Habit, not merely acquired by Imitation. The root of bitterness is planted in the Humane Nature, and produces its fruits in the various seasons of Life. No age is free from its working; Every imagination of the thoughts of Mans heart are only evil, 1and continually evil. We see this verified in Children, when the most early acts of their Reason, and the first instances ⟨p. 42⟩of their apprehension are in Sin. If we ascend higher, and consider Man in his Infant-state, the vicious inclinations which appear in the Cradle, the violent motions of anger which disturbs Sucklings, their endeavour to exercise a weak revenge on those that displease them, convince us that the Corruption is natural, and proceeds from an infected Original.
1. 'Tis an innate Habit, not meerly acquir'd by Imitation. The root of bitterness is planted in the Humane Nature, and produces its fruits in the various seasons of Life. No age is free from its working; Every imagination of the thoughts of Mans heart are only evil, 1and continually evil. We see this verified in Children, when the most early acts of their Reason, and the first instances ⟨p. 42⟩of their apprehension are in Sin. If we ascend higher, and consider Man in his Infant-state, the vicious inclinations which appear in the Cradle, the violent motions of anger which disturbs Sucklings, their endeavour to exercise a weak revenge on those that displease them, convince us that the Corruption is natural, and proceeds from an infected Original.
- 1Gen. 6.5.