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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.
That the Sin of Adam should be so fatal to all his Posterity, is the most difficult part in the whole order of Divine Providence. Nothing more offends carnal Reason, which forms many specious Objections against it. I will briefly consider them.
Since God saw that Adam would not resist the Temptation, and that upon his Fall, the whole race of Mankind, which he supported as the foundation, would sink into ruin, Why did he not confirm him against it, was it not within his Power, and more suitable to his Wisdom, Holiness, and Goodness?
Since God saw that Adam would not resist the Temptation, and that upon his Fall, the whole race of Mankind, which he supported as the foundation, would sink into ruine, Why did he not confirm him against it, was it not within his Power, and more suitable to his Wisdome, Holiness, and Goodness?
To this I answer.
1. The Divine Power could have preserved Man in his Integrity, either by laying a restraint on the apostate Angels, that they should never have made