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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.
3. Neither doth that first Act of Sin reflect on Gods unspotted Providence which suffered it, as if ⟨p. 47⟩Sin were in any degree allowed by Him. The Holy Law which God gave to direct Man, the terrible Threatening annexed to warn him, declare his irreconcilable Hatred against Sin. He permits innumerable Sins every day, ye• He is as jealous of the Honour of his Holiness now, as in the beginning. 'Tis the worst impiety for the Sinner to think God like himself, as if he took complacency in sin,1 because he is silent for a time and suffers the commission of it. In the next state he will fully vindicate his Glory, and convince the whole World of his eternal aversation from sin, by inflicting on sinners the most dreadful and durable torments.
3. Neither doth that first Act of Sin reflect on Gods unspotted Providence which suffer'd it, as if ⟨p. 47⟩Sin were in any degree allowed by Him. The Holy Law which God gave to direct Man, the terrible Threatning annext to warn him, declare his irreconcileable Hatred against Sin. He permits innumerable Sins every day, ye• He is as jealous of the Honour of his Holiness now, as in the beginning. 'Tis the worst impiety for the Sinner to think God like himself, as if he took complacency in sin,1 because he is silent for a time and suffers the commission of it. In the next state he will fully vindicate his Glory, and convince the whole World of his eternal aversation from sin, by inflicting on sinners the most dreadful and durable torments.