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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.
Besides, corrupt Man being without Light and Life can neither discern, nor feel his Misery;1 The carnal Mind is insensible of its Infirmity, ignorant of its Ignorance, and suffers under the incurable extremes of being blind, and imagining that 'tis very clear-sighted. More particularly the Reasons why the ⟨p. 54⟩carnal Mind hath not a due sense of sinful Corruption are,
1. Because 'tis natural, and cleaves to the principles of our being, from the Birth and Conception, and natural things do not affect us.
2. 'Tis confirmed by Custom, which is a second Nature, and hath a strange power to stupefy Conscience and render it insensible. As the Historian observed concerning the Roman Soldiers, that by constant use, their Arms were no more a burden to them than their natural Members.
2. 'Tis confirm'd by Custome, which is a second Nature, and hath a strange power to stupifie Conscience and render it insensible. As the Historian observed concerning the Roman Soldiers, that by constant use, their Arms were no more a burthen to them than their natural Members.