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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.
Practical Inferences. A superlative degree of Praise and Thankfulness due to God for the revelation of the Gospel. 'Tis not discovered by the Creation. 'Tis above the reach of Natural Reason. The Heathen World is entirely ignorant of it. 'Tis pure Grace that distinguishes one Nation from another, in sending the Gospel. Evangelical Knowledge deserves our most serious study. The Gospel exceeds all contemplative and practic Sciences. Contemplative in the greatness of its object, and the certainty of its principle. Practic in the excellency of its End, and the efficacy of the Means.
Practical Inferences. A superlative degree of Praise and Thankfulness due to God for the revelation of the Gospel. 'Tis not discovered by the Creation. 'Tis above the reach of Natural Reason. The Heathen World is intirely ignorant of it. 'Tis pure Grace that distinguishes one Nation from another, in sending the Gospel. Evangelical Knowledg deserves our most serious study. The Gospel exceeds all contemplative and practick Sciences. Contemplative in the greatness of its object, and the certainty of its principle. Practick in the excellency of its End, and the efficacy of the Means.
1. What a Superlative degree of Praise and Thankfulness is due to God, for revealing his eternal and compassionate Counsel in order to our Salvation. The Fall of Man was so wounding and deadly, that only an Infinite Understanding could find out the means for his Recovery. And if that Mercy which moved the Lord to ordain the Remedy, had not discovered it, a thick cloud of Despair had covered Mankind, being for ever unable to conceive the way of our Redemption. 'Tis a Mystery which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, 1nor •ath entered into the heart of man to conceive. All Humane Knowledge is acquired by two sorts of Faculties; the external and internal. Of the first, Sight and Hearing are the most spiritual, and convey the knowledge of the most worthy objects. They are the Senses of Discipline, the other three or immersed in matter, ⟨p. 108⟩