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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.
1. The understanding was enriched with knowledge. Nature was unveiled to Adam, he entered into its Sanctuary, and discovered its mysterious Operations. When the Creatures came to pay their Homage to him,1 whatsoever he called them, that was the name thereof. And their Names expressed their Natures. His knowledge reached through the whole compass of the Creation, from the Sun the glorious vessel of Light, to the Glowworm that shines in the hedge. And this knowledge was not acquired by Study, 'twas not the fruit of anxious inquiry, but as the illumination of the Air is in an instant by the light of the Morning, so his Understanding was enlightened, by a pure beam from the Father of Lights.
1. The understanding was inrich'd with knowledg. Nature was unveiled to Adam, he enter'd into its Sanctuary, and discover'd its mysterious Operations. When the Creatures came to pay their Homage to him,1 whatsoever he called them, that was the name thereof. And their Names exprest their Natures. His knowledg reach'd through the whole compass of the Creation, from the Sun the glorious vessel of Light, to the Gloworm that shines in the hedg. And this knowledg was not acquir'd by Study, 'twas not the fruit of anxious inquiry, but as the illumination of the Air is in an instant by the light of the Morning, so his Understanding was enlightned, by a pure beam from the Father of Lights.
- 1Gen. •.19.
Besides, He had such a knowledge of the Deity, as was sufficient for his Duty and Felicity▪ His mind did not stick in the material part of things, but ascended by the several ranks of Beings, to the Universal Cause. He discovered the Glory of the Divine Essence and Attributes by their wonderful effects.