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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
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2. If he sixth his residence among them. Now the Son of God was clothed with our flesh, and found in fashion as a man, and for ever appears in it in Heaven; and will at the last day invest our bodies with glory like to his own. He now dwells in us by his Spirit, and when our warfare is accomplished, he shall in a special manner be present with us in the eternal Mansions. As God incarnate he conversed with Men on Earth, and as such he will converse with them in heaven. There he reigns as the first-born in the midst of many Brethren. Now all these Prerogatives are the fruits of our Redemption.
2. If he fixt his residence among them. Now the Son of God was cloathed with our flesh, and found in fashion as a man, and for ever appears in it in Heaven; and will at the last day invest our bodies with glory like to his own. He now dwells in us by his Spirit, and when our warfare is accomplisht, he shall in a special manner be present with us in the eternal Mansions. As God incarnate he converst with Men on Earth, and as such he will converse with them in heaven. There he raigns as the first-born in the midst of many Brethren. Now all these Prerogatives are the fruits of our Redemption.
And how great is that Mercy which hath raised Mankind more glorious out of its ruins! The Apostle breaks out with a Heavenly astonishment, Behold what manner of Love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the Sons of God! 1that we who are Strangers and Enemies, Children of Wrath by nature, should be dignified with the honourable, and amiable title of his Sons! 'Twas a rare and most merciful condescension in Pharaoh's Daughter, to rescue an innocent and forsaken Infant from perishing by the waters, and adopt him to be her Son but how much greater kindness was it for God to save guilty and wretched Man from Eternal Flames, and to take him into his Family. The Ambition of the Prodigal rose no higher than to be a Servant; wha• an inestimable favour is it to ⟨p. 190⟩