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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. The Grace of the Spirit shall make true Christians finally victorious over Temptations to which they may be exposed. And those are various: Some are pleasant and insinuating, others are sharp and furious, and are managed by the Devil our subtle and industrious Enemy, to undermine, or by open battery to overthrow us. And how difficult is it for the Soul whilst united to Flesh, to resist the charms of what is amiable, or to endure the assaults of what is terrible to sense? But the renewed Christian hath no reason to be affrighted with disquieting fears, that any sinful temptation may come, which notwithstanding his watchfulness, may overcome him irrecoverably. For,
2. The Grace of the Spirit shall make true Christians finally victorious over Temptations to which they may be exposed. And those are various: Some are pleasant and insinuating, others are sharp and furious, and are managed by the Devil our subtile and industrious Enemy, to undermine, or by open battery to overthrow us. And how difficult is it for the Soul whilst united to Flesh, to resist the charms of what is amiable, or to endure the assaults of what is terrible to sense? But the renewed Christian hath no reason to be afrighted with disquieting fears, that any sinful temptation may come, which notwithstanding his watchfulness, may overcome him irrecoverably. For,
1. Temptations are External, and have no power over our spirits but what we give them. A voluntary resistance secures the victory to us. And the Apostle tells us, Greater is he that is in Believers, then he that is in the World. 1God is stronger not only in himself, but as working in us, by the vigorous assistance of his Grace to confirm us, than the Devil assisted with all the delights and terrors of the world, and taking advantage of that remaining concupiscence which is not entirely extinguished, is, to corrupt, and destroy us.
1. Temptations are External, and have no power over our spirits but what we give them. A voluntary resistance secures the victory to us. And the Apostle tells us, Greater is he that is in Believers, then he that is in the World.