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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.
From hence we may fully discover the advantage we have by the Gospel, above the terms of the first Covenant. Restoring Mercy hath bettered our Condition: We have lost the integrity of the first, and got the perfection of the second Adam: Our Salvation is put into a stronger and safer hand. I give, saith our Redeemer,1 unto my sheep eternal Life, and ⟨p. 199⟩they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. That is an inviolable Sanctuary, from whence no Believer can be taken. Christ is our Friend, not only to the Altar, but now in the Throne: Our Reconciliation is ascribed to his Death, our Conservation to his Life. 2He that was created in a state of Nature could sin and die, but He that is born of God can't sin unto death: 3the new birth is unto Eternal Life. In short, As the Mercy of God is glorified in the whole work of our Salvation, so especially in the first, and last Grace, it confers upon us. In Vocation that prevents us, and Perseverance that crowns us: according to the double change made in our state, translating us from Darkness to Light, and from the imperfect Light of Grace, to the full Light of Glory.
From hence we may fully discover the advantage we have by the Gospel, above the terms of the first Covenant. Restoring Mercy hath better'd our Condition: We have lost the integrity of the first, and got the perfection of the second Adam: Our Salvation is put into a stronger and safer hand. I give, saith our Redeemer,1 unto my sheep eternal Life, and ⟨p. 199⟩they shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. That is an inviolable Sanctuary, from whence no Believer can be taken. Christ is our Friend, not only to the Altar, but now in the Throne: Our Reconciliation is ascribed to his Death, our Conservation to his Life. 2