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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.
3. There was in Mans dominion and power over the Creatures, a shining part of God's Image. He was appointed God's Lieutenant in the world, and adorned with a Flower of his Crown. God gave him the solemn Investiture of this dignity, when he brought the Creatures to receive their names from him,1 which was a mark of their homage, and a Token of his supreme Empire to command them by their names. As this Dominion was established by the order of God, so 'twas exercised by the mediation of the Body. In his Face and Words there was something so powerful, as commanded all the hosts of the lower world. And as their subjection was most easy without constraint, or resistance, so 'twas most equal without violence and oppression.
3. There was in Mans dominion and power over the Creatures, a shining part of God's Image. He was appointed God's Lieutenant in the world, and adorn'd with a Flower of his Crown. God gave him the solemn Investiture of this dignity, when he brought the Creatures to receive their names from him,1 which was a mark of their homage, and a Token of his supreme Empire to command them by their names. As this Dominion was establisht by the order of God, so 'twas exercised by the mediation of the Body. In his Face and Words there was something so powerful, as commanded all the hosts of the lower world. And as their subjection was most easie without constraint, or resistance, so 'twas most equal without violence and oppression.
Thus holy and blessed was Adam in his Primitive state. And that he might continue so, he was obliged for ever to obey the Will of God▪ who bestowed upon him Life and Happiness. By the first neglect of his Duty, he would most justly and inevitably