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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.
And if we consider the Person of our Redeemer, what more worthy object of our affection than Christ? And Christ dying with all the circumstances of dishonour and pain, and dying thus for Love, and this ⟨p. 215⟩Love terminated on Man. If He had no attractive excellencies in himself, yet his dying for us should make him infinitely precious and dear to our Souls. He is more amiable on the Cross, than in the Throne: For there we see the clearest Testimony, and the most Glorious Triumph of his Love. There he endured the Anger of Heaven, and the scorn of the Earth. There we might see Joy saddened, Faith fearing, Salvation suffering, and Life dying.1 Blessed Redeemer, what couldst thou have done or Suffered more, to quicken our dead Powers, and inflame our cold Hearts toward thee? How can we remember thy bleeding, dying Love without an Ecstasy of affection? If we are not more insensible than the Rocks, 'tis impossible but we must be touched and softened by it.
And if we consider the Person of our Redeemer, what more worthy object of our affection than Christ? And Christ dying with all the circumstances of dishonour and pain, and dying thus for Love, and this ⟨p. 215⟩Love terminated on Man. If He had no attractive excellencies in himself, yet his dying for us should make him infinitely precious and dear to our Souls. He is more amiable on the Cross, than in the Throne: For there we see the clearest Testimony, and the most Glorious Triumph of his Love. There he endured the Anger of Heaven, and the scorn of the Earth. There we might see Joy sadned, Faith fearing, Salvation suffering, and Life dying.1 Blessed Redeemer, what couldst thou have done or Suffered more, to quicken our dead Powers, and inflame our cold Hearts toward thee? How can we remember thy bleeding, dying Love without an Extasy of affection? If we are not more insensible than the Rocks, 'tis impossible but we must be toucht and softened by it.
- 1Quid violentius triumphat de Deo? Videas in Christo laetari tristitiam, pavere fidem, salutem pati, vitam mori.