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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.
The Law of Nature to which Man was subject upon his Creation, contains those moral Principles concerning good and evil, which have an essential equity in them, and are the measures of his duty to God, to himself, and to his fellow creatures. This was published by the voice of Reason, and is holy, just and good: 1Holy as it enjoins those things wherein there is a conformity to those Attributes and Actions of God, which are the pattern of our imitation: So the general Rule is, Be holy, as God is holy, in all manner of conversation;2 and this is most honourable to the humane nature. 'Tis just, that is, exactly agreeable to the frame of mans faculties, and most suitable to his condition in the world: and good, that is, beneficial to the observer of it. In keeping of it there is great reward. And the obligation to it is eternal,3 it being the unchangeable will of God grounded on the natural and unvariable relations between God and Man, and between Man and the Creatures.
The Law of Nature to which Man was subject upon his Creation, contains those moral Principles concerning good and evil, which have an essential equity in them, and are the measures of his duty to God, to himself, and to his fellow creatures. This was publisht by the voice of Reason, and is holy, just and good: 1Holy as it enjoins those things wherein there is a conformity to those Attributes and Actions of God, which are the pattern of our imitation: So the general Rule is, Be holy, as God is holy, in all manner of conversation;2 and this is most honourable to the humane nature. 'Tis just, that is, exactly agreable to the frame of mans faculties, and most suitable to his condition in the world: and good, that is, beneficial to the observer of it. In keeping of it there is great reward. And the obligation to it is eternal,3 it being the unchangeable will of God grounded on the natural and unvariable relations between God and Man, and between Man and the Creatures.