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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 sum of all is this, That as under the Law God was not appeased without shedding of Blood, nor sin expiated without suffering the punishment, nor the sinner pardoned without the substitution of a sacrifice; so all these are eminently accomplished in the Death of Christ. He reconciled God to us by his most precious Blood, and expiated sin by enduring the Curse, and hath procured our pardon by being made sin for us. So that 'tis most evident, that the proper and direct end of the Death of Christ was, that God might exercise his Mercy to the guilty sinner in a way that is honourable to his Justice▪
The sum of all is this, That as under the Law God was not appeased without shedding of Blood, nor sin expiated without suffering the punishment, nor the sinner pardoned without the substitution of a sacrifice; so all these are eminently accomplisht in the Death of Christ. He reconciled God to us by his most precious Blood, and expiated sin by enduring the Curse, and hath procured our pardon by being made sin for us. So that 'tis most evident, that the proper and direct end of the Death of Christ was, that God might exercise his Mercy to the guilty sinner in a way that is honourable to his Justice▪
'Tis objected, that if God from infinite Mercy gave his Son to us, then antecedently to the coming ⟨p. 260⟩of Christ he had the highest love for mankind, and consequently there was no need that Christ by his Death should satisfy Justice, to reconcile him to us. But a clear answer may be given to this by considering,
'Tis objected, that if God from infinite Mercy gave his Son to us, then antecedently to the coming ⟨p. 260⟩of Christ he had the highest love for mankind, and consequently there was no need that Christ by his Death should satisfie Justice, to reconcile him to us. But a clear answer may be given to this by considering,