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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.
CHAP. XIV.
The Completeness of Christ's Satisfaction proved from the Causes and Effects of it. The Causes are the Quality of his Person, and Degrees of his Sufferings. The Effects are His Resurrection, Ascension, Intercession at Gods right hand, and his exercising the Supreme Power in Heaven and Earth. The excellent Benefits which God reconciled bestows on Men, are the Effects and Evidences of his complete Satisfaction. They are Pardon of Sin, Grace, and Glory. That Repentance and Faith are required, in order to the partaking of the Benefits purchased by Christ's Death, doth not lessen the Merit of his Sufferings. That Afflictions and Death are inflicted on Believers, doth not derogate from their All-sufficiency.
The Compleatness of Christ's Satisfaction proved from the Causes and Effects of it. The Causes are the Quality of his Person, and Degrees of his Sufferings. The Effects are His Resurrection, Ascension, Intercession at Gods right hand, and his exercising the Supreme Power in Heaven and Earth. The excellent Benefits which God reconciled bestows on Men, are the Effects and Evidences of his compleat Satisfaction. They are Pardon of Sin, Grace, and Glory. That Repentance and Faith are required, in order to the partaking of the Benefits purchased by Christ's Death, doth not lessen the Merit of his Sufferings. That Afflictions and D•ath are inflicted on Believers, doth not derogate from their All-sufficiency.
The Third thing to be considered is the Completeness of the Satisfaction that Christ hath made, by which it will appear that Gods Justice as well as Mercy is fully glorified in his Sufferings. For the proof of this I will first consider the Causes from whence the completeness of his Satisfaction arises.