A26796:558
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.
1. It robs the Cross of Christ of one part of its Glory, as if something were left to us to make up, in the degrees and virtue of his Sufferings.
1. It robs the Cross of Christ of one part of its Glory, as if something were left to us to make up, in the degrees and vertue of his Sufferings.
2. It reflects on Gods Justice, as if He exacted two different Satisfactions for Sin: the one from Christ our Surety, the other from the Sinner.
3. It disparages his Mercy, in making Him to punish whom He pardons, and to inflict a Penalty after the Sin is remitted.
4. 'Tis dangerous to Man, by feeding a false Presumption in him, as if by the merit of his sufferings he could expiate Sin, and obtain part of that Salvation which we entirely owe to the Death of our Redeemer.