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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
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2. That Death remains to Believers, doth not lessen the perfection of Christs Satisfaction. 'Tis true considered absolutely, 'tis the revenge of the Law for sin, and the greatest temporal evil, so that it may seem strange, that those who are Redeemed by an All sufficient ransom, should pay this Tribute to the King of Terrors. But the nature of it is changed: 'tis a Curse to the wicked inflicted for Satisfaction to Justice, but a Privilege to Believers.1 As God appointing the Rainbow to be the Sign of his Covenant, that he would drown the World no more, ordained ⟨p. 290⟩the same Waters to be the token of his Mercy, which were the instrument of his Justice. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. 2And the Psalmist tells us,3 that precious in the sight of the Lord is the Death of his Saints: Christ hath taken away what is truly destructive in it. 'Tis continued for their advantage.
2. That Death remains to Believers, doth not lessen the perfection of Christs Satisfaction. 'Tis true considered absolutely, 'tis the revenge of the Law for sin, and the greatest temporal evil, so that it may seem strange, that those who are Redeemed by an Alsufficient ransom, should pay this Tribute to the King of Terrors. But the nature of it is changed: 'tis a Curse to the wicked inflicted for Satisfaction to Justice, but a Priviledge to Believers.1 As God appointing the Rainbow to be the Sign of his Covenant, that he would drown the World no more, ordain'd ⟨p. 290⟩the same Waters to be the token of his Mercy, which were the instrument of his Justice. Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord. 2And the Psalmist tells us,3