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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 Virtue is not to be confounded with Vice, although 'tis not assisted by special Grace. Those who performed acts of Civil Justice, and Kindness, and Honour, were not guilty as those who violated all the Laws of Nature and Reason. Their heroic Actions were praise-worthy among men, and God gave them a temporal Reward; although not being enlivened by Faith, and purified by Love to God, and an holy Intention for his Glory, they were dead works, unprofitable as to Salvation.
2. That Vertue is not to be confounded with Vice, although 'tis not assisted by special Grace. Those who performed acts of Civil Justice, and Kindness, and Honour, were not guilty as those who violated all the Laws of Nature and Reason. Their heroic Actions were praise-worthy among men, and God gave them a temporal Reward; although not being enlivened by Faith, and purified by Love to God, and an holy Intention for his Glory, they were dead works, unprofitable as to Salvation.
13. Their highest Rule, viz. To live according to Nature, is imperfect and insufficient. For although Nature in its original Purity furnished us with perfect Instructions, yet in its corrupt state 'tis not so enlightened and regular, as to direct us in our universal Duty. 'Tis as possible to find all the Rules of Architecture in the ruins of a Building, as to find in the remaining Principles of the natural Law, full and sufficient Directions for the whole Duty of Man, either as to the performing good, or avoiding evil.2 The Mind is darkened and defiled with error, that indisposes it for its office.
13. Their highest Rule, viz. To live according to Nature, is imperfect and insufficient. For although Nature in its original Purity furnisht us with perfect Instructions, yet in its corrupt state 'tis not so enlightened and regular, as to direct us in our universal Duty. 'Tis as possible to find all the Rules of Architecture in the ruines of a Building, as to find in the remaining Principles of the natural Law, full and sufficient Directions for the whole Duty of Man, either as to the performing good, or avoiding evil.