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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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12. Precepts instruct us what things are our Duty, but Examples assure us that they are possible. They resemble a clear Stream wherein we may not only discover our Spots, but wash them off. When we see Men like our selves, who are united to frail flesh, and in the same condition with us, to command their Passions, to overcome the most glorious and glittering Temptations, we are encouraged in our Spiritual Warfare.
12. Precepts instruct us what things are our Duty, but Examples assure us that they are possible. They resemble a clear Stream wherein we may not only discover our Spots, but wash them off. When we see Men like our selves, who are united to frail flesh, and in the same condition with us, to command their Passions, to overcome the most glorious and glittering Temptations, we are incouraged in our Spiritual Warfare.
- 1Contumacia redargui non potest sine exemple. Nam habere non possunt quae doceas firmitatem, nisi ea prior feceris. Quia natura hominū proclivis in vitia, videri vult non modo cum venia, sed etiam cum ratione peccare. Lact. de ver. Sap.Contumacia redargui non potest sine exemple. Nam habere non possunt quae doceas firmitatem, nisi ea prior feceris. Quia natura hominū proclivis in vitia, videri vult non modo cum venia, sed etiam cum ratione peccare. Lact. de ver. Sap.
3. Examples by a secret and lively incentive urge us to imitation. The Romans kept in their houses the Pictures of their Progenitors to heighten their Spirits, and provoke them to follow the Presidents set before them. We are touched in another manner by the visible practice of Saints, which reproaches our defects and obliges us to the same Care and Zeal, than by Laws though holy and good. Now the Example of Christ is most proper to form us to Holiness, ⟨p. 363⟩