A26796:777
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.
2. The Pagan Religion was derived through a long succession from their Progenitors.1 Antiquity brings I know not what respect to things, but 'tis specially ⟨p. 434⟩venerable in matters of Religion. Therefore the Heathens accused the Christian Religion of Novelty, and urged nothing more plausibly than the Argument of immemorial Prescription for their Superstition. They would not consider whether it were just and reasonable, but with a blind deference yielded up themselves to the Authority of the Ancients. They resolved not to condemn their Parents and Friends, that had gone before them in the Road of Damnation, but chose to dye in their Idolatry. So hard is it to resist the current of the World, and to rescue our selves from the Bondage of popular Errors.
2. The Pagan Religion was derived through a long succession from their Progenitors.1 Antiquity brings I know not what respect to things, but 'tis specially ⟨p. 434⟩venerable in matters of Religion. Therefore the Heathens accused the Christian Religion of Novelty, and urged nothing more plausibly than the Argument of immemorial Prescription for their Superstition. They would not consider whether it were just and reasonable, but with a blind deference yielded up themselves to the Authority of the Antients. They resolv'd not to condemn their Parents and Friends, that had gone before them in the Road of Damnation, but chose to dye in their Idolatry. So hard is it to resist the current of the World, and to rescue our selves from the Bondage of popular Errours.
- 1Vid. Sim. in relat. ad Imperat. Majorum excipere displinam, Religions traditas collar, Coecil. Tantum Sanctit•••s attribuere consuevit, quantum astruxerit vetustatis. M. Foel. Hoc sanctum ab aevo est, Hoc ab Atavis traditum. Prudent.Vid. Sym. in relat. ad Imperat. Majorum excipere displinam, Religiones traditas colere, Coecil. Tantum Sanctits attribuere consuevit, quantum astruxerit vetustatis. M. Foel. Hoc sanctum ab aevo est, Hoc ab Atavis traditum. Prudent.