A26796:847
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.
The second Temple was much inferior to Solomons as in Magnificence and external Ornaments, so especially because defective in those Excellencies that were peculiar to the first. They were the Ark of the Covenant, and the appearance of Glory between the Cherubims, the fire from Heaven to consume the Sacrifices, the Urim and Thummim, and the Holy Ghost who inspired the Prophets. But when the Lord came to his Temple, and performed many of his Miracles ⟨p. 486⟩there, this brought a Glory to it infinitely exceeding that of the former. For what comparison is there between the shadowy presence of God between the Cherubims, and his real presence in the humane Nature of Christ, in whom the fullness of the God-head dwelt bodily. How much inferior were the Priests and Prophets to him, who came from Heaven, and had the Spirit without measure, to reveal the Counsel of God for the Salvation of the World.
The second Temple was much inferiour to Solomons as in Magnificence and external Ornaments, so especially because defective in those Excellencies that were peculiar to the first. They were the Ark of the Covenant, and the appearance of Glory between the Cherubims, the fire from Heaven to consume the Sacrifices, the Urim and Thummim, and the Holy Ghost who inspir'd the Prophets. But when the Lord came to his Temple, and perform'd many of his Miracles ⟨p. 486⟩there, this brought a Glory to it infinitely exceeding that of the former. For what comparison is there between the shadowy presence of God between the Cherubims, and his real presence in the humane Nature of Christ, in whom the fulness of the God-head dwelt bodily. How much inferiour were the Priests and Prophets to him, who came from Heaven, and had the Spirit without measure, to reveal the Counsel of God for the Salvation of the World.
2. The particular Circumstances foretold concerning the Messiah are, all verified in Jesus Christ. It was foretold that the Messiah should have a fore-runner;