A26796:848
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 particular Circumstances foretold concerning the Messiah are, all verified in Jesus Christ. It was foretold that the Messiah should have a fore-runner;1 to prepare his way by preaching the Doctrine of Repentance, that he should be Born of a Virgin, and of the Family of David and in the Town of Bethlehem that he should go into Egypt, & be called forth from thence by God, that his chief residence should be in Galilee the region of Zebulon and Naphtali, that he should be poor and humble, and enter into Jerusalem on the Fool of an Ass, that he should perform great miracles in restoring the Blind, the Lame, the Deaf and Dumb, that he should suffer many afflictions, Contempt, Scorn, Stripes, be Spit on, Scourged, betrayed by his familiar Friend, sold for a sordid Price, that he should be put to Death, that his hands and feet should be bored, and his side pierced, that he should die between Thieves, that in his Passion he should taste vinegar and gall, that his garments should be divided and Lots be cast for his Coat, that he should be buried, and his Body not see corruption but rise again the third day, that he should ascend to Heaven and sit at the right hand of God, and all these Predictions are exactly fulfilled in the Lord Christ.
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;1 to prepare his way by preaching the Doctrine of Repentance, that he should be Born of a Virgin, and of the Family of David and in the Town of Bethlehem that he shold go into Egypt, & be cal'd forth from thence by God, that his chief residence should be in Galilee the region of Zebulon and Nephthali, that he should be poor and humble, and enter into Hierusalem on the Fole of an Ass, that he should perform great miracles in restoring the Blind, the Lame, the Deaf and Dumb, that he should suffer many afflictions, Contempt, Scorn, Stripes, be Spit on, Scourg'd, betray'd by his familiar Friend, sold for a sordid Price, that he should be put to Death, that his hands and feet should be bored, and his side pierc'd, that he should dy between Thieves, that in his Passion he should taste vinegar and gall, that his garments should be divided and Lots be cast for his Coat, that he should be buried, and his Body not see corruption but rise again the third day, that he should ascend to Heaven and sit at the right hand of God, and all these Predictions are exactly fulfil'd in the Lord Christ.