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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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3. It was Prophesied that in the time of the Messiah Idols should be ruined,1 and Idolaters converted to the knowledge of the true God. That he should be a Light to the Gentiles, and to him the gathering of the People should be. And this is so visibly accomplished in the conversion of the World to Christianity, that not one jot or title of Gods Word hath failed; so that besides the Glory due to his Power and Mercy, we are obliged to honour him as the Fountain of Truth.
3. It was Prophesied that in the time of the Messiah Idols should be ruin'd,1 and Idolaters converted to the knowledg of the true God. That he should be a Light to the Gentiles, and to him the gathering of the People should be. And this is so visibly accomplisht in the conversion of the World to Christianity, that not one jot or title of Gods Word hath fail'd; so that besides the Glory due to his Power and Mercy, we are obliged to honour him as the Fountain of Truth.
- 1Zeph. 2.11. Mal. 1.15. Gen. 49.10,
I will now make some short reflections upon the Types of the Law to show how they are completed in Christ. The Mosaic Dispensation was so contrived as to bear a resemblance of the Messiah in all its parts. The Law had a shadow of good things to come: Christ was the end of the Law: 1the substance of those shadows.
I will now make some short reflections upon the Types of the Law to show how they are compleated in Christ. The Mosaic Dispensation was so contriv'd as to bear a resemblance of the Messiah in all its parts. The Law had a shadow of good things to come: Christ was the end of the Law: