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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
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.
1. A Rock is the ordinary Title of God in Scripture, to represent his unchangeable Nature, and infinite Power, whereby He upholds the World. And in a special manner it resembles the Messiah. 1He is called The Stone which the builders refused, that was made the head of the corner. He is the Rock upon which ⟨p. 492⟩the Church is built, and secured against the violence of Hell. Now Israel was not supplied from the Clouds or the Valleys, but the Rock; to show that the mystical Rock, the Son of God, can only refresh the Spiritual Israel with living Water.
1. A Rock is the ordinary Title of God in Scripture, to represent his unchangeable Nature, and infinite Power, whereby He upholds the World. And in a special manner it resembles the Messiah. 1He is called The Stone which the builders refused, that was made the head of the corner. He is the Rock upon which ⟨p. 492⟩the Church is built, and secur'd against the violence of Hell. Now Israel was not supplied from the Clouds or the Valleys, but the Rock; to shew that the mystical Rock, the Son of God, can only refresh the Spiritual Israel with living Water.
- 1Deut. 4.42. Psal. •.42. Psal. 15.22. 1 Pet. 2, 7, 8,
2. The quality of the Rock hath a proper Signification: For although it had in its Veins a rich abundance of Waters, yet to appearance nothing was more dry and hard. In this it was a Figure of the Spiritual Rock: The effects have discovered in him unfathomable depths of Righteousness, Grace and Salvation; yet at the first view we had no hopes. For if we consider Him as God, He is infinitely Holy and Just, encompassed with everlasting flames against Sin, and how can we expect any cooling streams from Him?