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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.
And how should the Evangelical Light warm our hearts with thankfulness to God for this admirable Privilege? The dim foresight of the Messiah, two thousand years before his Coming, put Abraham in an ecstasy of Joy, how should the full Revelation of Him affect us? Many holy Prophets and Kings desired to see the things that we see. They embraced the Promises, we have the blessed effects; They had the Shadows, we have the Light. They only saw the veiled face of Moses, We all with open face as in a glass see the Glory of the Lord? Now what is our Duty becoming this Privilege, But to be transformed into the same Image from Glory to Glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord? The Life of every Christian should be a shining Representation of the Graces and Virtues of Christ that are so visible in the Gospel. Their Holiness and Heavenliness, their Hopes and Joy should as much exceed the Graces and Comforts of Believers under the Legal Dispensation, as their Knowledge is incomparably more clear and perfect.
And how should the Evangelical Light warm our hearts with thankfulness to God for this admirable Priviledg? The dim foresight of the Messiah, two thousand years before his Coming, put Abraham in an extasie of Joy, how should the full Revelation of Him affect us? Many holy Prophets and Kings desired to see the things that we see. They embraced the Promises, we have the blessed effects; They had the Shadows, we have the Light. They only saw the veiled face of Moses, We all with open face as in a glass see the Glory of the Lord? Now what is our Duty becoming this Priviledg, But to be transform'd into the same Image from Glory to Glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord? The Life of every Christian should be a shining Representation of the Graces and Vertues of Christ that are so visible in the Gospel. Their Holiness and Heavenliness, their Hopes and Joy should as much exceed the Graces and Comforts of Believers under the Legal Dispensation, as their Knowledg is incomparably more clear and perfect.
To conclude; From the accomplishment of the ancient Prophecies in the first Coming of the Messiah, we may confirm our Faith in those glorious Promises ⟨p. 502⟩