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Paradise opened, or, The secrets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom,…Paradice opened, or, The secreets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom,…
Paradise opened, or, The secrets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom, and of wonderful counsel laid open to public view also, the covenant of grace, and the high and glorious transactions of the Father and the Son in the covenant of redemption opened and improved at large, with the resolution of divers important questions and cases concerning both covenants ... : being the second and last part of The golden key / by Thomas Brooks ...Paradice opened, or, The secreets, mysteries, and rarities of divine love, of infinite wisdom, and of wonderful counsel laid open to publick view also, the covenant of grace, and the high and glorious transactions of the Father and the Son in the covenant of redemption opened and improved at large, with the resolution of divers important questions and cases concerning both covenants ... : being the second and last part of The golden key / by Thomas Brooks ...
London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1675
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They that are Assertors of the true God, in opposition to the Idols §4of the Nations, have a good Cause; and they that suffer upon this account, suffer as Christians, for well doing. Upon this foot, the Christians under the Heathen Emperors in the primitive times, suffered great things; and are there none that suffer this day upon this account by the Romish Powers. But
They that are Assertors of the true God, in opposition to the Idols §4of the Nations, have a good Cause; and they that suffer upon this account, suffer as Christians, for well doing. Upon this foot, the Christians under the Heathen Emperours in the primitive times, suffered great things; and are there none that suffer this day upon this account by the Romish Powers. But
Fifthly, They who assert that God will not bear with mixtures §5in his worship and service, but revenge himself upon the corrupters of his worship, they have a good cause; and they that suffer upon that account, suffer as Christians for well doing. All mixtures1 debase the worship and service of God, and makes the worship a vain worship, as the mixing of water with wine is the debasing of the wine; and the mixing of Tin with Silver, or Brass with Gold, is debasing of the Silver and Gold; so for men to mix and mingle their Traditions and Inventions with God's Institutions, is to debase the worship and service of God, and to detract from the excellency and glory of it. You know that the Kings and Princes of the world have most severely punished such, who by their base mixtures, have embased their Coin. And assuredly there is a day a coming, when the King of Kings will most severely punish all such who have embased his worship and service, by mixing Humane Inventions and Romish Traditions with his holy Institutions,