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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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Sixthly, They who are hated, scorned, despised, reproached, §6opposed, persecuted, imprisoned, ruined, for their non-compliance1 with the times, and with the wills and lasts of men, and with the worship of the world, and the ways of the world; they have a good cause, and they suffer as Christians, for well doing: And is not this the very case of the people of God this day; for would they (or durst they) comply with the times, and with the wills and lusts of men, and with the worship of the world, and the ways of the world, they should be white boys; and in lead of prisons, might stand in Princes Palaces as well as others; and might eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and live at ease, and grow rich as well as others. But some do not love▪ that we should either harp hard or long upon this string; and therefore,
- 11 Pet. 4. 4, 5. J•de 15. Rev. 3. 4. 1 Cor. 7 23. Gal. 1. 10.
Seventhly, They that are assertors of Christ, of the true Messiah, §7and his glorious Gospel, and Gospel-ordinances, in opposition to all such as either deny him or his Gospel, or that make head ⟨image 27⟩against him or Gospel-ordinances, Gospel-administrations, they have a good cause; and if they suffer upon that account, they suffer as Christians, for well doing. The sufferings of the people of God for the first three hundred years, were clearly stated for Christ and the Gospel in common. 'Twas the administration of the Gospel in the whole, and in every part of it, and Gentilism advanced instead thereof, that brought on a warm Persecution. Seeing serious Christians are for pure Ordinances, and pure Administrations; and what they have suffered, and do daily suffer upon that account, all that do not wilfully shut their eyes, may easily discern. 'Tis sad when such men's mouths must be stopped, who are qualified, gifted, graced and called, both by God and