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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
Secondly, When the case stands so with us, that we cannot §2keep Life, Estate, Liberty, &c. without denying of Christ or the Gospel, or without concealing this precious Truth or that, or without turning our backs upon this Ordinance or that, &c. then we are called to suffer when we cannot preserve our Lives, our Liberties, our Estates, without denying of Christ, or the Concerns of Christ, in one degree or another, in one kind or another; then we are called to lay down our Lives, our Liberties, our Estates, &c. at the feet of Christ, as the Saints and Martyrs of old have done before us.
Thirdly, when our way is so hedged up with thorns, that we §3must either sin or suffer, when sin and sufferings surround us, so1 that we cannot get out or come off, but we must either sin or suffer;2 then I must, with the three Champions, choose rather to burn than to bow; and with Daniel to the Lyon's Den, than to omit my duty; and with Moses, choose to suffer afflictions with3 the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin, which are but for a season. I may safely and groundedly conclude, that ⟨image 29⟩Christ calls me to suffer, when I must either sin or suffer: When the case stands thus, then I may be confident of the singular Presence of God with me, the special blessing of God upon me, and a gracious or a glorious deliverance out of all my sufferings. But
Thirdly, when our way is so hedged up with thorns, that we §3must either sin or suffer, when sin and sufferings surround us, so