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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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Dedication: To his honoured Friends, Sir John More, Knight and Alderman of the City of London, and…
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.
Honoured Friends:
Christian Friendship makes such a knot, that great1 Alexander cannot cut. It was well observed by Sir Francis Bacon, That old wood is best to burn, and old Books best to read, and old Friends best to trust. It was a witty saying of the Duke of Buckingham to Bishop Morton, in Richard the III. his time, Faithful Friends (saith he) are in this age for the most part gone all in pilgrimage, & their return is uncertain. They seem to take away the Sun out of the World (said the Heathen Orator) who take away friendship from the life of men, and we do not more need fire and water then true Friendship. In this Epistle I shall endeavour so to acquit my self, as becomes a real Friend, a cordial Friend, a faithful▪ Friend, and a Soul-friend, as to your great and everlasting concernments, that it may go well with you for ever and ever.
CHristian Friendship makes such a knot, that great1 Alexander cannot cut. It was well observed by Sir Francis Bacon, That old wood is best to burn, and old Books best to read, and old Friends best to trust. It was a witty saying of the Duke of Buckingham to Bishop Monton, in Richard the III. his time, Faithful Friends (saith he) are in this age for the most part gone all in pilgrimage, & their return is uncertain. They seem to take away the Sun out of the World (said the Heathen Oratour) who take away friendship from the life of men, and we do not more need fire and water then true Friendship. In this Epistle I shall endeavour so to acquit my self, as becomes a real Friend, a cordial Friend, a faithful▪ Friend, and a Soul-friend, as to your great and everlasting concernments, that it may go well with you for ever and ever.
- 1Its the saying of Euripides, that a faithful Friend is better than a calm Sea to a weather beaten Mariner.