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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.
Take a few Instances of a later date. John Huss being at the1 stake, a Pardon was offered him if he would recant; to which he answered, I am here ready to suffer death So Hi•rom of Prague; 2if I had feared the fire (said he) I had not come hither. Francis Camba, a Martyr, in the Diocese of Milan, being much assailed3 by his Friends and terrified by his Foes, by no means could be overcome; but gave thanks to God, that he was accounted worthy to suffer a cruel death for the Testimony of his Son: And such were his expressions of joy in his sufferings, that his Persecutors caused his tongue to be bored through, that he might speak no more to the people. Another being offered the King's Pardon,4 if she would recant, gave this resolute answer; I came not here to deny my Lord and Master: By that which she with admirable courage and constancy endured, she verified that which of old, Julitta spake concerning their Sex, viz. We women ought to be as constant as men in Christ's Cause. Another who suffered Martyrdom5 in Scotland, being solicited to recant, made this reply; Ye shall know that I will not recant the Truth; for I am Corn, I am no Chaff; I will not be blown away with the wind, nor burst ⟨image 32⟩with the flail; but I will abide both. Another being the first6 Martyr in Queen Mary's days, being solicited to recant, that so he might save his life; boldly replied, that which I have preached I will seal with my blood. Another, when a Pardon was set7 before him in Box; cried out, If you love my soul, away with it; if you love my soul, away with it. Another, on the like occasion,