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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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So that [Greek or Hebrew], They loved not, is put for [Greek or Hebrew], they neglected or contemned, their life; as Brightman hath well observed: They slighted, yea, despised their lives; and rather exposed them to hazard and loss, than to deny Christ, or their holy Profession. It is a Paraphrase of the constancy of their Faith, even unto Martyrdom for the name of Christ. But
So that 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, They loved not, is put for 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, they neglected or contemned, their life; as Brightman hath well observed: They slighted, yea, despised their lives; and rather exposed them to hazard and loss, than to deny Christ, or their holy Profession. It is a Paraphrase of the constancy of their Faith, even unto Martyrdom for the name of Christ. But
Tenthly, Consider, That God puts a great deal of honour1 upon suffering Saints, To suffer for Christ is honourable; God will not put this honour upon every one, he puts this honour only upon those that are Vessels of Honour; by Grace God makes men2 Vessels of Silver and Vessels of Gold, and then casts them into the fire, to melt and suffer for his name; and a higher Glory he cannot put upon them on this side Glory: The Crown of Martyrdom is a Crown, that the Blessed Angels, those Princes of Glory, are not capable of winning or wearing: And O, who art thou? and what art thou, O man, that God should set this Crown upon thy head? Mark at what a rate Peter speaks; (If ye •e reproached 3for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of •lory, and of God, resteth upon you; on their part he is evil spoken of but on your part he i glorified:) The very suffering condition of the people of God, is at the present a glorious condition, For the spirit of Glory rests upon them; and therefore they must needs be glorious, yea, very glorious, upon whom the spirit of Glory falls,