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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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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.
First, Look upon death as that which is best for a believer; §1Phil. 1. 23. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having 1a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better: The Greek is very significant; far, far the better, or far much better, or much more better; 'tis a most transcendent expression: Eccles. 7. 1. Better is the day of death, than the day of ones birth. A Saint's dying day is the day-break of Eternal Righteousness. In respect of pleasure, peace, safety, company, glory, a Believer's dying day is his best day. I have read of one Trophonius, that when he had built and dedicated that stately Temple at Delphos, he asked of Apollo (for his recompense) that thing which was best for man: The Oracle wished him to go home, and within three days he should have it; and within that time he died. It was an excellent saying of one of the Ancients; That is not a death, but life, which joins the dying man to Christ; and that is not a life, but death, which separates a living man from Christ. But
First, Look upon death as that which is best for a believer; §1Phil. 1. 23. For I am in a strait betwixt two, having 1a desire to depart, and to be with Christ, which is far better: The Greek is very significant; far, far the better, or far much better, or much more better; 'tis a most transcendent expression: Eccles. 7. 1. Better is the day of death, than the day of ones birth. A Saint's dying day is the day-break of Eternal Righteousness. In respect of pleasure, peace, safety, company, glory, a Believer's dying day is his best day. I have read of one Trophonius, that when he had built and dedicated that stately Temple at Delphos, he asked of Apollo (for his recompence) that thing which was best for man: The Oracle wished him to go home, and within three days he should have it; and within that time he died. It was an excellent saying of one of the Ancients; That is not a death, but life, which joyns the dying man to Christ; and that is not a life, but death, which separates a living man from Christ. But