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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, That there is a Covenant of grace, that all believers, all sincere Christians, all real Saints, are under; for under these two Covenants, all mankind fall. The Apostle calls this Covenant of grace, The law of faith. 1Now, First, this Covenant of grace is sometimes styled an everlasting Covenant, Isa. 55. 3. And I will make an everlasting ⟨p. 32⟩Covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David: You need not question my security, in respect of the great things, that I have propounded, and promised in my word, for the encouragement of your faith and hope; for I will give you my bond for all I have spoken, which2 shall be as surely made good to you, as the mercies that I have performed to my servant David. The word everlasting, hath two acceptations; it doth denote, 1. Sometimes a long duration; in which respect, the old Covenant, clothed with figures and ceremonies, is called everlasting, because it was to endure, and did endure a3 long time: 2. Sometimes it denotes a perpetual duration; a duration, which shall last for ever. In this respect, the Covenant of grace is everlasting; it shall never cease, never be broken, nor never be altered. Now, the Covenant of grace, is an everlasting Covenant, in a twofold respect.
Secondly, That there is a Covenant of grace, that all believers, all sincere Christians, all real Saints, are under; for under these two Covenants, all mankind fall. The Apostle calls this Covenant of grace, The law of faith. 1Now, First, this Covenant of grace is sometimes stiled an everlasting Covenant, Isa. 55. 3. And I will make an everlasting ⟨p. 32⟩Covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David: You need not question my security, in respect of the great things, that I have propounded, and promised in my word, for the encouragement of your faith and hope; for I will give you my bond for all I have spoken, which