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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.
Thirdly, The Covenant of Grace springs from the §3purpose of God, resolving and intending everlasting good unto us: Now this purpose of God is sure, so the Apostle, 2 Tim. 2. 19. The foundation of God standeth sure: 1That foundation of God, is his election, which is compared to a foundation; because it is that, upon which, all our good and happiness is built, and because, as a foundation, it abides firm and sure. The gracious purpose of God, is the fountain-head of all our spiritual blessings: It is the impulsive cause of our vocation, justification, glorification, it is the highest link in the Golden chain of salvation; what is the reason that God has entered into a Covenant with fallen man? it is from his eternal purpose: What is the reason, that one man is brought under the bond of the Covenant, and not another? it is from the2 eternal purpose of God. In all the great concerns of the Covenant of Grace, the purpose of God gives the casting ⟨p. 47⟩voice: The purpose of God, is the sovereign cause of all that good that is in man, and of all that external, internal and eternal good that comes to man: Not works past, for men are chosen from everlasting; not works present, for Jacob was loved and chosen before he was born; nor works fore seen, for men were all corrupt in Adam. All a believer's present happiness, and all his future happiness springs from the eternal purpose of God; as you may see, by comparing the Scriptures in the margin together. This3 purpose of God speaks our stability, and certainty of salvation by Christ; God's eternal purpose never changes, never alters; Surely, as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed (saith God) so shall it stand: God's purposes are immutable, so is his Covenant; God's purposes are sure, very sure, so is his Covenant: The Covenant of Grace that flows from the eternal purpose of God, is as sure as God is sure; for God can neither deceive, nor be deceived. That Covenant that is built upon this rock of God's eternal purpose, must needs be sure; and therefore, all that are in covenant with God, need never fear falling away; there is no man, no power, no devil, no violent temptation, that shall ever be able to overturn those that God has brought under the bond of the Covenant;