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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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The Fourth Scripture is that, Isa. 52. 13, 14. Behold, 1my servant shall deal prudently. he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. The three last verses of this chapter, with the next chapter, do jointly make up an entire Prophecy, concerning Christ, his person, parentage, condition, manner of life, sufferings, humiliation, exaltation, &c. with the noble benefits that redound to us, and the great honour that redounds to himself. In these two verses you have, 1. The two parties contracting, viz. God▪ the father, and Jesus Christ; Behold my servant, saith God the father; this title is several times given by the father, to Jesus Christ, because he did the father great service in the work of man's Redemption, freeing fallen man from the thraldom of sin and Satan. 2. Both parties are very sure and confident of the event ⟨p. 76⟩of the paction, and of the accomplishment of the whole work of Redemption; Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. Here are divers terms heaped up, to express in part, the transcendent and unexpressible advancement of Jesus Christ; when men are raised from a mean and low estate, to some honourable condition; when men are furnished with such parts and endowments of prudence, wisdom and understanding, as makes them admirable in the eyes of others; and when they are enabled to do and suffer great things; whereby they become famous and renowned far and near, then we say they are highly exalted: Now in all the serespects, our Lord Jesus Christ was most eminently exalted above all creatures in heaven and earth, as is most evident throughout the Scriptures. Thirdly, He tells you of the price, which Jesus Christ should pay for the Redemption of his people, agreed upon by paction, viz. the humbling of himself to the death of the Cross, as you may see in vers. 14. As many were astonied at thee, his visa•• was so marred, more than any mans; and his form more than the sons of men. This is the speech of the father, to Jesus Christ; his visage was so marred, that the Jews were ashamed to own him for their King, and Messiah. The astonishment here spoken of, is such an astonishment, as ariseth from the contemplation of some strange, uncouth and rueful spectacle of desolation, deformity and misery: