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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 Fifth Proposition is this, That the work of our §5Redemption and Salvation, was transacted between God the father and Jesus Christ, before the foundation of the world: This federal transaction between the father and the son, was from eternity; upon this account, the Lord1 Jesus is said, to be the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, because that it was agreed and covenanted between God the father and Jesus Christ, that he should, in the fullness of time, be made flesh, and die for sinners; and therefore it was said to be done from the foundation of the world. Though Christ was not actually slain, but when he suffered for us upon the Cross, yet he was slain from the beginning; in God's purpose, in God's decrees, in God's promises, in the sacrifices, in the faith of the elect, and in the martyrs; for Abel, the first that ever died, died a Martyr, he died for Religion. This compact betwixt the father and the son, bears date from Eternity; this the Apostle asserts, 2 Tim. 1. 9. who hath saved us and called 2us with an holy calling; not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus, before the world began. Here is grace given us in Christ Jesus, before the world began: But what grace was that which was given us in Christ Jesus, before ⟨p. 114⟩the world began? doubtless it was the Grace of Redemption, which God in his purpose and decree, had given us in Christ Jesus, before the world began. The Scripture last cited does clearly show, that God the father and Jesus Christ dealt together about the Redemption of souls, before the world began; and that all our everlasting concernments were agreed on, and made sure between them; so that Titus 1. 2. gives the same sound, In hope of eternal life; which God that cannot lie, promised before the world began. How was this life promised before the world began, but in this Covenant of Redemption, wherein God3