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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.
Christ having laid down his life for the Redemption of lost man, did take it again, as a testimony that the father was satisfied with his sufferings. Now, the way of the accomplishment of our Redemption was agreed on betwixt the father and the son, before the accomplishment thereof: Therefore, saith he, this commandment have I received of my father; which1 makes it clear that he came into the world fully instructed about carrying on the work of Redemption: It pleased Christ to suffer death, not only voluntarily, but in a way of subjection to his father's command, that so the merit thereof might every way be full and acceptable to the father; for this commandment have I received: he was content to be a servant by paction, that so his sufferings might be accepted for his people, And so when Christ was going to die, he saith, That the world may know that I love the 2father; and as the father gave me commandment, even so I do: arise, let us go hence. As if he had said, power is permitted to Satan and his accomplices, to persecute me to death; that dying for man's Redemption, the world may see the obedience and love I bear to the father, who hath thus determined. All that Christ suffered for the Redemption of sinners, was by the order, and at the command of the father, who did covenant with him, concerning this work: For, as the father gave me a commandment, even so do I: In this Scripture, as in a crystal-glass, you may see that Christ did enter the lists in his sufferings, with much willingness and alacrity, with much courage and resolution; that so he might commend his love to us, and encourage us to do the like through him. Therefore, saith he, arise, and let us go hence: I am very free and ready, by my death and sufferings, to complete the work ⟨p. 120⟩[…] ⟨p. 121⟩[…] ⟨p. 122⟩[…] ⟨p. 123⟩[…] ⟨p. 124⟩