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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 Apostle's third Argument to prove the excellency of Christ's Priesthood above the Levitical, is taken from the different manner of instituting the one and the other: Christ's institution was more solemn than the Levites; their institution was without an oath, Christ's institution was with an oath: The Argument may be thus framed, That Priesthood which is established by an oath, is more excellent than that which is without an oath; but Christ's Priesthood is with an oath, and theirs without; Ergo, It is here taken for granted, that Christ was most solemnly instituted a Priest, even by an oath; yea, by the oath of God himself; which is the greatest, and most solemn manner of institution that can be. God's oath imports two things; 1. An infallible certainty of that which he sweareth: ⟨p. 135⟩2. A solemn authority and dignity conferred upon that which he instituted by oath. Great and weighty matters of much concernment, use to be established by oath; hereby it appeareth, that Christ's Priesthood is a matter of great moment, and of much concernment: This will appear the more evident, if we consider the person who was made Priest, viz. our Lord Jesus Christ, who was the greatest person that could be; Heb. 7. 28. therefore he is fitly called a great high priest, Heb. 4. 14. Or if we consider the ends of Christ's Priesthood, which were very weighty, and that in reference both to God and man: To God, for the manifestation of his perfect justice, infinite mercy, almighty power, unsearchable wisdom, and other divine attributes, which never were, nor ever can be so manifested, as in and by Christ's Priesthood: To man, that God's wrath might be averted, his favour procured, man's sin purged, and he freed from all evil, and brought to eternal happiness. Or if we consider the benefits of Christ's Priesthood, which are answerable to the foresaid ends. Jesus Christ was appointed and made by the father, The Apostle and High Priest of the Churches profession: Heb. 3. 1, 2. Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling; consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; who was faithful to him that appointed him. Christ had a divine call to the execution of all those offices, which he sustained as our Mediator;