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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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Zach. 8. 21. And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts: I will go also. From the womb of the morning, thou hast the dew of thy youth. Here's the success of Christ's office promised, both in the victorious subduing of his enemies, and in the cheerful willingness of his subjects, and in the wonderful numerousness of his people brought over to him, even like the innumerable drops of the morning dew. Another promise of that great and complete success, that God the father hath made for Jesus Christ, in his Mediatory office, you have in that, Isa. 49. from the 6. verse to the 14. verse: Christ shall have a people gathered to him, and a seed to serve him, Because he hath made his soul an offering for their sins: The multitude of sinners brought over to Jesus Christ, is the product of the satisfaction which he hath made for them, and the trophies of the victory that he hath got, by dying the death of th• Cross. Thus you see that God ⟨p. 142⟩[…] ⟨p. 143⟩[…] ⟨p. 144⟩[…] ⟨p. 145⟩[…] ⟨p. 146⟩the father hath not only engaged himself by compact, to preserve Jesus Christ in his work, but he hath also made to him several precious promises of preservation, protection and success, so that the work of Redemption shall be sure to prosper in his hand: And to make these glorious promises the more valid and binding, God confirms them solemnly by an oath; Heb. 7. 21. This Priest (Christ) was made with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever. God the father foresaw from everlasting, that Jesus Christ would so infinitely satisfy him, and please him, by his incarnation, obedience and death, that thereupon he swears. But,