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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.
Dedication: To his honoured Friends, Sir John More, Knight and Alderman of the City of London, and…
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I will strip thee, saith he, of all thy outward comfort: Yea, but Christ is mine, saith she, and you cannot strip me of him. Assurance that Christ was hers, and that he would go with her beyond the grave, bore her heart up above the threats1 of being spoiled of all. When a great Lord had showed a sober, serious, knowing Christian his Riches, his stately Habitation, his pleasant Gardens, his delightful Walks, his rich Grounds, and his various sorts of pleasure; the serious Christian turning himself to this great Lord, said: My Lord, you had need to make sure Christ and Heaven, you had need make sure something, that will go with you beyond the grave, for else when you die you will be a very great loser. O my Friends, I must tell you, it highly concerns you to make sure something that will go with you beyond the grave, or else you will be very great losers, when you come to die. God having given you an abundance of the good things, and of the great things of this world, beyond what he has given to many thousands of others. But
I will strip thee, saith he, of all thy outward comfort: Yea, but Christ is mine, saith she, and you cannot strip me of him. Assurance that Christ was hers, and that he would go with her beyond the grave, bore her heart up above the threats1 of being spoiled of all. When a great Lord had shewed a sober, serious, knowing Christian his Riches, his stately Habitation, his pleasant Gardens, his delightful Walks, his rich Grounds, and his various sorts of pleasure; the serious Christian turning himself to this great Lord, said: My Lord, you had need to make sure Christ and Heaven, you had need make sure something, that will go with you beyond the grave, for else when you die you will be a very great loser. O my Friends, I must tell you, it highly concerns you to make sure something that will go with you beyond the grave, or else you will be very great losers, when you come to die. God having given you an abundance of the good things, and of the great things of this world, beyond what he has given to many thousands of others. But