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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.
presently after […] and perfidious slaughter and massacre of so man[…] of Protestants by treacherous bloody Papists, Charles th[…] of France, called the Prince of Conde, and prop[…] his c[…]ce, either to go to Mass, or to die presently, or to […]r per[…]all imprisonment: To which he returned this not answer that by God's help he would never choose the first: and for either of the two latter, he left it to the King's pleasure and God's Providence. Thus you see that the people of God have, when put to it, chose rather to suffer than to sin. But
presently after 〈…〉 and persidious slaughter and massacre of so man〈…〉 of Protestants by treacherous bloody Papists, Charles th〈…〉 of France, called the Prince of Conde, and prop〈…〉 his c〈…〉ce, either to go to Mass, or to die presently, or to 〈…〉r per〈…〉al imprisonment: To which he returned this not•e answer that by God's help he would never chuse the first: and for eithe• of the two latter, he left it to the King's pleasure and God's Providence. Thus you see that the people of God have, when put to it, chose rather to suffer than to sin. But
Fourthly, That they shall be sure to suffer with a witness, that §4refuse to suffer, or are afraid to suffer, when Christ calls them to a suffering state. No men can suffer so much for Christ, as they shall be sure to suffer from Christ, if through weakness or wickedness they either disdain or refuse to suffer for Christ; Mark 8. 35. For whosoever will save his life, shall lose it; but whosoever