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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.
Oh the sweet looks, the sweet words, the sweet hints, the sweet in-comes, the sweet joggings, the sweet embraces, the sweet influences, the sweet discoveries, the sweet love-letters, the sweet love-tokens, and the sweet comforts that Christians experience in their sufferings for Christ; in all their troubles and persecutions they may truly say, we have sweet meats to eat,▪ and waters of life to drink, and heavenly honey-combs to suck that the world knows not of: And indeed, when should the torch be lighted, but in a dark night; and when should the fire be made, but when the weather is cold; and when should the Cordial be given, but when the Patient is weak; and when should the God1 of comfort, the God of all kinds of comfort, and the God of all degrees of comfort, comfort his people, but under their trouble• and persecutions; for then comfort is most proper, necessary, seasonable and suitable; and then God will be sure to pour in the oil of joy into their hearts. But2
Oh the sweet looks, the sweet words, the sweet hints, the sweet in-comes, the sweet joggings, the sweet embraces, the sweet influences, the sweet discoveries, the sweet love-letters, the sweet love-tokens, and the sweet comforts that Christians experience in their sufferings for Christ; in all their troubles and persecutions they may truly say, we have sweet meats to eat,▪ and waters of life to drink, and heavenly honey-combs to suck that the world knows not of: And indeed, when should the torch be lighted, but in a dark night; and when should the fire be made, but when the weather is cold; and when should the Cordial be given, but when the Patient is weak; and when should the God1 of comfort, the God of all kinds of comfort, and the God of all degrees of comfort, comfort his people, but under their trouble• and persecutions; for then comfort is most proper, necessary, seasonable and sutable; and then God will be sure to pour in the oyl of joy into their hearts. But2