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The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire
London : printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Shelmerdine, at the sign of the Rose-Tree in Little-Britain, 1695
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.
3. Christ hath purchased the World of Glory; that is the none-such, the World of Worlds, to which all Natures Glories are but a shadow, and the Churches Graces but a Portal; there are Plenitudes of Joy, Crowns of Life, Weights of Glory, Treasures of Bliss and Oceans of Sweetness, ⟨p. 266⟩and all of Christ's purchasing: All the Mansions of Glory are of his preparing; Joh. 14. 2. all the Wine in Heaven is for his marriage-supper, Revel. 19. 9. his Blood is the Key to open the holy of holies, Heb. 10. 19. the pure River of Life clear as Crystal issues out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, even out of Gods Grace and Christs Merit, Rev. 22. 1. Christ on the Cross purchased a Heaven for us, Christ in the Gospel proffers it unto us, and Christ in the heart gives us an actual hope thereof. Had it not been for Christ, we could never have entered into such a place as Heaven, where the Walls are Pearls, the Rivers Pleasures, the Hills Frankincense, the Air Purity, and the Light, Life, Love and all in all God himself. Now Christ did not only purchase Heaven for us, but purchased it in a way completive of the Law. The old Promise of the Law was, Do this and live, and that seemed quite blasted and withered by our sins; but Christ by his perfect Obedience made it revive and bud again with life. God would not give eternal life, but upon a Do this; and Christ fulfilled all Righteousness for us, and by that Righteousness we come to have [Greek or Hebrew], justification of life, Rom. 5. 18. such ⟨p. 267⟩a Justification as is crowned with eternal Life.
3. Christ hath purchased the World of Glory; that is the none-such, the World of Worlds, to which all Natures Glories are but a shadow, and the Churches Graces but a Portal; there are Plenitudes of Joy, Crowns of Life, Weights of Glory, Treasures of Bliss and Oceans of Sweetness,