A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…

Who could have imagined, that one, yea millions should be rich by another's poverty, filled by another's emptiness, be exalted by another's disgrace, healed by another's wounds, eased by another's Pains, be absolved by another's Condemnation, ⟨p. 171⟩and live eternally by another's temporal Death? Who could have imagined, that infinite Justice and infinite Mercy should be made fast Friends, and fully satisfied by one and the same action; that the greatest fury and the greatest favour, the greatest hatred and the greatest love should concur in, and be manifested by one and the same thing? Could Men or Angels speak such Mysteries? surely No. Several Mysteries in the Scriptures were hid from whole Ages and Generations of Men; Which in former Ages was not made known to the Children of Men, Eph. 3.5. No nor to Angels neither, Verse 10. To the intent that now unto Principalities and Powers, might be made by the Church the manifold Wisdom of God.

Who could have imagin'd, that one, yea millions should be rich by anothers poverty, filled by anothers emptiness, be exalted by anothers disgrace, healed by anothers wounds, eased by anothers Pains, be absolved by anothers Condemnation, ⟨p. 171⟩and live eternally by anothers temporal Death? Who could have imagin'd, that infinite Justice and infinite Mercy should be made fast Friends, and fully satisfied by one and the same action; that the greatest fury and the greatest favor, the greatest hatred and the greatest love should concur in, and be manifested by one and the same thing? Could Men or Angels speak such Mysterles? surely No. Several Mysteries in the Scriptures were hid from whole Ages and Generations of Men; Which in former Ages was not made known to the Children of Men, Eph. 3.5. No nor to Angels neither, Verse 10. To the intent that now unto Principalities and Powers, might be made by the Church the manifold Wisdom of God.