Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 edition. Excerpt: ...grace, that do climb up presently so high, and immediately into God himself, simply in himself considered, that they will not condescend to look down, as yet God doth, upon these things here below, namely, to what they are or were in respect of sin; but have forgotten their old sins, yea, and their need of Christ, as an advocate to God for them. Surely God having loved us with a love of so long continuance as from everlasting, and there having not been a moment of all that vast space of time wherein he hath not loved us with so great a love, had it not been that he had a mighty design upon them in permitting this, which in the end, by the discovery of it, should take up and fill their hearts, whilst in the flesh at least, with the contemplation of his love, set off by the deep and continued sense of their own sinfulness, so long before continued; surely he that loved them so would never have suffered such multitudes of those he loves to continue so many years in this state of death and rebellion against him, and therein to wrong him so all the while; and that himself, who delights to manifest his love infinitely more than we do where we love, should suffer himself to be bound up from discovering in the least. His love would never have endured him to conceal itself so long, had it been that the glory of all this love, so designed this way to be set out, must instantly be forgotten by them that are the subjects of that love; much less would he have ordered our salvation to be accomplished by putting his own natural Son to death, and to offer up his soul a sacrifice for sin, if this his great love, and this sore travail of his soul, should be so soon forgotten and swallowed up through the joy of our enjoying God immediately without him; and...
