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OverviewGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1811 Original Publisher: printed for the editor by J. Powell and Co. Subjects: Puritans Theology Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Christian Theology / General Religion / Christian Theology / History Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic Religion / Theology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 9. Thus God becomes reconciled to sinful men (not to every one, but to them that sincerely repent, and believe) in a just, regular, and orderly way, most becoming his excellent Majesty. For though he forgive sinners, that had affronted him, and rebelled against him; yet it is not without a sacrifice, and that of his own Son, a sacrifice of infinite value; most becoming his grace and mercy, for that sacrifice was of his own providing. Most becoming his justice, for though sin be forgiven, it is punished too; forgiven to us but punished on his own Son, who eonsented to bear our sins, in his own body on the tree, (I Pet. ii. 24.) Most becoming the truth of his word, for as that said, without shedding of blood there could be no remission; the most precious blood was shed, that ever was, in order to our remission. Most becoming his infinite wisdom, that found out this way of answering all purposes; that both he might be glorified in the highest degree, and yet sinners be saved. Grace hath herein abounded in all wisdom and prudence, Eph. i. 6, 7, 8. Secondly. We come now (having thus far seen, how Christ's dying on the cross works God's reconciliation to us) to shew also how it brings about our reconciliation to God. And here you may observe, we changed the method of speaking to this two-fold reconciliation, considered in itself, and ... Full Product DetailsAuthor: John HowePublisher: General Books Imprint: General Books Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.599kg ISBN: 9781150411311ISBN 10: 1150411317 Pages: 410 Publication Date: 19 December 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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