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A29689 A golden key to open hidden treasures, or, Several great points that refer to the saints present blessedness and their future happiness, with the resolution of several important questions here you have also the active and passive obedience of Christ vindicated and improved ... : you have farther eleven serious singular pleas, that all sincere Christians may safely and groundedly make to those ten Scriptures in the Old and New Testament, that speak of the general judgment, and of that particular judgment, that must certainly pass upon them all immediately after death ... / by Tho. Brooks ... Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680.; Brooks, Thomas, 1608-1680. Golden key to open hidden treasures. Part 2. 1675 (1675) Wing B4942; ESTC R20167 340,648 428

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soul_n be_v his_o suffering_n for_o it_o follow_v and_o he_o shall_v bear_v their_o iniquity_n but_o sixthly_a christ_n give_v himself_o for_o his_o people_n sin_n gal._n 1._o 9_o 6._o 6._o ephe._n 5._o 25._o 1_o tim._n 2._o 6._o who_o give_v himself_o for_o our_o sin_n tit._n 2._o 14._o who_o give_v himself_o for_o we_o that_o he_o may_v redeem_v we_o from_o all_o iniquity_n etc._n etc._n but_o the_o body_n only_o be_v not_o himself_o ergo_fw-la the_o apostle_n say_v phil._n 2._o 7._o christus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d exinanivit_fw-la christ_n do_v empty_a or_o evacuate_v himself_o or_o as_o tertullian_n expound_v it_o exhausit_fw-la 5._o te●t●llian_n con●ra_n marcian_n lib._n 5._o he_o draw_v out_o himself_o or_o be_v exhaust_v which_o agree_v with_o the_o prophesis_n of_o daniel_n chap._n 9_o 26._o m●ssias_n shall_v have_v nothing_o be_v bring_v to_o nothing_o by_o his_o death_n without_o life_n strength_n esteem_n honour_n etc._n etc._n hence_o we_o conclude_v that_o 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like_o a_o huge_a army_n meet_v upon_o christ_n make_v a_o dreadful_a onset_n on_o his_o soul_n luk._n 22._o 43_o 44._o it_o be_v say_v he_o be_v in_o a_o agony_n that_o be_v a_o conflict_n in_o which_o a_o poor_a creature_n wrestle_v with_o deadly_a pang_n with_o all_o his_o might_n muster_v up_o all_o his_o faculty_n and_o force_n to_o grapple_v with_o they_o and_o withstand_v they_o thus_o do_v christ_n struggle_v with_o the_o indignation_n of_o the_o lord_n pray_v once_o and_o again_o with_o more_o intense_a fervency_n o_o that_o this_o cup_n may_v pass_v away_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a let_v this_o cup_n pass_v away_o while_o yet_o a_o 43._o luk_n 22_o 42_o 43._o angel_n strengthen_v his_o outward_a man_n from_o utter_a sink_v in_o the_o conslict_n now_o if_o this_o weight_n that_o christ_n do_v bare_a have_v be_v lay_v on_o the_o shoulder_n of_o all_o the_o angel_n in_o heaven_n it_o will_v have_v sink_v they_o down_o to_o the_o low_a hell_n it_o will_v have_v crack_v the_o 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