The Original, Nature, Property and Use of the Law · §18 · John Wesley

Copy of the eternal mind

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But to return. The law of God, (speaking after the manner of men) is a copy of the eternal mind, a transcript of the divine nature: yes it is the fairest offspring of the everlasting Father, the brightest efflux of his essential wisdom, the visible beauty of the Most High. It is the delight and wonder of Cherubim and Seraphim and all the company of heaven, and the glory and joy of every wise believer, every well-instructed child of God upon earth.

1771 text

6. *But to return. The law of God, (speaking after the manner of men) is a copy of the eternal mind, a transcript of the divine nature: yea it is the fairest offspring of the everlasting Father, the brightest efflux of his essential wisdom, the visible beauty of the Most High. It is the delight and wonder of Cherubim and Seraphim and all the company of heaven, and the glory and joy of every wise believer, every well-instructed child of God upon earth.

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On Romans 7:12: where the moral law came from, why it is holy, just and good, and what it is for.

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Sermon 34 in the 1771 Works. Romans 7:12.

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