Sermon 35: Of Faith in Christ the Mediator sent of God, With the Ingredients or Concomitant Acts,…, CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel… by Anthony Burgess (1656) | AskReformation

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1. His Incarnation and becoming man, This was of God for us,¹ To us a child is born, as you heard, not to Angels, nor for any other end, There had not been such a truth in the Word as God to become man, but for the godly mans necessity and salvation; This is more then to say, The world and all the Creatures were made for man, and yet if the Psalmist was so affected that all things in the earth were for man, how much more then that the Word is made flesh for man, oh what an encouragement have the true Disciples of Christ from this, was not such a glorious mystery performed for my sake, was it not for me that God was made man? For this you must know, that if there had been but one man of all mankind to be saved, Christ would have died, as Paul said, Who gave himself for me, Gal. 2.20. and it was not the multitude of believers which made Christ become man, for alas they are but gleanings in respect of all mankind, but it was because such were given to him as a Mediator, and so he would be faithful for one as well as for many.

1. His Incarnation and becoming man, This was of God for us,¹ To us a childe is born, as you heard, not to Angels, nor for any other end, There had not been such a truth in the Word as God to become man, but for the godly mans necessity and salvation; This is more then to say, The world and all the Creatures were made for man, and yet if the Psalmist was so affected that all things in the earth were for man, how much more then that the Word is made flesh for man, oh what an encouragement have the true Disciples of Christ from this, was not such a glorious mystery performed for my sake, was it not for me that God was made man? For this you must know, that if there had been but one man of all mankinde to be saved, Christ would have died, as Paul said, Who gave himself for me, Gal. 2.20. and it was not the multitude of beleevers which made Christ become man, for alas they are but gleanings in respect of all mankinde, but it was because such were given to him as a Mediatour, and so he would be faithfull for one as well as for many.

1I. His Incarnation.