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Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition…
Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition to the doctrine of the Socinians : in several sermons on Col. I, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 verses / by the Reverend Tho. Manton.
London printed : s.n., 1685
REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. › Sermon 7 › USE.REDEMPTION BY CHRIST. › Sermon 7 › VSE.
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Both are implied in these Titles, My Lord, my God. Christ was his God, or Benefactor; and also his Lord and Master. However that be, in the mutual stipulation of the Covenant 'tis evident, Cant. 2.16 I am my beloved, and my beloved is mine. There is the appropriation of Faith, and the resignation of Obedience. Ezek. 36.28. Ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. Zech. 13.9. I will say 'tis my people, and they shall say the Lord is my God.
Both are implyed in these Titles, My Lord, my God. Christ was his God, or Benefactor; and also his Lord and Master. However that be, in the mutual stipulation of the Covenant 'tis evident, Cant. 2.16 I am my beloved, and my beloved is mine. There is the appropriation of Faith, and the resignation of Obedience. Ezek. 36.28. Ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. Zech. 13.9. I will say 'tis my people, and they shall say the Lord is my God.
1. The one is the fruit and effect of the other. God saith, I am thy God; and the Soul answereth, I am thy servant: As when Christ said Mary, she presently said Rabboni. God awakeneth us by the offer of himself, and all his Grace to do us good, ⟨p. 211⟩and then we devote our selves to his Service, and profess subjection to him. If he will be our God, we may well allow him a dominion and Lordship over us, to rule us at his pleasure. We choose him, because he chooseth us, for all Gods works leave their impression upon our hearts: He cometh with Terms of Peace, and we with Profession of Duty. God loveth first, and most, and purest; and therefore his love is the cause of all.