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The mystery of Christ opened and applied. In several sermons, concerning the person, office,…The mystery of Christ opened and applyed. In several sermons, concerning the person, office,…
The mystery of Christ opened and applied. In several sermons, concerning the person, office, and glory of Jesus Christ. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in N. England. ; [Twelve lines of quotations]The mystery of Christ opened and applyed. In several sermons, concerning the person, office, and glory of Jesus Christ. / By Increase Mather, teacher of a church at Boston in N. England. ; [Twelve lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by Richard Pierce for Joseph Browning, 1686
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Baptism is a religious Ordinance; and Christ is the Object of it Act. 2. 38. Christ is indeed the Institutor of all Religious Ordinances, and therefore the Object of Religious Worship. Baptism, the Lord's Supper, the Christian Sabbath, He is the Lord of those holy Institutions, and thence is religiously acknowledged in them all. Again, an Oath is a religious thing; so that it is unlawful to swear by any Creature: But when a man is called to take an Oath, he may solemnly invocate the Name of Christ. For so did Abraham, Gen. 22. 15. 16. and so did Paul in the beginning of this Chapter, I say the truth in CHRIST I lye not. Prayer is a part of religious Worship: But Christ is an Object of Prayer, Jacob wept and made supplication unto ⟨p. 65⟩him, Hos. 12. 4. Stephen, when dying prayed unto Christ to receive his soul, Act. 7. 59. All the Disciples in Jerusalem called upon the Name of Christ, Act. 9. 21. Yea, all true Believers are described to be such as call upon the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord 1. Cor. 1. 2. Once more, Believing is an Act of internal Worship: No creature may be believed on. Cursed is he that puts his trust in man. But Christ is the Object of Faith, Joh. 14. 1. The Apostle saith, I trust in the Lord Jesus CHRIST, In Him shall the Gentiles trust, Rom. 15. 12. Often in the Scripture we are commanded not only to believe Christ, but to believe in Him, and to believe on Him; which if he were not God we might not do. Yea, Christ is the blessed Object of the eternal Praises of Saints and Angels: Therefore He is here said to be God blessed for ever, which is also a Description of the true God, Rom. 1. 25. unto whom even lasting praises are due. The Host of Heaven worship Him, saying Blessing be to the Lamb for ever and ever.