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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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1. The Person Assuming, called the Word. h. e. the Son of God, or second Person in the Trinity, who is called the Word. In the Old-Testament Christ is called the word When David said before God, For thy Words sake thou hast done all these great things. 2. Sam. 7. 21. his meaning may be, that all was done for the sake of Christ. And the Jews of Old were wont to term the Messiah the Word of God. So the Chaldee Paraphrase frequently calleth the Messiah [MIDBAR] i. e. the Word. Now the Messiah being commonly styled the Word of God, the Apostle speaking of him giveth him that Name. He may be so called, (1) In respect of the eternal generation of his Person. The Son of God is essential, in•ernal and eternal Word of the Father: that as Words are the Birth of the mind; so is the Son of God eternally begotten by the infinite ⟨p. 77⟩understanding of the Father reflecting upon his own glory before the world began. (2) In respect of his Office. As words discover what men will and desire; so it is the Office of Christ to discover the Will of the Father. The Word of God is that which revealeth his will to the Children of men: this is true of Christ. (3.) He is the great Promise. The Promise is called the Word in Scripture. Now Christ was the first and great Promise. The Patriarchs of old did long for nothing so much as the fulfilling of that Word or Promise, that the Messiah should come into the world and redeem his people. Among men Word is often used for Promise. As when we say, I'll give you my Word, & I'll make good my word, i. e. Promise.
1. The Person Assuming, called the Word. h. e. the Son of God, or second Person in the Trinity, who is called the Word. In the Old-Testament Christ is called the word When David said before God, For thy Words sake thou hast done all these great things. 2. Sam. 7. 21. his meaning may be, that all was done for the sake of Christ. And the Jews of Old were wont to term the Messiah the Word of God. So the Chaldee Paraphrase frequently calleth the Messiah [MIDBAR] i. e. the Word. Now the Messiah being commonly styled the Word of God, the Apostle speaking of him giveth him that Name. He may be so called, (1) In respect of the eternal generation of his Person. The Son of God is essential, inernal and eternal Word of the Father: that as Words are the Birth of the mind; so is the Son of God eternally begotton by the infinite