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,…

USE. 1. We must conclude that Ignorance or Error about this great Truth; is of dangerous Consequence to the souls of men. It is indeed a Fundamental Article in our Christian Faith, the Knowledge whereof is necessary to Salvation. It is strange to consider, that any who live under the Gospel, should be ignorant of such a plain, easy, common principle of Religion: nevertheless there are such. I have discoursed with some that go under the name of Christians, that yet could not tell whether Christ were God or man, but when asked the question, have replied that he was only ⟨p. 88⟩God, as supposing that a man could not save them. But such dark and horrid Ignorance will be destructive to the souls of men. There are also, who tho' they do in words acknowledge it to be a great Truth, that the Son of God became a man; Nevertheless they hold such, errors as are not well consistent with the Truth which they profess. So do they who maintain the real Presence of the Body of Christ in the Sacrament: which is to say that Christ's Body hath not the true nature of a Body, and in effect to say, that He has only a divine nature. He that takes away the Properties of an humane nature denies that nature. A […] if Christ has no other nature but that which is in all places, then He hath only a divine nature. There are also a sort of men in the world, who hold that there is no Christ but what is within; and that Salvation is to be had, not from a Christ without, but from at Christ within. My Brethren, take heed of such errors, they that maintain them, let them pretend what they will, they deny the Humanity of Christ, and so overthrow the Faith, and subvert the souls of them that shall be so miserable as to give any Credit to their strong Delusions.

USE. 1. We must conclude that Ignorance or Error about this great Truth; is of dangerous Consequence to the souls of men. It is indeed a Fundamental Article in our Christian Faith, the Knowledge whereof is necessary to Salvation. It is strange to consider, that any who live under the Gospel, should be ignorant of such a plain, easy, common principle of Religion: nevertheless there are such. I have discoursed with some that goe under the name of Christians, that yet could not tell whether Christ were God or man, but when asked the question, have replyed that he was only ⟨p. 88⟩God, as supposing that a man could not save them. But such dark and horrid Ignorance will be destructive to the souls of men. There are also, who tho' they do in words acknowledge it to be a great Truth, that the Son of God became a man; Nevertheless they hold such, errors as are not well consistent with the Truth which they profess. So do they who maintain the real Presence of the Body of Christ in the Sacrament: which is to say that Christ's Body hath not the true nature of a Body, and in effect to say, that He has only a divine nature. He that takes away the Propertyes of an humane nature denies that nature. A if Christ has no other nature but that which is in all places, then He hath only a divine nature. There are also a sort of men in the world, who hold that there is no Christ but what is within; and that Salvation is to be had, not from a Christ without, but from at Christ within. My Brethren, take heed of such errors, they that maintain them, let them pretend what they will, they deny the Humanity of Christ, and so overthrow the Faith, and subvert the souls of them that shall be so miserable as to give any Credit to their strong Delusions.