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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.) I say the, Father has committed that work of Christ. God has said to his Son, As for the work of Redemption, I leave that to thee do thou take care of that matter. Upon this account it is, that Christ is said to receive a Commandment and Charge from God the Father. Joh. 14. 21. As the Father gave me Commandment (said Christ when he was going to die for the Redemption of his Elect) even so do I. He neither Did nor Suffered any thing in order to the Salvation of his people but what God bid him do. Hence all the work which Christ did in the world, is said to be, the work which the Father gave him to do. Joh. 17. 4. On this account he is said to be inferior to the Father; not in respect of nature, as he is the Son of God, but as he is the Mediator. Joh. 10. 29. Yea, he is God's ⟨p. 125⟩Commissioner. (To express heavenly Mysteries by earthly Similitudes) He hath the great Seal of Heaven to Authorize him to act as MEDIATOR. Hence he is called the Lord's Messenger, Mal. 3. 1. And in John's Gospel Christ is said to be sent of God, no less than twenty times over.
(1.) I say the, Father has committed that work of Christ. God has said to his Son, As for the work of Redemption, I leave that to thee do thou take care of that matter. Upon this account it is, that Christ is said to receive a Commandment and Charge from God the Father. Joh. 14. 21. As the Father gave me Commandment (said Christ when he was going to dy for the Redemption of his Elect) even so do I. He neither Did nor Suffered any thing in order to the Salvation of his people but what God bid him do. Hence all the work which Christ did in the world, is said to be, the work which the Father gave him to do. Joh. 17. 4. On this account he is said to be inferior to the Father; not in respect of nature, as he is the Son of God, but as he is the Mediator.