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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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3. That hath been required of the Mediator, which none but Christ was ever able to perform. He must become a Surety for miserably indebted and undone sinners. Heb. 7. 22. He must therefore in all respects become subject to and fulfil the Law. He must satisfy all the righteous Demands thereof, both in respect of active and passive Obedience, Gal, 3. 13. Meriting Salvation was required of ⟨p. 134⟩him. Christ's Mediatorial Obedience is (and 'twas necessary it should be) meritorious. If he could not have merited life for sinners, he could not have been a Mediator. When there is a Work done that according to the Rules of Justice such a reward is due for it: That's Merit. No Man or Angel was ever able to merit heaven at the hands of God, but only the man Christ Jesus.
3. That hath been required of the Mediator, which none but Christ was ever able to perform. He must become a Surety for miserably indebted and undone sinners. Heb. 7. 22. He must therefore in all respects become subject to and fulfill the Law. He must satisfie all the righteous Demands thereof, both in respect of active and passive Obedience, Gal, 3. 13. Meriting Salvation was required of ⟨p. 134⟩him. Christ's Mediatorial Obedience is (and 'twas necessary it should be) meritorious. If he could not have merited life for sinners, he could not have been a Mediator. When there is a Work done that according to the Rules of Justice such a reward is due for it: That's Merit. No Man or Angel was ever able to merit heaven at the hands of God, but only the man Christ Jesus.
By these things then it does appear, that He is the only Mediator.