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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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USE. 3. Here is matter of glorious Cons• lation, and Encouragement unto those that come to Jesus Christ. There is admirable Sweetness and Consolation in these two or three words. JESUS THE MEDIATOR. The Sum and Sweetness of the Gospel is contained in this, that, Jesus is the Mediator. I shall mention here some (and but a few of many) comfortable Considerations, which flow and follow from the Doctrine of Christ's Mediation.
USE. 3. Here is matter of glorious Cons• lation, and Encouragement unto those that come to Jesus Christ. There is admirable Sweetness and Consolation in these two or three words. JESUS THE MEDIATOR. The Summe and Sweetness of the Gospel is contained in this, that, Jesus is the Mediator. I shall mention here some (and but a few of many) comfortable Considerations, which flow and follow from the Doctrine of Christ's Mediation.
Consid. 1. It is hence evident that the work of Redemption and Salvation is put into a sure and able Hand. Into an hand that is able to go thorough with it. He is mighty to save; He is able to save to the uttermost. Thou a sinner hast destroyed thy self to the uttermost, thou hast stabbed thy soul to death, a Thousand times over. How long has thy soul lain dead in Hell! Well but Christ can save thee over and over again, notwithstanding all those Deaths which thy Sins have brought upon thee. Indeed, If the work of Salvation were in any other hand it would miscarry: No mee• ⟨p. 149⟩man or Angel could go through with it: But since it is in the hand of Jesus Christ the Son of GOD, there's no fear of miscarriage. If it were trusted in any other hand, woe would be to thee and to me, and to all the world for ever. But it is not possible it should miscarry in Christ's hand. Act. 2. 24. Now this is a great Comfort. Suppose a man to be miserably in Debt; If a Surety interpose that is able to pay the Debt, that's a Comfort to him: even so is the Case here.