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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. That He is His Son, yea, His Beloved Son. He is so His Son, as none else is; so Beloved, as none else is. Angels are the sons of God, but they only in respect of Creation. Believers are the Sons of God, but in respect of Adoption: Whereas Christ is ⟨p. 159⟩not the son of God on those accounts, but in respect of nature. And therefore Jesus Christ is more dear to God than all Saints and Angels.
2. God does here testi•ie concerning his Son Jesus Christ, that he is well pleased In Him: Now this pleasure of the Father in Christ, doth intimate not only, that GOD taketh infinite Delight in Christ, (though that be part of what is intended, these words alluding to Isa. 42. 1. and 62. 4.) but also that the Father hath received Satisfaction in and by Jesus Christ. Hence, It is not said I am well pleased with him, but […] him: That is to say God is pacified in and by Jesus Christ. When he beholds Christ, he lays aside all his Indignation, and looks upon his people with a most favourable Aspect. These words do show, that the revenging Wrath of God is for ever appeased, and his Justice fully satisfied, by the interposition and Mediation of Jesus Christ.
2. God does here testi•ie concerning his Son Jesus Christ, that he is well pleased In Him: Now this pleasure of the Father in Christ, doth intimate not only, that GOD taketh infinite Delight in Christ, (though that be part of what is intended, these words alluding to Isa. 42. 1. and 62. 4.) but also that the Father hath received Satisfaction in and by Jesus Christ. Hence, It is not said I am well pleased with him, but him: That is to say God is paciyed in and by Jesus Christ. When he beholds Christ, he layes aside all his Indignation, and looks upon his people with a most favourable Aspect. These words do shew, that the reenging Wrath of God is for ever appeasd, and his Justice fully satisfyed, by the interposition and Mediation of Jesus Christ.