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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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A Second Demonstration is, that God's punishing Sin does proceed not only from his Will, •ut from his Nature. Hence there was a necessity of Satisfaction, If God punish sin only voluntarily, there would not be such a necessity of Satisfaction as indeed there is. Wherefore it is from the Nature & essential Justice of God that Sin is punished, as appears
A Second Demonstration is, that God's pu•ishing Sin does proceed not only from his Will, •ut from his Nature. Hence there was a necessity of Satisfaction, If God punish sin only voluntarily, there would not be such a necessity of Satisfaction as indeed there is. Wherefore it is from the Nature & essential Justice of God that Sin is punished, as appears
1. In that when the Scripture speaketh of God's Punishing Sin, it is ascribed not only to his Will, but to his just Nature. Psal. 11. 6. 7. The Psalmist giveth it as the Reason why God does punish the Wicked, even because he is righteous. The Nature of God is such, as that he cannot but love Righteousness, and so hate & punish Wickedness. Rev. 16. 5. 2. Thes. 1. 6.
2. It is Evident in that God is the SUPREME Governor and Judge of All. Gen. 18. 25.