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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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Arg. 5. All those Scriptures which speak of Christ's standing in our stead prove the Doctrine of His Satisfaction to Divine Justice. He stands in our stead. He is called a Surety, Heb. 7. 22. And is said to dye for us. 2. Cor. 5. 14, 15. h. e. not only for our benefit but in our room. For us, i. e. instead of us. 2. Sam. 18. 33. Rom. 5. 6, 7. Hence Christ is said to dye not only for us, but for our sins, •. Cor. 15. 3. A Substitution of one in the room of another is noted by that Expression. The Apostles and Martyrs all dyed for our good, but not for our Sins; as it is said of Christ. Therefore that Expression of Christ's ⟨p. 171⟩dying for us, implieth more than his dying for our benefit only. An he is said to be a Curse for us, (Gal. 3. 13.) the Curse which was due to us fell upon Him. And to bear our Sins, 1, Pet. 2. 24. Isai. 53. 11. The Hebrew word [Sabal] signifieth such a bearing as implieth Burden, or Punishment, and is never used in any other sense. If we consult the Scriptures we shall find that the meaning of Bearing sins, is to undergo the punishment due for sin. Lam. 5. 7. Numb. 14. 33. Ezek. 18. 26. Hence it is that we escape destruction, and this is all that is intended by the Doctrine of Christ's Satisfaction, Viz. that He has undergone the punishment which was due to us, whence God is satisfied so as to let us escape with our lives. Thus is the word Satisfaction used in the Scripture. Numb. 35. 31, 32