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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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Therefore,
Consider 1. That an Interest herein is absolutely necessary. For GOD is Displeased and his Wrath incensed by the sins of men. That Wrath which burneth to the Bottom of Hell is kindled against thy soul, and nothing but the blood of Christ can quench that infinite Flame. God has said The soul that sinneth shall dye. There never was one sin committed since the world began (nor ever shall be) which shall escape un-punished. But it hath been ⟨p. 176⟩punished either in Him who is the Surety for Believing sinners, or in the sinner himself to Eternity. Satisfaction is necessary, nor is there any other way of Satisfaction to the Justice of God, but only this. All a mans own Righteousness will avail nothing as to Satisfaction for Transgressions that are past. Prayers and Duties can do nothing as to this matter. Though the Prayers and Services of Believers please God, yet they do not appease Him. Mich. 6. 6, Nor Tears neither, Jer. 2. 22, Though a poor creature should wash himself in tears, could he bathe his soul in tears, all would not avail to purge away so much as one sin. Chapt. 12. 1. The sin of J• dah is written with a pen of iron, and graven with the point of a Diamond. Letters which are written in glass with the point of a Diamond, all the Washing in the world cannot get them out again; So are the sins of men engrave• upon their souls in black and bloody Characters, nothing but the blood of Christ can wash away the stain and guilt thereof. All men and Angels can never satisfy for one sin.
Consider 1. That an Interest herein is absolutely necessary. For GOD is Displeased and his Wrath incensed by the sins of men. That Wrath which burneth to the Bottom of Hell is kindled against thy soul, and nothing but the bloud of Christ can quench that infinite Flame. God has said The soul that sinneth shall dye. There never was one sin commited since the world began (nor ever shall be) which shall escape un-punished. But it hath been