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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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QUEST. 1. How does it appear, That, The humane nature of Christ is of all created […] the most excellent and glorious?
QUEST. 1. How does it appear, That, The humane nature of Christ is of all created 〈…〉 the most excellent and glorious?
ANSW. The Scriptures do abundantly bear Witness to the Truth of this Doctrine. Hence Christ is said to be anointed above all others. In the seventh verse of this Psalm. tis said. God thy God has anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. The humane Nature of Christ, is a Creature, but it hath an Anointing which maketh it excel all its fellow-creatures. Hence the Man Christ Jesus is said to be. The Prince of the Kings of the earth, Rev. 1. 5. i. e. More excellent than any of them: never any of them was to compare with Him. Therefore also, he is styled the KING of Kings, and LORD of Lords; that is to say, of all Kings, and of all Lords the most excellent and glorious One. Chapt. 19. 16. And the Scripture saith of the man Christ Jesus, that he must in all things have the preeminence. Col. 1. 18. And that God has made him his First-born. Psal 89. 27, Yea, that he is the first-born of every Creature. Col. 1. 15. The First-born had a privilege belonging to him above the rest of the Children: so has the man Christ above all creatures; yea, above ⟨p. 186⟩all men and Angels. As the Elect of God are styled the Church of the first-born, Heb. 12. 23. importing their Dignity above others, so the Man Christ Jesus is indeed the first-born of the first-born; the most excellent one of all those that are near and dear to God.