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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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DOCT. 2. That The sins of the Elect were the procuring cause of all those Sufferings, which Jesus Christ was exposed unto.
DOCT. 3. That Jesus Christ by His death hath merited the Conversion and Salvation of his Elect.
Doct. 1. That there is a Covenant of Redemption.
We have formerly spoken of the Covenant of Grace made with Believers. There is some Difference between that and this of Redemption, which is the Subject of our present Discourse; in that the Federates are God and the Believer, in this the Federates are God and Christ. In that, the Condition was free and absolute; In this, the Condition is Subjection to the Law, yea, to the Penalty of the Law. In that, the promise was Life & Glory; In this the Promise is a Name above every Name. So then there is some Difference between the Covenant which God made with men concerning Christ, and which He •ath made with Christ concerning men:
We have formerly spoken of the Covenant of Grace made with Believers. There is some Difference between that and this of Redemption, which is the Subject of our present Discourse; in that the Foederates are God and the Believer, in this the Foederates are God and Christ. In that, the Condition was free and absolute; In this, the Condition is Subjection to the Law, yea, to the Penalty of the Law. In that, the promise was Life & Glory; In this the Promise is a Name above every Name. So then there is some Difference between the Covenant which God made with men concerning Christ, and which He ath made with Christ concerning men: