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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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Though the humane nature of Christ doth (& shall for ever) remain in its properties really ⟨p. 192⟩distinct from the Divine nature, yet it does in divine properties and perfections resemble the Godhead more fully than any Creature does or ever shall do. e. g. Omniscience is a Divine property: Now tho the humane Nature of Christ is not (as Lutherans suppose) Omniscient with the Omniscience of the divine Nature, yet there is a Similitudinary Omniscience belonging thereto. That which I intend is this, The humane nature of Christ now glorified, Knowe•• all things that ever GOD hath done since the World began; yea, and all that God will do; which is more than can be said of any other Man or Creature. There is not one Believer in the world, no nor one elect vessel in the world, but Christ as man and not as God only has the Know•••ge of Him. Wherefore the Scripture saith that the Father revealeth all things to the Son; and shewe•• him whatever he doeth, Joh. 5. 18. Christ as God has nothing revealed to him, but as man all things are now showed unto Him. Again, Omnipotence is a Divine Property▪ and there is a Similitudinary Omnipotence to be affirmed of the man Christ Jesus. Hence He is said to be the Power of God. 1. Cor. 1. 24, And the Arm of the Lord. Isa. 53. 1. All that God meaneth to do in the world, ⟨p. 193⟩the man Christ Jesus is the Instrument of effecting it. We may say the like with respect unto other Divine Attributes, they shine forth in the humane nature of Christ more than any where; yea, more than in all the Creatures in the whole world besides.
Though the humane nature of Christ doth (& shall for ever) remain in its properties really ⟨p. 192⟩