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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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4. Christ as Man is made Lord of all. Heb. 1. 2. whom He hath appointed heir of all things. Christ as God has not an Heir•hip or Lordship appointed to him: so He is Heir of all things without any Designation from the Father, but as man and Mediator He is the appointed Heir. God the Father has put the Government of the whole world into the hands of that one man. Joh. 5. 22. The Father judgeth no man; but hath committed all Judgment (i. e. all power of Government) unto the Son. It is true, that this Power does not belong to Christ as man only, yet as man and not as God only. Therefore in ver. 27. it is said, He hath given him authority to execute judgement because he is the son of MAN. The Lord Christ has, (it's true) a peculiar Dominion over his Church, which is therefore by way of Eminency called His Kingdom: But He has moreover a Providential Kingdom, which does appertain unto Him as God-man. Hence Ezekiel in his ⟨p. 194⟩vision of the Wheel (by which we are to understand the wheel of Providence) saw a Throne and the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. Chapt. 1. 26. The Man Christ Jesus is Co-partner with God in the Government of the World. This Mystery was signified by Solomon's sitting upon David's Throne whilst his Father was yet living, 1. King. 1. 48. Therein he was a Type of Christ who sits upon the Throne of God his Father, as Himself declareth, Rev. 3. 21. (saying) I—am set down with my Father in his throne. That this Dominion does belong to Christ as Man, is evident inasmuch as the Scripture saith it is given to Him, Mat. 28. 18. Christ as God has no power given to him, but as Man, all power in heaven & earth is given to him. Cap. •1. 27. Joh. 3. 35. This Dominion was his due, as soon as ever he came into the world. He was born a King.