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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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The Humane nature of Christ, is, of all created Objects the most ex… › USE.
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Let it affect all our hearts, to Consider of the Glory of Christ.
Something by way of Motive, and by way of Counsel: Let me briefly speak to you.
Consider 1. It is not possible for any of us to set our hearts upon a more glorious Object than Christ is. The most glorious Persons and Things that ever have been in the world, were only Types of him, and did but •hew a faint Resemblance of his Glory. Was not Joseph a Glorious Person when he said to his Brethren, you shall tell my father of all my glory, Gen. 45. 13. He was but a Type of Christ. When the High-Priest appeared with glorious holy Garments upon him, how glorious was he! yet but a type of Christ. Behold King Solomon upon his Throne, the most excellent person ⟨p. 207⟩in the whole world, only a Type of Christ. As the Lord speaks concerning the Lilly,