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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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Consid. 2. It is the property of a true believer to be much affected with the Glory of Christ. The Spouse in the Canticles •aith, My Beloved (i. e. Christ) is the Chief of Ten Thousand. When some said, What is thy beloved, more than another Beloved? The Reply is, He is altogether lovely. Chapt. 5. 10. 6. As for Unbelievers, they never had real visions of the Glory of Christ. The very Language of their hearts is, He hath no form nor comeliness: and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. Isai. 53. 2. But Believers (who know best) are of another mind. God has opened their […] to see that Beauty in the Person of Christ that their souls are e•amour'd with him. 1. Pet. 2. 7. To you that believe He is precious. This is the Chief Reason why believers are willing to dye and to leave this world, it is because they would fain see the Glory of Christ. Phil. 1. 23. I desire to depart and to be with Christ. Ay, that's the Reason ⟨p. 210⟩their eyes behold the Glory of Jesus Christ. With those very eyes which have behold the Tokens and Signs of his body, in that Ordinance of the Lords Supper, they shall look upon him in all his Glory for ever. And their souls will be Satisfied with that Blessed Sight. As Jacob said, It is enough, Joseph my son is yet alive, I will go and see him before I die. Gen. 45. ult. So the Believer when he cometh to heaven, •aith, Now I have enough: I see the Glory of Jesus Christ, and now I have enough. That blessed Glory is a soul-satisfying object. Hence David said, When I awake, i. e. at the Resurrection, I shall be satisfied with thy likeness. h. e. with beholding the Glory of Christ; for He alone is the Likeness of God. Psal. 17. 15. And yet glorified Saints will never be weary with looking upon the Glory of Christ in Heaven.
Consid. 2. It is the property of a true believer to be much affected with the Glory of Christ. The Spouse in the Canticles aith, My Beloved (i. e. Christ) is the Chief of Ten Thousand. When some said, What is thy beloved, more than another Beloved? The Reply is, He is altogether lovely. Chapt. 5. 10. 6. As for Unbelievers, they never had real visions of the Glory of Christ. The very Language of their hearts is, He hath no form nor comeliness: and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.