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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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2. This Transaction was from Eternity. For God from Eternity knew that Man would fall, and though it be true, that neither the Divine Pras••ence, nor any thing else is or can be a Cause of GOD's Will (which is Himself) either Electing or Reprobating, nevertheless, we may from that Consideration argue and conclude, that He did from Eternity contrive a way for man's Recovery. It is true, that the Revelation of this Contrivance was not before Time: it was first discovered presently after the Fall, Gen. 3. 15. and it was not put in Execution until the Fullness of time came (Gal. 4. 4.) that is to say, when the Son of God became incarnate; Nevertheless, the thing was agreed upon, by the Father and the Son, before the world began, we may see by those Scriptures, Viz. 2. •im. 1. 9. & Tit. 1. 2.
2. This Transaction was from Eternity. For God from Eternity knew that Man would fall, and though it be true, that neither the Divine Pras••ence, nor any thing else is or can be a Cause of GOD's Will (which is Himself) either Electing or Reprobating, nevertheless, we may from that Consideration argue and conclude, that He did from E•ernity contrive a way for man's Recovery. It is true, that the Revelation of this Contrivanc• was not before Time: it was first dis•o•ered presently after the Fall, Gen. 3. 15. and it was not put in Execution untill the Fulness of time came (Gal. 4. 4.) that is to say, when the Son of God became incarnate; Nevertheless, the thing was agreed upon, by the Father and the Son, before the world began, we may see by those Scriptures, Viz. 2. •im. 1. 9. &