N00342:45
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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Hence he was circumcised, baptized, and kept the Passover, and subjected to other Rites of the Jewish Church, which were then of Divine Institution, Mat. 3. 15. and also the Singular Law of a Redeemer which is expressed in the Text. Viz. that He shall make his soul an offering for Sin. If Christ would become a REDEEMER, He must subject Himself to the Penalty of the Law, He must yield Passive as well as Active Obedience. This is there called the Commandment of the Father, Joh. 14. ult.—and the Father gave m•e COMMANDMENT.—And this hath CHRIST complied with, and submitted to, Gal. 3. 13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.—Yea, and he was ⟨p. 14⟩willing and hearty in this Compliance, His heart was in it. 30. 29. Joh. 10. 18.
Hence he was circumcised, baptized, and kept the Passover, and subjected to other Rites of the Jewish Church, which were then of Divine Institution, Mat. 3. 15. and also the Singular Law of a Redeemer which is expressed in the Text. Viz. that He shall make his soul an offering for Sin. If Christ would become a REDEEMER, He must subject Himself to the Penalty of the Law, Hee must yield Passive as well as Active Obedience. This is there called the Commandement of the Father, Joh. 14. ult.—and the Father gave m•e COMMANDEMENT.—And this hath CHRIST complied with, and submitted to, Gal. 3. 13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us.—Yea, and he was ⟨p. 14⟩willing and hearty in this Compliance, His heart was in it. 30. 29.