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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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3. Hence thy Salvation is Certain. As sure as the Covenant of Redemption, as sure as •hat Christ hath made his soul an offering for sin. This is a suitable meditation to be […] the heart at the time of Receiving, when we are at the Lord's Table. Is there Bread and Wine here? As sure as this is Bread and Wine so sure is it that Christ has died, and ⟨p. 19⟩so sure it is that thou shalt be saved, and behold the Glory of Christ in Heaven, if thou art one Concerned in this Covenant of Redemption. You will say, This is Comfortable if I did but know that this belongs to me; How shall I know that? Answ.
3. Hence thy Salvation is Certain. As sure as the Covenant of Redemption, as sure as •hat Christ hath made his soul an offering for sin. This is a suitable meditation to be 〈…〉 the heart at the time of Receiving, when we are at the Lord's Table. Is there Bread and Wine here? As sure as this is Bread and Wine so sure is it that Christ has died, and ⟨p. 19⟩so sure it is that thou shalt be saved, and behold the Glory of Christ in Heaven, if thou art one Concerned in this Covenant of Redemption. You will say, This is Comfortable if I did but know that this belongs to me; How shall I know that? Answ.
1. Dost thou believe on Jesus Christ? No man can know his Interest in this Covenant before he doth believe. Ha•t thou an heart-purifying, an heart sanctifying Faith? Ha•t• thou accepted of Jesus Christ upon His own Terms? Hath God given thee to see the glorious Loveliness and Excellency of the Son of God, so that there is none in Heaven, nor any on the Earth whom thou doest desire in Comparison of Him? Hast thou received Christ as Prophet, Priest, and King? then This belongs to thee.