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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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By way of Direction here observe these Rules.
1. If we would have a right understanding in those Truths which concern the Person of Christ the Son of God, We must Attend the Means which the Lord hath appointed in order to the attaining that Knowledge. e. g. Searching the blessed Scriptures: therefore Christ said, Search the Scriptures for they testify of me. Joh. ⟨p. 43⟩5. 39. And Solomon showeth, that the way to know Wisdom is to seek and search after it, Prov. 2. 4. h. e. We must dig and dive into the rich Mines of Scripture. In things of this nature, we must take heed of our own Conceits, but be sure to keep close to the Scriptures. And Attendance to the Word preached is also the way to gain and grow in the Knowledge of Christ. For it is the great work of the Ministry to preach Christ, to open the Mysteries of Christ. We read in Gen. 29. 3. How the Shepherds rolled the Stone from the Wells mouth, and watered the Sheep; So Ministers are to open the Mysteries of Christ and Salvation by Him. The Lord doth bestow gifts of Knowledge upon some above others for this end in special, that so they might be fitted for the work of the Ministry and might bring to the Knowledge of the Son of God, Eph. •. 13. Prayer also is a means to attain this knowledge: If thou criest after knowledge and liftest up thy voice for understanding, then shalt thou find the knowledge of God, Prov. 2. 3, 5. We should pray for the illumination of the Spirit, and the rather because the Lord Jesus hath promised to send His Spirit to guide us into all Truth,