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The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis…
The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis held and preached in the churches of New-England: expressed in a brief discourse on that important article; made at Boston in the year, 1699. / By Cotton Mather. ; And, asserted with the attestations, of several Reverend and eminent persons, now most considerable in those churches.The everlasting Gospel. The Gospel of justification by the righteousness of God; as 'tis held and preach'd in the churches of New-England: expressed in a brief discourse on that important article; made at Boston in the year, 1699. / By Cotton Mather. ; And, asserted with the attestations, of several Reverend and eminent persons, now most considerable in those churches.
Boston: printed by B. Green for Nicholas Buttolph, 1700
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First. There is a glorious Righteousness, which our Lord JESUS CHRIST hath brought in before God, for the use of His chosen People An Angel from Heaven once told this thing to a man Beloved of God, in Dan. 9.24. The Messiah, shall bring in Everlasting Righteousness.
Now the Righteousness thus brought in by our Lord Jesus Christ, is not His Essential Righteousness, or the Holiness, which as He is God, belongs unto Him. 'Tis His Mediatorial Righteousness which our Lord brings in for us, or a Righteousness wherein He acts as a Mediator between God and Us. And yet this Expression also is too Wide; The whole Righteousness of our Lord, in the Discharge of His Mediatorial Office never can be made ours. More particularly then; Tis that part of our Lords Mediatorial Righteousness, which belongs to His Priestly Office, that He brings in for us. The Righteousness of our Lord as He is our Prophet, and our King, 'tis for our Advantage. Tis for our Advantage, that, as a Prophet, He Speaks in Righteousness, and as a King, He Reigns in Righteousness. But what He does Righteously in the Execution either of His Prophetical, or His Kingly Office, is not the Righteousness intended for us. It is only as He is a Priest, that He brings in a Righteousness for His People. But still this Expression likewise is too wide. There are some things done for us, by our Lord, as He is our Priest, as namely, His Intercession with God, which are no part of the Righteousness, that He brings in for us. But then still more particularly; This Righteousness is the Sponsory Righteousness of our Lord, or the Righteousness which our Lord in the Capacity of a Surety, hath wrought out, and so brought in, for those, in whose room He became a Surety.
Now the Righteousness thus brought in by our Lord Jesus Christ, is not His Essential Righteousness, or the Holiness, which as He is God, belongs unto Him. 'Tis His Mediatorial Righteousness which our Lord brings in for us, or a Righteousness wherein He acts as a Mediator between God and Us. And yet this Expression also is too Wide; The whole Righteousness of our Lord, in the Discharge of His Med••torial Office never can be made ours. More particularly then; Tis that part of our Lords Mediatorial Righteousness, which belongs to His Priestly Office, that He brings in for us. The Righteousness of our Lord as He is our Prophet, and our King, 'tis for our Advantage. Tis for our Advantage, that, as a Prophet, He Speaks in Righteousness, and as a King, He Reigns in Righteousness. But what He does Righteously in the Execution either of His Prophetical, or His Kingly Office, is not the Righteousness intended for us. It is only as He is a Priest, that He brings in a Righteousness for His People. But still this Expression likewise is too wide. There are some things done for us, by our Lord, as He is our Priest, as namely, His Intercession with God, which are no part of the Righteousness, that He brings in for us. But then still more particularly; This Righteousness is the Sponsory Righteousness of our Lord, or the Righteousness which our Lord in the Capacity of a Surety, hath wrought out, and so brought in, for those, in whose room He became a Surety.