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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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The Saviourship, and Suretyship, is proper to our Lord Himself, and because the Virtue which is in the Head is conveyed unto the Members, 'tis frivolous thence to argue, that every one of the Members is thereby made an Head unto the rest.
The Saviourship, and Suretiship, is proper to our Lord Himself, and because the Vertue which is in the Head is convey'd unto the Members, 'tis frivolous thence to argue, that every one of the Members is thereby made an Head unto the rest.
Thirdly. Their Righteousness is of me, saith the Lord JEHOVAH; The Righteousness of our Lord Jesus Christ, by the Imputation whereof His people are made Righteous, is, The Righteousness of God. It is often, and justly called so But why called so? Why; partly▪ because 'tis a Righteousness contrived by God, Appointed by ⟨p. 14⟩God, and Approved by God. The Illustrious Contrivance, of, Man made Righteous in Christ, is therefore styled, in Luk. 7.30. The Counsel of God. The way of Saving men from Guilt and Wrath by the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, no man durst, or could have thought of it, if God Himself had not first proposed it; And if we have the Confidence to come unto God, in any other way but This, God will Reject all our Confidence, we shall not prosper in it. But chiefly; Because the Lord Jesus Christ, who hath prepared for us this Righteousness, is God, very God, even by Nature God A man who Denies the God-Head of the Lord Jesus Christ, cannot but miss of Righteousness, and miserably Die in his Sins. They that Follow after Righteousness, must Seek a JEHOVAH for it, or they do nothing. We are therefore informed, in Jer. 23.6. This is His Name whereby He shall be called, JEHOVAH our Righteousness. The Taghmical Art so happily of late Revived, & Improved, will demonstrate, from the Rules of the Hebrew Accentuation, that this Text, is thus to be read; & not as the Modern Jews would have it, Jehovah shall call Him, Our Righteousness An Inexpressible Dignity is now put upon the Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ: It is Jehovah, that hath wrought it. The Man that hath got Ready a Righteousness for us, is God as well as Man. It must needs be a Righteousness above all available to purchase our Everlasting Blessedness; He that wrought it, is God over all Blessed for ever. We have now a Righteousness,