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The blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour, Jesus…
The blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Opened & applied, in several sermons. / By Increase Mather, president of Harvard College in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel, at Boston, in N.E. ; [Nine lines of Scripture texts]The blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the Great God our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Opened & applied, in several sermons. / By Increase Mather, praesident of Harvard Colledge in Cambridge, and preacher of the Gospel, at Boston, in N.E. ; [Nine lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by Timothy Green for Nicholas Boone, 1701
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The Blessed HOPE, And Glorious Appearing of JESUS CHRIST. › Sermon 4
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2.14, 15 Through Death he ha• destroyed the Devil, and delivered them that were in Bondage. We were miserably in Debt, and not ⟨p. 84⟩able to pay our Debt; but were in the hands of a cruel Jailer, that would hold us in Prison as long as possibly he might. But Christ Purchased our Liberty by paying the Debt for us. He payed the Debt not to the Jailer, no, but to the supreme Judge, who was also our Creditor: Eph. 15.2 He gave himself an Offering to God. Christ has been offered to God. Now God the supreme Judge being satisfied, because our Surety has answered the Law for us, the Jailer must let the Prisoners go. He can hold them no longer▪ The Jailer of Hell can hold the Prisoners no longer; Christ has paid their Debts, therefore they are set at Liberty▪ By means hereof, instead of being Slaves to Satan, as once they were, they become the Servants of God. Rev. 5.9 Thou hast Redeemed us to God with thy Blood. So then, we see Christ has Purchased our Salvation, and therefore He is our Saviour.
2.14, 15 Through Death he ha• destroyed the Devil, and delivered them that were in Bondage. We were miserably in Debt, and not ⟨p. 84⟩able to pay our Debt; but were in the hands of a cruel Jaylor, that would hold us in Prison as long as possibly he might. But Christ Purchased our Liberty by paying the Debt for us. He payed the Debt not to the Iaylor, no, but to the supream Judge, who was also our Creditor: Eph. 15.2 He gave himself an Offering to God. Christ has been offered to God. Now God the supream Judge being satisfied, because our Surety has answered the Law for us, the Jaylor must let the Prisoners go. He can hold them no longer▪ The Jaylor of Hell can hold the Prisoners no longer; Christ has paid their Debts, therefore they are set at Liberty▪ By means hereof, instead of being Slaves to Satan, as once they were, they become the Servants of God.