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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 5
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3. In that Christ has saved an infinite Number of Souls. That proclaims him to be a Great ⟨p. 99⟩and Glorious Saviour. He has saved more than a few. When the Lord Jesus Christ did Institute that Ordinance of the Lords Supper, Mat. 26.28 He said, This is my Blood which is shed for Many. Not for you only, that are a few, not for you only, that are but •leven of you; no, it was shed for many. Christ saved many among the Jews: Acts 21.20· There were of the Jews many Thousand• of them tha• did believe; and therefore were saved by Jesus Christ. But he has saved far more among the Gentiles: 1 Joh. 2.2 He is a Propitiation not for our sins only, but for the whole world. He not only saves us Jews, but the world, the Gentile world; and all the Elect of God that belong to that world, he has made a Propitiation for, and has wrought salvation on their behalf. But some will say, How many has Jesus Christ obtained S•••vation for? I Answer, They are innumerable▪ Rev. 7.9, 10. They were a great multitude which no man could Number, & they said Salvation to our God, and to the Lamb. And 'tis said, their Robes were made white in the Blood of the Lamb. So then, the Blood of the Lamb has purchased salvation for a great Multitude, so many that they are Numberless. Then he must needs be a Great Saviour.
3. In that Christ has saved an infinite Number of Souls. That procames him to be a Great ⟨p. 99⟩and Glorious Saviour. He has saved more than a few. When the Lord Jesus Christ did Institute that Ordinance of the Lords Supper,