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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
The Blessed HOPE, And Glorious Appearing of JESUS CHRIST. › Sermon 1
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For Answer, Hope is here put for the Good hoped for. 'Tis a Metonymical Expression usual in Scripture. So Fear is sometimes put for the thing most feared; as we read concerning Jacob, that when he took a solemn Oath, he did Sware by the Fear of his Father Isaac, Gen. 31.13. That […] by that God who was the chief Object of the […] of his Father Isaac, that God whom his ••ther Isaac did fear above all things. So Love […] sometimes put for the thing most loved, •••ent. 2.7 Christ is called the Believers Love, […] being the chief Object of his love. So the ⟨p. 9⟩good contained in the Promises, is called the Promise Heb. 10.36. Tha• you might receive the Promise. The meaning is, the good contained in the Promise. Thus Hope is put for the good hoped for, Gal. 5.5. For we through the Spirit, wait for the Hope of Righteousness by Faith. By the Hope of Righteousness is meant the Righteousness which we hope for. We (says the Apostle) do by the assistance of the Spirit of God, Hope for a Righteousness that will Justify us, that will make us appear Just and Righteous before God; not by our own works, but by Faith, Colos. 1.5. For the Hope which is laid up for you in Heaven. The meaning is, the good hoped for which is laid up in Heaven. And this is called a Blessed Hope, on a double account.
For Answer, Hope is here put for the Good hoped for. 'Tis a Metonimical Expression usual in Scripture. So Fear is sometimes put for the thing most feared; as we read concerning Iacob, that when he took a solemn Oath, he did Sware by the Fear of his Father Isaac, Gen. 31.13. That 〈…〉 by that God who was the chief Object of the 〈…〉 of his Father Isaac, that God whom his ••ther Isaac did fear above all things. So Love sometimes put for the thing most loved, ent. 2.7 Christ is called the Believers Love, being the chief Object of his love. So the