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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 2
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1. God Himself is the Foundation of the Believers Hope. The Blessed God is the Object of the Blessed Hope, Psal. 71.5 O Lord my God thou art my hope. Jer. 14.8 The hope of Israel and Saviour thereof, in the day of trouble. He is therefore styled The God of Hope, Rom. 15.13 the God of hope, not only He that is the Author of the Grace of hope, but the Object of the Believers hope. The Glorious Attributes of God, is the Foundation that the believers hope is built upon. Psal 147.11 He takes pleasure in them that hope in his Mercy. Then the Divine Mercy is the Object of their hope. Now the Mercy of God will not fail. Lam 3.22 His Compassions fail not. Therefore the hope that is built thereon, will not fail. The Love of God is the Foundation of the Believers hope, and that is unchangeable. Jer. 31.3 I have Loved thee with an Everlasting Love. The Faithfulness of God is the Foundation of the Believers hope, and that fails not. Psal 89.31 He will not suffer his Faithfulness to fail
1. God H•mself is the Foundation of the Believers Hope. The Blessed God is the Object of the Blessed Hope, Psal. 71.5 O Lord my God thou art my hope. Jer. 14.8 The hope of Israel and Saviour thereof, in the day of trouble. He is therefore styled The God of Hope, Rom. 15.13 the God of hope, not only He that is the Author of the Grace of hope, but the Object of the Believers hope. The Glorious Attributes of God, is the Foundation that the believers hope is built upon. Psal 147.11 He takes pleasure in them that hope in his Mercy. Then the Divine Mercy is the Object of their hope. Now the Mercy of God will not fail. Lam 3.22 His Compassions fail not. Therefore the hope that is built thereon, will not fail. The Love of God is the Foundation of the Believers hope, and that is unchangeable.