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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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2 The Word of God is the Foundation that the Believers hope is built upon. Psal 119.49 Remember the word upon which thou hast caused me to hope The word of Promise, the Covenant of God is Unchangeable and Everlasting, Isa 55.3 I will make with you an Everlasting Covenant, even the sure Mercies of David. The Blessedness and Mercy which God has promised to Believers, shall surely be performed, because His Covenant […] an Everlasting Covenant. Their hope is built not on the Covenant of Works, but on the Covenant of Grace. Their hope is Built […] on that Covenant that does insist on perfect […], but on that Covenant in which […] has promised to forgive the Iniquity of […] & to be Merciful to their […] is the Covenant of the Gospel, that […] is built upon, Col 1.23 The Hope of the Gospel. Were it not for a Gospel Covenant, they could have no hope: But that gives them sufficient ground of hope, since therein God has promised Eternal Life to them that truly believe on Jesus Christ. As surely as they hope for nothing but what God has promised, they may be sure they shall have all the Blessedness they hope for. Tit 1.2 In hope of Eternal Life, which God that cannot Lie has promised Heb 6.17▪ 18 That by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might ⟨p. 37⟩have a strong Consolation, who have fled for Refuge to la• hold upon the Hope set before us· What is that hope but the Covenant of God? And there are two immutable things in it, in which 'tis impossible God should Lie: there is the Promise of God, and the Oath of God. When God did Swear to Abraham that he would give the Land of Canaan to his Children, that was not all God intended by that Oath to Abraham, but he intended this also, that to Abraham's Spiritual Children, viz. Believers on Christ, He would give Everlasting Blessedness in the Heavenly Canaan, that was implied in the Holy Oath of God unto Abraham
2 The Word of God is the Foundation that the Believers hope is built upon. Psal 119.49 Remember the word upon which thou hast caused me to hope The word of Promise, the Covenant of God is Unchangeable and Everlasting, Isa 55.3 I will make with you an Everlasting Covenant, even the sure Mercies of David. The Blessedness and Mercy which God has promised to Believers, shall surely be performed, because His Covenant 〈…〉 an Everlasting Covenant. Their hope is built not on the Covenant of Works, but on the Covenant of Grace. Their hope is Built on that Covenant that does insist on perfect , but on that Covenant in which has promised to forgive the Iniquity of & to be Merciful to their is the Covenant of the Gospel, that is built upon, Col 1.23 The Hope of the Gospel. Were it not for a Gospel Covenant, they could have no hope: But that gives them sufficient ground of hope, since therein God has promised Eternal Life to them that truly belive on Jesus Christ. As surely as they hope for nothing but what God has promised, they may be sure they shall have all the Blessedness they hope for. Tit 1.2 In hope of Eternal Life, which God that cannot Lie has promised Heb 6.17 18 That by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might