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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 3
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2. It is evident that Jesus Christ is in respect of Nature God, in that He is Gods own Son. Rom. 8.32 God spared not His own Son. Christ is not (as Believers are) the Adopted Son of God, but His Own Son in respect of Nature, in respect of Eternal Generation. And therefore is styled in Scripture, The Begotten Son of God: Joh. 1.19 We beheld His Glory, the Glory as of the only Begotten of the Father. Now a Father and an own Son, are of the same Nature. So is Christ of the same Nature with the great God. And in that respect He is as great as God the Father: Joh· 5.18 He said that God is His Father, making himself equal with God. ⟨p. 53⟩Christ in respect of his Humane Nature, is not Equal with God, but infinitely Inferior to Him; and in respect of his Office as he […] Mediator, though on that account, He is Superior to all Men and Angels yet Inferior to God. Therefore did Christ say, Joh. 14 28 My Father is greater than I. Considered as Mediator, the Father is greater than He. But then in respect of his Person, as he is the Son of God, so the Father and He are Equal: My Father and I am one. Joh. 10.30 That is the Second Demonstration of the Truth before us.
2. It is evident that Jesus Christ is in respect of Nature God, in that He is Gods own Son. Rom. 8.32 God spared not His own Son. Christ is not (as Believers are) the Adopted Son of God, but His Own Son in respect of Nature, in respect of Eternal Generation. And therefore is styled in Scripture, The Begotten Son of God: Joh. 1.19 We beheld His Glory, the Glory as of the only Begotten of the Father. Now a Father and an own Son, are of the same Nature. So is Christ of the same Nature with the great God. And in that respect He is as great as God the Father: Joh· 5.18 He said that God is His Father, making himself equal with God. ⟨p. 53⟩