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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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And there are such things done by Christ at this day, as do Declare him to be the great God. None but the great God can preserve and uphold the world in being. All Creatures would return to their first nothing, if the infinite Arm of God did not uphold them: Neh. 9.6 Thou even thou art Lord abo•e, thou ⟨p. 59⟩hast made Heaven and Earth, and all things that are therein, and thou preservest them all. It is Gods work to preserve the Creatures that are in the world. Now this is true concerning the Lord Jesus Christ: Heb. 1.3 He upholdeth all things. The Son of God upholds all things by the Word of his Power; then he is the great God. Therefore Christ says, Joh. 17.5 I work hitherto. Namely in upholding the world, in preserving the world, in governing the world and all Creatures therein. Preservation is a continued Creation; and so does Christ work hitherto.
And there are such things done by Christ at this day, as do Declare him to be the great God. None but the great God can preserve and uphold the world in being. All Creatures would return to their first nothing, if the infinite Arm of God did not uphold them: Neh. 9.6 Thou even thou art Lord abo•e, thou ⟨p. 59⟩hast made Heaven and Earth, and all things that are therein, and thou preservest them all. It is Gods work to preserve the Creatures that are in the world. Now this is true concerning the Lord Jesus Christ: Heb. 1.3 He upholdeth all things. The Son of God upholds all things by the Word of his Power; then he is the great God. Therefore Christ sayes, Joh. 17.5 I work hitherto. Namely in upholding the world, in preserving the world, in governing the world and all Creatures therein. Preservation is a continued Creation; and so does Christ work hitherto.