N01022:29
Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the…
Parental wishes and charges. Or, The enjoyment of a glorious Christ, proposed, as the great blessedness, which Christian parents desire, both for themselves, and for their children. In a discourse, now put into the hands of such parents, as would be assisted in their duty, by putting such things into the hands of their children. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
printed by Timothy Green, 1705
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The SOVEREIGNTY of God, His most Sovereign Grace: where shall we see the Glory of it appearing? It appears most Gloriously, when we see Fallen Angels irrecoverably Damned, but Fallen Men recovered unto good Terms with Heaven. It appears most Gloriously, when ⟨p. 17⟩we see among Men, some Appointed to obtain Salvation by Jesus Christ, others of ••d Ordained unto Condemnation. In our CHRIST, we see those things done, for which the Highest Reason, is, The Good Pleasure of the most High God. Oh! Sovereign and Glorious Grace, that so loved the world, as to bestow a CHRIST upon the Chief of Sinners in the world!
But then the Holiness, the HOLINESS of the great GOD: His Glorifying of himself, and his Abhorring and Revenging of Sin, which rebels against his Glory: Never was infinite Holiness displayed, as it is in the Lord JESUS CHRIST. Holy & Reverend was the Name of our God, when He sent Redemption to His People. Oh! the Glorious Holiness, that required such a Sacrifice for Sin, as was of more account, than if all Earth and Heaven too had been made a Burnt Offering unto the Lord! When the only Begotten and the dearly Beloved Son of God, became a Surety for Sinners, God […] Him not! Our Lord JESUS CHRIST, in the midst of His Dolorous Agonies, Cried out, O my God, my God ⟨p. 18⟩Thou art Holy! Behold, O Christians Behold that Man, who is God Blessed forever, yet once made a Curse for us. Behold that Man, who is the Joy of the whole Heaven, yet once weltering under the Torments of Hell. Behold that Man in whom the Son of God for ever dwells with Delight, yet Clouded with Darkness, and Horror, and Dimness of Anguish! Then Cry out; O Great God Thou art an Holy God; And, There i• none Holy as the Lord: Oh! Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Hosts, how Great is the Glory of thy Holiness?
But then the Holiness, the HOLINESS of the great GOD: His Glorifying of himself, and his Abhorring and Revenging of Sin, which rebels against his Glory: Never was infinite Holiness display'd, as it is in the Lord JESUS CHRIST. Holy & Reverend was the Name of our God, when He sent Redemption to His People. Oh! the Glorious Holiness, that required such a Sacrifice for Sin, as was of more account, than if all Earth and Heaven too had been made a BurntOffering unto the Lord! When the only Begotten and the dearly Beloved Son of God, became a Surety for Sinners, God Him not! Our Lord JESUS CHRIST, in the midst of His Dolorous Agonies, Cried out, O my God, my God