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Those taught by God the Father, to know God the Son
Those taught by God the Father, to know God the Son; are blessed. A sermon preached at Boston lecture, July 3d. 1712. / By Solomon Stoddard, A.M. Pastor of the Church of Christ at Northampton. ; [Seven lines from John]
printed by B Green for Benj. Eliot, 1712
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DIVINE Teachings, Render Persons BLESSED.
MATTHEW XVI. 17. — Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in Heaven.
WE Read, verse 13. That Christ came into the coast of Caesarea Philippi: Thi• was not Caesarea where Phi• lip the Evangelist lived, o• which we read, Act. 21.8. for that was it Syria; but this City was formerly called Paneas, & much enlarged by Philip the Brother o• Herod the Tetrarch, & called Caesarea Philippi the first in honour of the Emperor, the latte• in honour of himself. Here Christ being desirous to draw forth Peters confession: he firs• ⟨p. 2⟩inquires what the sense of men was concerning Him: Who do men say that I the Son of Man am? They answer, v. 14. Some say thou art John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah, or one of the Prophets. The Jews expected Elijah from Heaven, and possibly they thought that one of the Prophets was risen from the Dead; or they might think with the Pythagoreans that there was a Transmigration of Souls, and that the Soul of some dead Prophet was put into the body of Jesus: Then Christ inquires what their sense was concerning him, v. 15. Whom say ye that I am? To which Peter answers, Thou art Christ the Son of the living God. Where he acknowledgeth two things.