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Several sermons wherein is showed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II.…Several sermons wherein is shewed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II.…
Several sermons wherein is showed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II. That God converts his elect some at one age, and some at another, commonly before old age. III. That when godly men dye, angels carry their souls to another and a better world. : With a preface in which there is a brief and true character of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Bridge a lately deceased pastor in one of the churches in Boston. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]Several sermons wherein is shewed, I. That Jesus Christ is a mighty Saviour. II. That God converts his elect some at one age, and some at another, commonly before old age. III. That when godly men dye, angels carry their souls to another and a better world. : With a preface in which there is a brief and true character of the Reverend Mr. Thomas Bridge a lately deceased pastor in one of the churches in Boston. / By Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Four lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1715
JESUS CHRIST IS A Mighty Saviour.JESƲS CHRIST IS A Mighty Saviour.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6. Christ Saves his People from the Mightiest Enemies, and from the greatest Evils, therefore he is Mighty to Save. The Miserable Captives of Hell were in woeful slavery under Mighty Oppressors. The Almighty Lord Jesus Christ has set th• at Liberty. Isai. 49.24, 25. Shall the prey be taken from the Mighty, or the lawful Captive be delivered? The Captives of the Mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible ones shall be delivered. Sinners are said to be lawful Captives, in that the Justice of God had delivered them into the hands of Satan, and his evil Angels, who were terrible Ones. They had never been delivered from those terrible Ones, nor the prey taken out of the hands of the Mighty, if Christ had not done it. Satan is a powerful Enemy; the Scripture speaks of the power of that Enemy, Luk. 10.19. But this Conqueror whom the Text speaks of, has Conquered the Devil, and taken his armour from him, in which he trusted. Heb. 2.14. He has destroyed ⟨p. 16⟩him that had the power of death that is the Devil; not as to his Being, but as to his Dominion. We find in the Gospel, that Christ delivered many that were under bodily Possession by Devils, thereby declaring that he would deliver Souls that were under Spiritual Possession by Evil Spirits. Spiritual Plagues are the greatest, therefore deliverance from them is a Mighty Salvation. Blindness of Mind is a Spiritual Judgment. Sin and Satan has blinded the Minds of Men. 2 Cor. 4.4. The God of this World has blinded the Eyes of them that believe not. Jesus Christ saveth from this Spiritual Judgment. For one that is blind to have his sight restored to him is a Mighty thing especially if he was born blind. Joh. 9.32. Since the World began was it not heard, that any man opened the Eyes of one that was born blind: But Christ has opened the Eyes of many a one that was born blind; that came into the World with a dark Soul. To give sight to a dark Soul, is a greater thing than to restore sight to a dark Body: