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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.
We proceed to the Second Enqui• viz.
Who are the Subjects of that Salvation which this Mighty Saviour is the Author of▪
Take the Answer in Three Particulars.
1. Fallen sinful Man is the Objects of Christ's Salvation. There is a World of Fallen Angels which kept ou• their first Estate; they are in Chain• of Everlasting Darkness. Christ is not a Saviour to them. The Son of God took not on him the Nature of Angels, but He assumed the Nature of Man, and is therefore a Saviour not of Angels that have sinned, but of Men that have sinned. And His Salvation does extend to all sorts of sinful Men High and Low, Rich and Poor. Wherefore it is said, God our Saviour will have all Men, (meaning some of all sorts of Men) to be saved, • Tim. 2.4. There is not a Man in the World, but what needs a Saviour. For all Men are sinners. God in His holy Word declares that they are so. Gal 3.21. The Scripture has concluded all under sin. Now Christ came to save sinners. This is a saying worthy of all acceptation, that Jesus Christ came to save sinners. If Men were not sinners they would not