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Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Showing the virtue of Christs blood to…Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Shewing the vertue of Christs blood to…
Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Showing the virtue of Christs blood to cleanse from sin. II. That natural men are under the government of self-love. III. That the Gospel is the means of conversion. : To which a fourth is added, to stir up young men and maidens to praise the name of the Lord. / By Solomon Stoddard A.M. Pastor of Northampton.Three sermons lately preached at Boston. I. Shewing the vertue of Christs blood to cleanse from sin. II. That natural men are under the government of self-love. III. That the Gospel is the means of conversion. : To which a fourth is added, to stir up young men and maidens to praise the name of the Lord. / By Solomon Stoddard A.M. Pastor of Northampton.
printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1717
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III. PROP. Christ who suffered was perfectly holy. Many other Men are imperfectly holy, but Christ was perfectly so: He was not guilty of the first transgression: the second Adam was not represented by the first Adam, and so not involved in the guilt of his Sin. Other Men come Sinners into the World, but He was holy from his birth. Luke 1.35. That holy one that shall be born of thee. Christ was free from all manner of Sin, both Original and Actual: Heb. 7.26. He was holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from Sinners. He had great temptations from Men to Sin, but they did not prevail. 1 Pet. 2.23. When he was reviled, he reviled not again. He had temptations from Satan, but he did not prevail. Joh. 14.32. The prince of this World cometh and hath nothing in me. He always did that which pleased God, Joh. 8 29. The most famous Men that ever were, were Sinners, ⟨p. 14⟩Noah, Moses, David, Hezekiah & Paul: but CHRIST was perfectly free from Sin. Men found fault with him, but God found no fault with him. He was Gods holy One. Acts 2.27. He fulfilled all Righteousness, Math. 3.15.
Hence, His sufferings might be upon our account. The Lambs that were offered in Sacrifice were to be without spot. If Christ had not been holy, He could not have been a Sacrifice for us: a sinful Person is liable to suffer upon his own account, and can't suffer the wrath of God for others: but Christ being holy, his Sufferings were available for our Redemption. 1 Pet. 1.9. We were Redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, as of a Lamb, without spot and without blemish. It would have been utterly unacceptable to God to offer that which is polluted: but Christ being perfectly holy, there could be no objection against his Sacrifice. Being not liable to punishment on his own account, he was capable to suffer upon our account: He was only guilty by imputation, and therefore what he suffered, was not on his own Account, but on our account.