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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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SERMON, I. Showing the Virtue of CHRISTS Blood to Cleanse from Sin.
SERMON, I. Shewing the Vertue of CHRISTS Blood to Cleanse from Sin.
IN these Words we have the commendation of the blood of Christ. By the blood of Christ we are not to understand the natural blood of Christ: if a Man had kept some Ounces of that when it ran out of his side, it would have done him no good: but the meaning is, the Sufferings of Christ, especially his bloody death. The commendation of it is, (1.) That it has an Efficacy to cleanse us from Sin. Sin is a pollution and stain: it renders Men offensive to God, it makes them filthy in the Eye of God; it exposes them to ⟨p. 2⟩Gods wrath: but the blood of Christ cleanseth us: