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Five sermons on several subjects. I. A birth-day sermon, preached on the day when…
Five sermons on several subjects. I. A birth-day sermon, preached on the day when the author attained to the eightieth year of his age. II. A dying testimony to the sovereign grace of God in the salvation of his elect, containing three sermons. III. Believers encouraged to pray from the consideration of Christs interceding for them, and with them. / By Increase Mather, D.D ; [Six lines of quotations]
Boston: printed by B. Green for Daniel Henchman, 1719
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PROP. I. That Christ is and ever was, and ever will be an intercessor on the behalf of His People.
This is a Scripture Truth, a Mystery that is not known but only by the Scriptures, and by revelation from the Spirit of God. The Scriptures both of the Old and New Testament do bear Witness to it. In the Old Testament we read of Christs Intercession for His People. Zech. 1. 12. The Angel of the Lord said, how long shall it be, O Lord, of Hosts, •re thou have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the Cities of Judah, against which thou hast bad indignation; and the Lord answered the Angel with good & comfortable words. That Angel was the very same with the Angel in my Text, expressed in verse 11. by the Man that stood among the Myrtle Trees. This Truth is more abundantly declared in the Scriptures of the New Testament, where we often read concerning the Intercession of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Rom. 8. 34. He is at the Right hand of God, and maketh intercession for us. Hence Christ is said to be an Advocate. 1 Joh. 2. 1. If ⟨p. 101⟩any Man sin, we have an advocate with the ••ther Jesus Christ the righteous. The work of an Advocate is to answer the Impleadings of an Adversary. The Adversary of the Saints of God, is the Devil, who does accuse them; and sometimes very falsely, as we see in that instance of Job; and sometimes he has matter for his accusation; but then Jesus Christ, the righteous Advocate, does […] His Servants, He pleads for them when Satan does accuse them, and plead against them; This we see, Zech. 3. 1, 2. Joshua the High Priest, stood before the Angel of the Lord, and he was Clothed with filthy Garments, and there stood […] at his Right Hand. The accuser was […] to stand at the Right Hand; so Satan is represented as standing at the Right Hand of Joshua; the Angel of the Lord, which is Christ, said, The Lord reke thee Satan, is not this a brand pluck out of the Fire. He is but newly brought out of Babylon, if something of the […] Garments of Babylon, is still upon him, that is not so much to be wondered at. And He said, Take away his […] Garments, and clothe him with change