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A dying legacy of a minister to his dearly beloved people, showing, I. That…A dying legacy of a minister to his dearly beloved people, shewing, I. That…
A dying legacy of a minister to his dearly beloved people, showing, I. That true believers on Jesus Christ may be assured, of the salvation of their souls. II. That spiritual wisdom, or grace in the soul, is of all things the most desirable. III. That there is none whose dignity and glory may be compared with that which belongs to our Lord Jesus Christ. / Being the three last sermons preached by Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Five lines from Hebrews]A dying legacy of a minister to his dearly beloved people, shewing, I. That true believers on Jesus Christ may be asured, of the salvation of their souls. II. That spiritual wisdom, or grace in the soul, is of all things the most desireable. III. That there is none whose dignity and glory may be compared with that which belongs to our Lord Jesus Christ. / Being the three last sermons preached by Increase Mather, D.D. ; [Five lines from Hebrews]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for J. Edwards, 1722
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Sermon 3: There is none whose Dignity and Glory may be compared with that of our Lord JESUS CHRIS…
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2. THIS Man my Text speaks of Jesus Christ, is God as well as Man. God and Man in One Person, which cannot be said of any One else such a Glory as may not be Affirmed of any other Man that ever was, or is, or shall be ⟨p. 65⟩in the World. Christ in the Scripture has the Name of God given to Him. Job knew this to be a Truth, therefore said, Job. 19. 25. I now that my Redeemer […], and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the Earth, though after my Skin Worms […] this Body, yet in my flesh shall see God. Christ is said to be God, not only as Princes are said to be Gods, but He is styled the Mighty GOD, the Great GOD, the GOD over all Blessed forever. Therefore He is said to be the Son of God, not the Son of God as Angels, by Similitude, or as Believers by Adoption, but God's own son, Rom. 8. 32. God spared not his own Son, but delivered him to Death for us all. Spared not His own Son, now an own Son is equal with His Father in respect of Nature, so is Jesus Christ the son of God. It is said of Him, ⟨p. 66⟩He counted it no robbery to become equal with God. If He had […] been really so, it would have been the greatest Robbery to have pretended an Equality with God. The Jews thought Christ was Guilty of the highest Bla• phe•y, when He said He was equal with the Father, that He was God's own Son, Christ said I have […] many good works, for which of these do you go about to stone me? They said to him not for thy good works do we stone […] but for thy Blasphemy, in that […] being a Man makest thy self God. If any other Man in the World had said so, the Blasphemy would have been very great, but when Christ said so, it was a most Glorious Truth necessary to be Believed. Zech. 13. 7. Awake […] sword against the Man that is […] Fellow, faith the Lord of Host. What Man is it that is the F•• low ⟨p. 67⟩