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A present from a far country, to the people of New England. I. A…A present from a farr countrey, to the people of New England. I. A…
A present from a far country, to the people of New England. I. A great voice from heaven, to these parts of the earth: in an excellent letter full of divine rarities, lately written from a terrible prison in France; / by a pious confessor of the reformed religion, once an inhabitant of this country. ; (With some late remarkables, of the persecution, upon the reformed in that kingdom.) II. The golden bells of the great high priest, heard from heaven, through the land. Or, Meditations, upon the methods of grace, wherein a few faithful persons may be the happy instruments of delivering a land, from all its iniquities & calamities.A present from a farr countrey, to the people of New England. I. A great voice from heaven, to these parts of the earth: in an excellent letter full of divine rarities, lately written from a terrible prison in France; / by a pious confessor of the reformed religion, once an inhabitant of this countrey. ; (With some late remarkables, of the persecution, upon the reformed in that kingdom.) II. The golden bells of the great high priest, heard from heaven, through the land. Or, Meditations, upon the methods of grace, wherein a few faithful persons may be the happy instruments of delivering a land, from all its iniquities & calamities.
Boston: printed by B. Green for Michael Perry, 1698
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A Brief DISCOURSE, Made unto the Great and General Assembly of the… › Conclusion 3: Conclusion III.
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But then, there most be an Altar, whereon our Priest presented this Offering. That Altar is His Godhead. It is the Altar, which Dignifies and ⟨p. 31⟩Sanctifies the Offering. The Humanity of our Lord Jesus Christ, being taken up into One Person, with the Second Person in God, the Worth of the Offering, by its Intimate Relation to that Person, is no less than Infinite. The Blood that ha's been Offered, is, as in Act. 20. 28. The Blood of God. The Life that ha's been Offered, is, as in 1 Joh. 3. 16. The Life of God. The Offering of our Lord Jesus Christ, is therefore enough to purchase for us, all the Blessings of God: It may be said of all the most Invaluable Blessings, Their Full Value ha's been Offered for them!
Christians; You see a Priest, an Offering and an Altar, in our Lord JESUS CHRIST, Yea, Behold, the Mystery; ONE CHRIST is All! And what is wanting to make up a Sacrifice? One Thing more; A Sacrifice must be Cut Off. And so was our Lord JESUS CHRIST. It is said, in Dan. 9. 26, 27, The Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; and he shall cause the Sacrifice and Oblation to cease. All Fulfilled in our JESUS, most Punctually, and Gloriously! Was there not a Sacrifice, when His Blood was poured out, when the Flames of Hell took Hold of Him, when He was horribly Burnt in the Fire of the Wrath of God?
Christians; You see a Priest, an Offering and an Altar, in our Lord JESUS CHRIST, Yea, Behold, the Mystery; ONE CHRIST is All! And what is wanting to make up a Sacrifice? One Thing more; A Sacrifice must be Cutt Off. And so was our Lord JESUS CHRIST. It is said, in Dan. 9. 26, 27, The Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; and he shall cause the Sacrifice and Oblation to cease. All Fulfill'd in our JESUS, most Punctually, and Gloriously! Was there not a Sacrifice, when His Blood was poured out, when the Flames of Hell took Hold of Him, when He was horribly Burnt in the Fire of the Wrath of God?