And this leads me to his Office. This Divine Person, God-Man, that the Text here saith appeared, was, by his Office, the Christ, the Messias, that is, that great Minister of God, that Anointed King and Priest and Prophet, which from the beginning of the World he promised to send down upon Earth for the salvation of Mankind.
And this leads me to his Office. This Divine Person, God-Man, that the Text Here Says appeared, was, by his Office, the christ, the Messias, that is, that great Minister of God, that Anointed King and Priest and Prophet, which from the beginning of the World he promised to send down upon Earth for the salvation of Mankind.
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This Virgin, by as strange a Providence, when the time of her delivery drew near, was brought from her own City and Habitation in Galilee, to Bethlehem a City of Judah, where she brought forth this Illustrious Babe;
This Virgae, by as strange a Providence, when the time of her delivery drew near, was brought from her own city and Habitation in Galilee, to Bethlehem a city of Judah, where she brought forth this Illustrious Babe;
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and so ill befriended, that in that Confluence of People with which the City was then crowded, she was able to procure no better a lodging than the Stable of an Inn • so that a Manger was the place that first received the Lord of Glory.
and so ill befriended, that in that Confluence of People with which the city was then crowded, she was able to procure no better a lodging than the Stable of an Inn • so that a Manger was the place that First received the Lord of Glory.
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This Slur, this Affront God then thought fit to put upon all that external Splendour and Grandeur which usually doth so much dazle the Eyes of mortal Men.
This Slur, this Affront God then Thought fit to put upon all that external Splendour and Grandeur which usually does so much dazzle the Eyes of Mortal Men.
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But God failed not to make abundant amends for the meanness of this Birth, by giving sundry other demonstrable Evidences of the Dignity of the Person that was then born.
But God failed not to make abundant amends for the meanness of this Birth, by giving sundry other demonstrable Evidences of the Dignity of the Person that was then born.
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and brou•ht their Offerings to this King of the World in a Manger. And the Shepherds, that were watching their Flocks in the Fields by night, were surprized with the Glory of the Lord shining round about them,
and brou•ht their Offerings to this King of the World in a Manger. And the Shepherd's, that were watching their Flocks in the Fields by night, were surprised with the Glory of the Lord shining round about them,
After this manner was the Appearance of our Saviour, and much after the same manner was his following Life. It was a life of much Poverty and Meanness as to outward cirumstances;
After this manner was the Appearance of our Saviour, and much After the same manner was his following Life. It was a life of much Poverty and Meanness as to outward Circumstances;
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or the exemplary Vertue and Piety that did shine out in all his Conversation; Or the Divinity of his Sermons and Doctrines; Or his prodigious inimitable Miracles;
or the exemplary Virtue and Piety that did shine out in all his Conversation; Or the Divinity of his Sermons and Doctrines; Or his prodigious inimitable Miracles;
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How ought we to be wrapt with Wonder and Astonishment at the Infiniteness of the Divine Condescension? How ought we to be affected with Love and thankfulness at such a never-to-be-parallell'd instance of God's kindness to us, that he should so love us as to send his only-begotten Son into the World, that we might live through him.
How ought we to be wrapped with Wonder and Astonishment At the Infiniteness of the Divine Condescension? How ought we to be affected with Love and thankfulness At such a never-to-be-parallelled instance of God's kindness to us, that he should so love us as to send his only-begotten Son into the World, that we might live through him.
If we consider that this Son of God resolving to appear in the World, of all other ways chose to do it in our Flesh, and so united both the Deity and Humanity in one Person :
If we Consider that this Son of God resolving to appear in the World, of all other ways chosen to do it in our Flesh, and so united both the Deity and Humanity in one Person:
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or to shame us from prostituting this our Nature to any vile unworthy Mixtures and Communications which God did not disdain to take into so near a Relation to himself.
or to shame us from prostituting this our Nature to any vile unworthy Mixtures and Communications which God did not disdain to take into so near a Relation to himself.
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How ought this to fill our hearts with Joy and Thankfulness? How should it move us to pour out our Souls in Benedictions to God for having thus Visited and redeemed his People ? And putting us into that dispensation which so many Holy Men,
How ought this to fill our hearts with Joy and Thankfulness? How should it move us to pour out our Souls in Benedictions to God for having thus Visited and redeemed his People? And putting us into that Dispensation which so many Holy Men,
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How ought this Consideration to strengthen our Faith in this Christ? To make us constant to the death in owning him for our Saviour, our Messiah, in Opposition to all the Pretences of the Jews,
How ought this Consideration to strengthen our Faith in this christ? To make us constant to the death in owning him for our Saviour, our Messiah, in Opposition to all the Pretences of the jews,
You see here that the time of his Appearance is said to be the end of the World. But how is that to be understood? If we take the expression in the literal sense,
You see Here that the time of his Appearance is said to be the end of the World. But how is that to be understood? If we take the expression in the literal sense,
The word in my Text is NONLATINALPHABET, which every body, that is versed in the style of the New Testament, knows may be better and more naturally rendred the Consummation or Conclusion of the Ages, than the End of the World.
The word in my Text is, which every body, that is versed in the style of the New Testament, knows may be better and more naturally rendered the Consummation or Conclusion of the Ages, than the End of the World.
For the understanding this Phrase, we must have recourse to the known Idiom of the Jews, who used to speak of the several Oeconomies and Dispensations, under which the World successively had been,
For the understanding this Phrase, we must have recourse to the known Idiom of the jews, who used to speak of the several Oeconomies and Dispensations, under which the World successively had been,
or was to be, as of so many NONLATINALPHABET or Ages. The last of which Ages, and the Accomplishment and Completion of all of them, they held to be the Age of the Messia• ;
or was to be, as of so many or Ages. The last of which Ages, and the Accomplishment and Completion of all of them, they held to be the Age of the Messia•;
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beyond which they knew there was to be no other Age or Oeconomy. With reference to this way of speaking, the Times of the Gospel dispensation are frequently called in Scripture, the Last Times, the Last Days, the Fulness of the Times, and in the Text, the Consummation or Shutting up of the Ages. The meaning of all which Phrases is no more than this.
beyond which they knew there was to be no other Age or Oeconomy. With Referente to this Way of speaking, the Times of the Gospel Dispensation Are frequently called in Scripture, the Last Times, the Last Days, the Fullness of the Times, and in the Text, the Consummation or Shutting up of the Ages. The meaning of all which Phrases is no more than this.
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This is the true meaning of Christ's appearing NONLATINALPHABET, as the Text expresseth it, that is, not (as we translate it) in the end of the World, but in the last of the Ages, or at the time when the Ages were fulfilled and accomplished.
This is the true meaning of Christ's appearing, as the Text Expresses it, that is, not (as we translate it) in the end of the World, but in the last of the Ages, or At the time when the Ages were fulfilled and accomplished.
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God, saith he, who at sundry times and in diverse manners, spake in times past unto the Fathers by the Prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath made heir of all things,
God, Says he, who At sundry times and in diverse manners, spoke in times passed unto the Father's by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath made heir of all things,
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And so he goes on to set forth the incomparable Dignity and Preheminence of this last Messenger of God, above that of either Angels or Men, by whom he had spoke to mankind before.
And so he Goes on to Set forth the incomparable Dignity and Pre-eminence of this last Messenger of God, above that of either Angels or Men, by whom he had spoke to mankind before.
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We ought therefore (saith he) to give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard (that is to say, the Doctrine of the Gospel) lest at any time we let them slip.
We ought Therefore (Says he) to give the more earnest heed to the things we have herd (that is to say, the Doctrine of the Gospel) lest At any time we let them slip.
He afterwards singles out the Nation of the Jews to be his peculiar People, and to them he gives a written Law which was delivered to them by Angels in the hand of Moses their Mediator (as the Apostle speaks in the third of the Galatians ) which Law was a shadow or dark representation of the Good things which were afterward to be revealed.
He afterwards singles out the nation of the jews to be his peculiar People, and to them he gives a written Law which was Delivered to them by Angels in the hand of Moses their Mediator (as the Apostle speaks in the third of the Galatians) which Law was a shadow or dark representation of the Good things which were afterwards to be revealed.
And last of all, as the Lord of the Vineyard in the Parable dealt with his Husband-men, who after he had sent Servants one after another, of different Qualities and Degrees, at last sent his own Son:
And last of all, as the Lord of the Vineyard in the Parable dealt with his Husbandmen, who After he had sent Servants one After Another, of different Qualities and Degrees, At last sent his own Son:
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so at last, I say, did the great Lord of the World, when the fulness of the time was come, send his own Son to be his Embassador to Mankind, his own Son who was the Brightness of his Glory, and the express Image of his Person.
so At last, I say, did the great Lord of the World, when the fullness of the time was come, send his own Son to be his Ambassador to Mankind, his own Son who was the Brightness of his Glory, and the express Image of his Person.
If under the former Dispensations when God only declared his Will by Angels or by Prophets, he was yet so severe that no Transgression or Disobedience escaped without a just recompence of Vengeance;
If under the former Dispensations when God only declared his Will by Angels or by prophets, he was yet so severe that no Transgression or Disobedience escaped without a just recompense of Vengeance;
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How can we escape if we neglect so great a Salvation, as that was, which in these last days was preached by Iesus Christ? How can we escape, if these last and greatest Methods of God for our good,
How can we escape if we neglect so great a Salvation, as that was, which in these last days was preached by Iesus christ? How can we escape, if these last and greatest Methods of God for our good,
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What Teachers, what Instructers can we further expect? What new Lights or Assistances do we yet wait for? Can any one think that God should set on foot some other new Dispensation for the bringing off those wretched People upon whom this last could prevail nothing? Do we dream of another Covenant, or another Mediator between God and Man, besides Christ Jesus ? Do we fancy that God will send some other Embassador or Saviour into the World after he hath sent his own Son? Or that the Son of God will come a second time in Humane Flesh,
What Teachers, what Instructers can we further expect? What new Lights or Assistances do we yet wait for? Can any one think that God should Set on foot Some other new Dispensation for the bringing off those wretched People upon whom this last could prevail nothing? Do we dream of Another Covenant, or Another Mediator between God and Man, beside christ jesus? Do we fancy that God will send Some other Ambassador or Saviour into the World After he hath sent his own Son? Or that the Son of God will come a second time in Humane Flesh,
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but a fearful expectation of Iudgment and fiery Indignation to consume the Adversaries. III. The Third General Point I am to insist on from the Text is the End of our Saviour's Appearance ;
but a fearful expectation of Judgement and fiery Indignation to consume the Adversaries. III. The Third General Point I am to insist on from the Text is the End of our Saviour's Appearance;
And again, this is the account that the Angel gives to Joseph a little before his Birth, Mat. 1.20. Fear not, saith he, to take unto thee Mary thy Wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
And again, this is the account that the Angel gives to Joseph a little before his Birth, Mathew 1.20. fear not, Says he, to take unto thee Marry thy Wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
But what is it to be saved from our Sins, or to have our Sins put away? Since the Salvation we have by Christ doth consist in this, it is fit we should a little more particularly insist on it.
But what is it to be saved from our Sins, or to have our Sins put away? Since the Salvation we have by christ does consist in this, it is fit we should a little more particularly insist on it.
In answer therefore to this Question, we say that two things are implyed in Christ's putting away Sin. First his saving or delivering us from the Guilt of our Sins,
In answer Therefore to this Question, we say that two things Are employed in Christ's putting away Sin. First his Saving or delivering us from the Gilded of our Sins,
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This is the Salvation which Zachary in his Hymn foretels John Baptist should publish to the World, Luke 1. To give knowledge of salvation to his people for the remission of their sins.
This is the Salvation which Zachary in his Hymn foretells John Baptist should publish to the World, Lycia 1. To give knowledge of salvation to his people for the remission of their Sins.
And this is that Redemption of Christ which S. Paul speaks of, 1 Coloss. 14. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.
And this is that Redemption of christ which S. Paul speaks of, 1 Coloss. 14. In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of Sins.
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And lastly, S. Paul s Sermon to the Gentiles is, Be it known unto you Men and Brethren, that through this Man Iesus Christ is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins,
And lastly, S. Paul s Sermon to the Gentiles is, Be it known unto you Men and Brothers, that through this Man Iesus christ is preached unto you the forgiveness of Sins,
and by him all that believe are justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the Law of Moses, Acts 13. And therefore much less certainly by the Law of Nature.
and by him all that believe Are justified from all things from which you could not be justified by the Law of Moses, Acts 13. And Therefore much less Certainly by the Law of Nature.
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The Eternal Word interposeth and offers himself to become Man, and in that Person to make satisfaction for the Sins of the World. And God accepts the Terms.
The Eternal Word interposeth and offers himself to become Man, and in that Person to make satisfaction for the Sins of the World. And God accepts the Terms.
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wherein God for his part upon account of this Mediation of Christ, promises Forgiveness of all Sins, to all true Penitents all the World over. O joyful Tidings these!
wherein God for his part upon account of this Mediation of christ, promises Forgiveness of all Sins, to all true Penitents all the World over. Oh joyful Tidings these!
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So the same Reason told them that He was Just, and had an infinite Regard to the Honour and Reputation of his Laws. Which Laws, their own Consciences told them, they had heinously transgressed;
So the same Reason told them that He was Just, and had an infinite Regard to the Honour and Reputation of his Laws. Which Laws, their own Consciences told them, they had heinously transgressed;
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and therefore in what a melancholy Condition were Mankind all the while? What encouragement had they seriously to set upon the Amendment of their wicked Lives? Or,
and Therefore in what a melancholy Condition were Mankind all the while? What encouragement had they seriously to Set upon the Amendment of their wicked Lives? Or,
For he by the unvaluable Merits of his Person, and the free unconstrained Offering up of Himself to an ignominious Death upon the Cross, on the behalf of Mankind, hath made a full, compleat,
For he by the unvaluable Merits of his Person, and the free unconstrained Offering up of Himself to an ignominious Death upon the Cross, on the behalf of Mankind, hath made a full, complete,
yet if we have but the Hearts to forsake our Sins, and to come to Jesus Christ, we shall as certainly obtain the Acceptance and the Love of our Heavenly Father,
yet if we have but the Hearts to forsake our Sins, and to come to jesus christ, we shall as Certainly obtain the Acceptance and the Love of our Heavenly Father,
O how welcome ought this News to be to us? How transported should we be at the infinite Kindness of God manifested to us by our Saviour? O! praised be God for his astonishing Love.
O how welcome ought this News to be to us? How transported should we be At the infinite Kindness of God manifested to us by our Saviour? OH! praised be God for his astonishing Love.
O let us for ever kiss and hug the pretious unvaluable Scriptures of the New Testament, if there was nothing else in them but that faithful Saying, that Saying, worthy of all Men to be received, That Iesus Christ came into the world to save sinners ;
O let us for ever kiss and hug the precious unvaluable Scriptures of the New Testament, if there was nothing Else in them but that faithful Saying, that Saying, worthy of all Men to be received, That Iesus christ Come into the world to save Sinners;
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yet I would value that one Saying, That Jesus Christ came into the World to save Sinners, more than all the Notions and Speculations of Reason and Philosophy.
yet I would valve that one Saying, That jesus christ Come into the World to save Sinners, more than all the Notions and Speculations of Reason and Philosophy.
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and that I may be found in him, not having my own Righteousness, which is by Nature, but that Righteousness which is by the Faith of Iesus Christ, who gave himself for me.
and that I may be found in him, not having my own Righteousness, which is by Nature, but that Righteousness which is by the Faith of Iesus christ, who gave himself for me.
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For here the Apostle's business is to apply that Promise or Prophesie of Moses unto our Saviour, viz. that God would in due thim raise up to his People a Prophet like unto him, whom they should all be obliged to hearken to.) I say therefore God raised up his Son Iesus, i.e. sent him into the World, that he might bless his People, in turning every one of them from their Iniquities.
For Here the Apostle's business is to apply that Promise or Prophesy of Moses unto our Saviour, viz. that God would in due thim raise up to his People a Prophet like unto him, whom they should all be obliged to harken to.) I say Therefore God raised up his Son Iesus, i.e. sent him into the World, that he might bless his People, in turning every one of them from their Iniquities.
And indeed Reason will teach us all this as well as Revelation. For in the nature of the thing, none can be truly Happy but those that are truly Pious. And in the same degree and proportion that any one is wicked, or is under the power of his Lusts in the same degree he must needs be miserable.
And indeed Reason will teach us all this as well as Revelation. For in the nature of the thing, none can be truly Happy but those that Are truly Pious. And in the same degree and proportion that any one is wicked, or is under the power of his Lustiest in the same degree he must needs be miserable.
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For not to insist upon the manifest Affront they put upon God's Justice and Holiness, in making Him the great Patron of Sin, whilst they assert Him to be the Justifier of wicked Men even whilst they continue wicked.
For not to insist upon the manifest Affront they put upon God's justice and Holiness, in making Him the great Patron of since, while they assert Him to be the Justifier of wicked Men even while they continue wicked.
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You cannot, as I said, but see (in the first place) how very much such Doctrins do disparage the Love of our Saviour and lessen his Undertaking ▪ For whilst He is here supposed to have Redeemed us only from his Fathers Wrath, and the Punishment consequent thereupon;
You cannot, as I said, but see (in the First place) how very much such Doctrines do disparage the Love of our Saviour and lessen his Undertaking ▪ For while He is Here supposed to have Redeemed us only from his Father's Wrath, and the Punishment consequent thereupon;
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leaving us in the mean time to the wickedness and impurity of our own Nature, which alone without the accession of any other external Evil, is a misery great enough:
leaving us in the mean time to the wickedness and impurity of our own Nature, which alone without the accession of any other external Evil, is a misery great enough:
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One that delivered us from the apprehensions of a Gibbet, or an Executioner ▪ but could not or would not cure us of the inward Sicknesses and Maladies, under which we languished. But this is not all.
One that Delivered us from the apprehensions of a Gibbet, or an Executioner ▪ but could not or would not cure us of the inward Sicknesses and Maladies, under which we languished. But this is not all.
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For whilst they suppose that a Man under the Power and Dominion of Sin, is capable of that Happiness which Christ purchased for us in the other World (which Happiness as both Scripture and Reason testifie, doth chiefly consist in the enjoyment of God,
For while they suppose that a Man under the Power and Dominion of since, is capable of that Happiness which christ purchased for us in the other World (which Happiness as both Scripture and Reason testify, does chiefly consist in the enjoyment of God,
or rather, to speak properly, that he is the happiest Creature alive in the enjoyment of an Object to which he has the greatest a version and antipathy in the World.
or rather, to speak properly, that he is the Happiest Creature alive in the enjoyment of an Object to which he has the greatest a version and antipathy in the World.
Then, and not till then, can a wicked Man, a Man that lives in Sin, and loves it, he capable of that Happiness which Jesus Christ hath purchased for us.
Then, and not till then, can a wicked Man, a Man that lives in since, and loves it, he capable of that Happiness which jesus christ hath purchased for us.
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IV. The Fourth thing I should speak to from this Text, is the Means by which our Saviour brought to pass the great End of his Appearance. viz. the putting away of sin.
IV. The Fourth thing I should speak to from this Text, is the Means by which our Saviour brought to pass the great End of his Appearance. viz. the putting away of since.
First, To give an account, how the Death of Christ was a Means for the putting away of sin in the first Sense I gave, that is, the procuring the Pardon of it.
First, To give an account, how the Death of christ was a Means for the putting away of since in the First Sense I gave, that is, the procuring the Pardon of it.
But Christ offered the Sacrifice of himself but once. Once in the end of the World, &c. The Apostle in this Chapter is discoursing of the Difference between the Law and the Gospel.
But christ offered the Sacrifice of himself but once. Once in the end of the World, etc. The Apostle in this Chapter is discoursing of the Difference between the Law and the Gospel.
as the Apostle tells us in the Verse before my Text. But now the Sacrifice of Christ, which he puts by way of opposition to theirs, that was but once offered,
as the Apostle tells us in the Verse before my Text. But now the Sacrifice of christ, which he puts by Way of opposition to theirs, that was but once offered,
Let us from hence take notice, that in this Service of the Holy Communion, we are not to pretend to offer Christ as a Sacrifice to his Father ▪ His Sacrifice was but once to be offered,
Let us from hence take notice, that in this Service of the Holy Communion, we Are not to pretend to offer christ as a Sacrifice to his Father ▪ His Sacrifice was but once to be offered,
and that was done 1600 Years ago, and in the Virtue of that Sacrifice once offered, all faithful Christians and sincere Penitents shall receive Remission of Sins,
and that was done 1600 years ago, and in the Virtue of that Sacrifice once offered, all faithful Christians and sincere Penitents shall receive Remission of Sins,
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and all other Benefits of his Passion ▪ But for us to think of offering Christ again as a Sacrifice, is in effect to put our selves into the same rank and condition with the unbelieving Jewes, that is, to need the repetition of the same Sacrifices every Year, nay every Day, which is the very reason for which the Apostle denys the Efficacie of them.
and all other Benefits of his Passion ▪ But for us to think of offering christ again as a Sacrifice, is in Effect to put our selves into the same rank and condition with the unbelieving Jews, that is, to need the repetition of the same Sacrifices every Year, nay every Day, which is the very reason for which the Apostle denys the Efficacy of them.
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For we offer our Alms, which we beg of God to accept as our Oblations ; and these in the Language of Scripture, are Sacrifices with which God is well pleased.
For we offer our Alms, which we beg of God to accept as our Oblations; and these in the Language of Scripture, Are Sacrifices with which God is well pleased.
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But if we go further, if we will in the Communion pretend to offer up the Body and Blood of Christ in Sacrifice to God, that was once sacrificed upon the Cross: It is intolerable.
But if we go further, if we will in the Communion pretend to offer up the Body and Blood of christ in Sacrifice to God, that was once sacrificed upon the Cross: It is intolerable.
The main business of that Mystery they make to consist in the Priest's offering up to God the very Body and Blood of Christ, the same Body and Blood that was once offered up at Jerusalem ;
The main business of that Mystery they make to consist in the Priest's offering up to God the very Body and Blood of christ, the same Body and Blood that was once offered up At Jerusalem;
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and they attribute to this their Offering the same Virtue and Efficacy that the Apostles and all Christians have always attributed to the one Sacrifice of Christ upon the Cross;
and they attribute to this their Offering the same Virtue and Efficacy that the Apostles and all Christians have always attributed to the one Sacrifice of christ upon the Cross;
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Good God! whither will Interest and Faction and Zeal for a Party transport Men? But it is not my business to expose them, but to put you in mind of what concerns our selves,
Good God! whither will Interest and Faction and Zeal for a Party transport Men? But it is not my business to expose them, but to put you in mind of what concerns our selves,
namely, as I said, that when we come to the Lord's Table, we do not approach thither with a belief that our Lord Jesus is there again offered, but only with a design to commemorate his Sacrifice that was once offered.
namely, as I said, that when we come to the Lord's Table, we do not approach thither with a belief that our Lord jesus is there again offered, but only with a Design to commemorate his Sacrifice that was once offered.
for his wonderful Birth, for his holy Life, for his pretious Death, for his glorious Resurrection and Ascension, and for his Intercession for us at the right hand of God.
for his wondered Birth, for his holy Life, for his precious Death, for his glorious Resurrection and Ascension, and for his Intercession for us At the right hand of God.
That we may with our whole Souls embrace all thy Doctrines and Revelations : That we may endeavour in all our Actions to conform our selves to thy Example ;
That we may with our Whole Souls embrace all thy Doctrines and Revelations: That we may endeavour in all our Actions to conform our selves to thy Exampl;
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and make it the Business of our Lives to be obedient to thy Precepts, to submit to thy Will, and to be contented to be disposed of by thee in all the Circumstances of our Lives.
and make it the Business of our Lives to be obedient to thy Precepts, to submit to thy Will, and to be contented to be disposed of by thee in all the circumstances of our Lives.
But enable us to hold the Profession of our Faith in thee without wavering, in all the Tryals and Difficulties thou shalt think fit to expose us to that so in Faith and Obedience, in Patience and Perseverance, we may ever wait for,
But enable us to hold the Profession of our Faith in thee without wavering, in all the Trials and Difficulties thou shalt think fit to expose us to that so in Faith and obedience, in Patience and Perseverance, we may ever wait for,
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