The Glorious Mystery Of The Person Of Christ God And Man PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1812 edition. Excerpt: ... is exalted and made a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance and the forgiveness of sins. 2. A declaration of the way and manner how believers do live upon Christ in the exercise of faith, whereby according to the promise and appointment of God, they derive from him the whole grace and mercy whereof in this world they are made partakers, and are established in the expectation of what they shall receive hereafter by his power. And that two things do hence ensue. (1.) The necessity of universal evangelical obedience, seeing it is only in and by the duties of it, that faith is or can be kept in a due exercise unto the ends mentioned. (2.) That believers do hereby increase continually with the increase of God, and grow up into him who is the Head, until they become the fulness of him who filleth all in all. 3. A conviction that a real interest in, and participation of these things, cannot be obtained any other way, but by the actual exercise of faith on the person of Jesus Christ. These things were necessary to be handled at large with reference unto the end proposed. But for sundry reasons the whole of this labour is here declined. For some of the particulars mentioned. I have already insisted on in other discourses heretofore published, and that with respect unto the end here designed. And this argument cannot be handled as it doth deserve unto full satisfaction, without an entire discourse concerning the life of faith, which my present design will not admit of. CHAP. XVI. AN HUMBLE INQUIRY INTO, AND PROSPECT OF THE INFINITE WISDOM OF GOD, IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE PERSON CF CHRIST, AND THE WAT OF SALVATION THERF.BY. DEGREES Tj'ROM the consideration of the things before insisted on, we may endeavour according unto our measure, to take a view..