The Mystery of godliness, consider'd in lxisermons : wherein the deity of Christ is prov'd upon no other evidence than the Word of God, and with no other view than for the salvation of men . »-f SERMON LVIII. S ER A V I N G thus confiderd the ladaccount thats given us of our greatGod and Saviour^ that he was receivedinto glory; and anfwerd the perverfedijptitingsofmen of corrtipt minds, whoare deflitute of the truth -y I now pals on to the III. General head, which is, to confider thisbranch of our religion as I have done all the reft,under the notion of a myflcrj^ and what is with-ou
The Mystery of godliness, consider'd in lxisermons : wherein the deity of Christ is prov'd upon no other evidence than the Word of God, and with no other view than for the salvation of men . »-f SERMON LVIII. S ER A V I N G thus confiderd the ladaccount thats given us of our greatGod and Saviour^ that he was receivedinto glory; and anfwerd the perverfedijptitingsofmen of corrtipt minds, whoare deflitute of the truth -y I now pals on to the III. General head, which is, to confider thisbranch of our religion as I have done all the reft,under the notion of a myflcrj^ and what is with-out controveriie a great one. What we mean bythis you have heard already, Firfty That it is a thing which has been kept fe-cret, and to this charader the whole dodrine ofChriftianity agrees. It was fcarce known at all tothe Gentiles, and with a mixture of confufion anddarknefs among the Jeii^s. Hence it is calld aCol. i. i6,myfiery which has been hid from ages and generations,^7- but now is made manifefi to the SaintSy to whom Godwould make known what is the riches of the glory ofthis myflery. Thus the fame Apoftle tells us, thatE^ by revelation made known to him the myflery ;4. s* and he fpeaks of his knowle
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