I proceed now to enter upon some improvement of the whole that has been said from this doctrine. I. Hence we may learn how great a work is this of redemption. We have now had it, though in a very imperfect manner, set forth, in its whole progress, from its first beginning after the fall,…
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Part IX. The General Judgement.
Thus I have shown how the success of Christ’s redemption has been accomplished during the continuance of the christian church under the means of grace. We have seen what great revolutions there have been, and are to be, during this space of time; how the great wheels of Providence have gone round for the accomplishment…
Part VIII. The Success of Redemption Through That Space Wherein the Christian Church Shall, for the Most Part, Be in a State of Peace and Prosperity
In order to describe this part, I would speak, first, of the prosperous state of the church through the greatest part of this period; and, secondly, of the great apostacy there shall be towards the close of it. I. I would speak of the prosperous state of the church through the greater part of this…
Part VII. The Success of Redemption from the Present Time to the Fall of Antichrist.
I come now to show how the success of Christ’s redemption will be carried on from the present time, till Antichrist is fallen, and Satan’s visible kingdom on earth is destroyed.—With respect to this space of time, we have nothing to guide us but the prophecies of Scripture. Through most of the time from the…
Part VI. Improvements of past Events.
Having now shown how the work of redemption has been carried on from the fall of man to the present time, before I proceed any further, I would make some application. I. From what has been said, we may see great evidence of the truth of the christian religion, and that the Scriptures are the…
Part V. The Success of Redemption from the Reformation to the Present Time
Thus having gone through the dark time of the church, I come now to consider that part which begins with the Reformation, and reaches to the present time. And here I would, 1. Speak of the Reformation itself; 2. The opposition which the devil has made to the Reformed church; 3. What success there has…
Part I. To the Destruction of Jerusalem.
I would now show, how the success of Christ’s purchase of redemption was carried on from Christ’s resurrection to the destruction of Jerusalem. In speaking of this I would, 1. take notice of the success itself; and, 2. the opposition made against it by its enemies; and, 3. the terrible judgments of God on those…
Section IV. How the Success was carried on.
From Christ’s resurrection till the fall of Antichrist, is the appointed day of Zion’s troubles. During this space of time, some part or other of the church is under persecution; and great part of the time, the whole church, or at least the generality of God’s people, have been persecuted. For the first three hundred…
Section III. Established Means of Success
Consider those dispensations of Providence, by which the means of this success were established after Christ’s resurrection. I. The abolishing the Jewish dispensation. This indeed was gradually done, but it began from the time of Christ’s resurrection, in which the abolition of it is founded. For the Jewish dispensation was not fitted for the practice…
Section II. How Christ was capacitated for effecting his Purpose.
As the incarnation of Christ was necessary in order to his being in a near capacity for the purchase of redemption; so his resurrection and ascension were requisite in order to the success of his purchase. I. His resurrection. It was necessary in order to Christ’s obtaining the end and effect of his purchase of…