IV. Various acts of Christ's power toward his people. Ps. cx. 4. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power. Isa. Ixiii. 1. Mighty to save. Ch. xlii. 4. Matt. ix. 6. The Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins. Mark ii. 10. Luke v. 24. x. 1. He called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them pow er against unclean spirits, to cast them out and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease. xvi. 18. I will build my church, &c. Luke v. 17. The power of the Lord was present to heal. 1 Cor. i. 8. Christ shall confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Thess. iii. 13. 2 Cor. xii. 9. He said my grace is sufficient for thee, my strength is made perfect in weakness; most gladly therefore (saith Paul) will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Phil. iii. 21. The Lord Jesus Christ shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able to subdue all things to himself. iy. 13. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Col, i. 29. I labour, striving according to his working which work. eth in me mightily. Heb. ii. 18. He is able to succour them that are tempted. vii. 25. Able to save to the uttermost. 2 Tim. i. 12. Able to keep that committed to him. V. Acts of his power against his enemies. Ps. ii. 9. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron. Acts xiii. 13. Heb. i. 5. cx. 2. Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Heb. i. 13. Isa. xi. 4. He shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth. xxv. 8. He will swallow up death in victory. I Cor. xv. 57. lxiii. 3. I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury. Luke iv. 36. With power he commanded the unclean spirit. xix. 27. Those mine enemies bring hither and slay them. John xvi. 33. I have overcome the world. Col. ii. 15. He spoiled principalities and powers. 2 Thess. i. 9. His enemies shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. ii. 8. The Lord shall consume the wicked one, with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy him with the brightness of his coming. Heb. ii. 14. He took part of flesh and blood, that he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is the devil. 1 John iii. 8. The Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the works of the devil. Rev. xvii. 14. The Lamb shall overcome them. Ch. iii. 21. xix. 11. In righteousness he doth judge, and make war. VI. Chrits's righteousness. xlv. 7. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest iniquity. lxxii. 2. He shall judge with righteousness. Isa. xi. 4. Isa. xi. 5. Righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins. xlii. 6. I the Lord have called thee in righteousness. li. 5. My righteousness is near. liii. 9. He had done no violence, neither was deceit in his mouth. Ver. 17. He put on righteousness as a breast-plate. Matt. iv. 2. Unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of righteousness arise. Matt. iii. 15. It becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. 2 Tim. iv. 8. A crown of life the Lord the righteous judge shall give. Heb. i. 8. A sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Ch. vii. 2. King of righteousness. 1 John ii. 1. We have an advocate, Jesus Christ the righteous. VII. He promoted righteousness. Ps. xl. 9. I have preached righ teousness. xlv. 4. Ride prosperously because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness. lxxii. 7. In his days shall the righteous flourish. Isa. xxxii. 16. Judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. Ver. 17. The work of righteousness shall be peace. liv. 17. Their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. lx. 17. I will make their exactors righteousness. Ixi. 3. That they may be called trees of righteousness. Ver. 10. He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness. Ver. 11. The Lord will cause righteousness to spring forth. Dan. ix. 24. Seventy weeks are determined, to bring in everlasting righteousness. John xvi. 8. He will reprove the world of righteousness. 1 John ii. 29. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doth righteousness is born of him. VIII. Christ's holiness. Dan. ix. 24. To anoint the most holy. Mark i. 24. I know thee who thou art, the holy one of God. Luke i. 35. That holy thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Acts iii. 14. Ye denied the holy one, and the just. iv. 27. Againt the holy child Jesus whom thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and people of Israel were gathered together. Ver. 30. Heb. vii. 26. Who is holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners. Ch. iv. 15. Without sin. 1 Pet. ii. 22. Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth. Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy. IX. Christ's justice. Zech. ix. 9. He is just, and having salvation. Matt. xxvii. 19. Have nothing to do with that just man. Ver. 24. I am innocent of the blood of this just man. viii. 46. Who of you convinceth me of sin. Ch. xii. 7. iii. 18. Christ suffered, the just for the unjust. X. His truth. John i. 14. The only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. Ver. 17. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. viii. 40. I have told you the truth. Ver. 45. xiv. 6. I am the way, the truth and the life. xviii. 37. For this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. 2 Cor. xi. 10. As the truth of Christ is in me. Eph. iv. 21. As the truth is in Jesus Rev. iii. 7. These things saith he that is holy. XI. His goodness. Acts x. 38. He went about doing good. Xii. His mercy. 1 Tim. i. 16. That in me Christ might shew all long suffering. Heb. ii. 17. That he might be a merciful and faithful high priest. XIII. Christ's eternity. Prov. viii. 23. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. See to ver. 32. Mic. v. 2. Whose goings forth, have been of old, from everlasting. John i. 1. In the beginning was the word. viii. 58. Before Abraham was, I am. xvii. 5. Glorify me, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. Ver. 24. Thou lovest me before the foundation of the world. Col. i. 17. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Heb. i. 12. Thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. vii. 3. Having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, but like the Son of God. xiii. 8. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday and to-day, and for ever. Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending. Ch. xxi. 6.-xxii. 13. Ver. 17. The first and the last. Ch. ii. 8. Ver. 18. I am he that liveth, (or the living one,) and was dead. CHAP. X. CHRIST'S BENEFITS TO MEN, OR BLESSINGS THEY RECEIVE THROUGH HIM, AS A SAVIOUR, REDEEMER, DELIVERER, &c. 1. CHRIST is the Saviour, salvation is by him. Isa. xxv. 9. We will be glad and rejoice in thy salvation. xlv. 17. Israel shall be saved in the Lord, with an everlasting salvation. Ver. 22. Look unto me, &c. xlvi. 13. I will place salvation in Zion. xlix. 6. I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Acts xiii. 47. Isa. xlix. 8. I will give thee for a covenant of the people. li. 5. My salvation is gone forth, the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. Ver. 6. My salvation shall be for ever, from generation to generation. Ver. 8. lii. 7. How beautiful are the feet of him that publisheth salvation. Ver. 10. All ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Ivi. 1. My salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. lix. 16. His arm brought salvation, and his righteousness it sustained him. Ch. lxiii. 5. Ver. 17. He put on righteousness as a breast-plate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head. Ix. 18. Thou shalt call thy walls salvation, and thy gates praise. Isa. Ixi. 10. God hath cloathed me with the garment of salvation, and covered me with the robe of righteousness. lxii. 1. For Zion's sake, I will not hold my peace, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. Ver. 11. Behold thy salvation cometh ; his reward is with him, and his work before him. Zech. ix. 9, 16. Ixiii. 1. I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. Ver. 5, 9. Jer. xxxiii. 15. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the branch of righteousness to grow up unto David, and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. Ver. 16. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shali dwell safely: And this is the name wherewith she shall be called, the Lord our Righteousness. Matt. i. 21. He shall save his people from their sins. xviii. 11. The Son of man is come to save that which was lost. Luke i. 69. God hath raised up an horn of salvation for us. Ver. 77. To give the knowledge of salvation unto his people, by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the day spring from on high hath visited us. Ver. 78. ii. 11. Unto us is born this day a Saviour. Luke i. 30. Mine eyes have seen thy salvation. (i. e. Christ.) iii. 6. All flesh shall see the salvation of God. ix. 56. The Son of man is come, not to destroy, but to save men's lives. xix. 9. This day is salvation (i. e. Christ) come to this house. John iii. 17. God sent not his Son into the world, to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. iv. 22. Salvation (i. e. Christ,) is of the Jews. Ver. 42. This is Christ the Saviour of the world. v. 34. These things I say, that ye might be saved. x. 9. By him if any man enter in, he shall be saved. xii. 47. I came not to judge, but to save the world. Acts ii. 21. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord, shali be saved. See worship offered to Christ. iv. 12. There is none other name, under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. v. 31. Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour. siii. 23. Of this man's (David's) seed, hath God raised unto Is rael a Saviour. Ver. 38. Through his name is preached to you, the forgiveness of sins. xv. 11. We believe, that through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved. Acts xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. xxviii. 28. The salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles. Rom. v. 9. We shall be saved from wrath, through him. x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart, thou shalt be saved. 2 Cor. vi. 2. In a day of salvation have I succoured thee. Isa. iv. 8. Eph. ii. 5. By grace ye are saved, through faith, and that not of yourselves. v. 23. He is the saviour of the body. Phil. iii. 20. Our conversation is in heaven, from whence we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thess. v. 9. God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess. ii. 13. 1 Tim. i. xv. Christ Jesus came into the world, to save sinners. 2 Tim. i. 10. Our Saviour Jesus Christ hath abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light. Ver. 9. ii. 10. That the elect may obtain the salvation, which is in Christ Jesus. Tit. iii. 5. According to his mercy he saved us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation, which began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him. ii. 10. It became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, to make the Captain of our salvation perfect through suffering. v. 9. He became the author of eternal salvation, unto all that obey him. vii. 25. He is able to save to the uttermost, all that come unto God by him. ix. 28. He shall appear the second time, without sin, unto salvation. 1 John iv. 14. The Father has sent the Son, to be the Saviour of the world. II. Christ a Redeemer, redemption through him. Job xix. 25. I know that my Redeemer liveth. Isa. lix. 20. The Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. Rom. iii. 24. We are justified freely, by his grace, through the redemption that is in Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 50. Christ Jesus, of God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption. Ver. 3. Gal. iii. 13. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. iv. 4. God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. Ver. 5. Tit. ii. 14. He gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous to good works. |