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the knowing Christ himself, which is the very point now in question. John vii. 17, 18. if any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself: he that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory; but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. xv. 8. herein is my Father glorified, thai ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. Matt. vii. 21. not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of my Father that is in heaven. xii. 50. whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

Thus Christ assigns every attribute of the Deity to the Father alone. The apostles uniformly speak in a similar manner. Rom. xv. 5, 6. the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded one toward another, according to Christ Jesus. xvi. 25-27. to him that is of power to stablish you......according to the commandment of the everlasting God......to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ-our Lord, as the Vetus Interpres and some of the Greek manuscripts read it. 1 Tim. vi. 13-16. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who witnessed a good confession......until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords; who alone hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, nor can see; to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

With regard to his works. See Rom. xvi. 25-27. 1 Tim. vi. 13-16. as quoted above. 2 Cor. i. 21, 22. now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; who hath also sealed us. Now the God which stablisheth us, is one God. 1 Pet. i. 2. elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Even those works which regard the Son himself, or which were done in him. Acts v. 30-33. the God of our fathers raised up Jesus......him hath

God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. Gal. i. 1. by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead. Rom. x. 9. if thou shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 1 Cor. vi. 14. God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his own power. 1 Thess. i. 10. to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead. Heb. x. 5. sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me. 1 Pet. i. 21. who by him do believe in God that raised him up from the dead. So many are the texts wherein the Son is said to be raised up by the Father alone, which ought to have greater weight than the single passage in St. John, ii. 19. destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up where he spake briefly and enigmatically, without explaining his meaning to enemies who were unworthy of a fuller answer, on which account he thought it unnecessary to mention the power of the Father.

With regard to divine honours. For as the Son uniformly pays worship and reverence to the Father alone, so he teaches us to follow the same practice. Matt. vi. 6. pray to thy Father. v. 9. after this manner therefore pray ye; Our Father, which art in heaven, &c. xviii. 19. as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. Luke xi. 1, 2. teach us to pray, &c. and he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father, which art in heaven. John ii. 16. make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. iv. 21-23. the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him. xv. 16. that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. xvi. 23. in that day ye shall ask me nothing; ......whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Rom. i. 8, 9. first, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all...... for God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, &c. v. 11. we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ. vii. 25. I thank God, through Jesus Christ our Lord. xv. 6. that ye

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may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Cor. i. 4. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. i. 3. blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort. Gal. i. 4, 5. who gave himself......according to the will of God and our Father; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Eph. i. 3. blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. ii. 18. for through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. iii. 14. for this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. v. 20, 21. now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly, above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the Church by Christ Jesus, throughout all ages, world without end. Philipp. i. 2, 3. grace be unto you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God upon every 1emembrance of you. See also Col. i. 3. and iii. 17. whatsoever ye do......do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. 1 Thess. i. 2, 3. we give thanks to God for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father. v. 9, 10. to serve the living and true God; and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead. See also 2 Thess. i. 2, 3. and 2 Tim. i. 3. I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers. Now the forefathers of Paul served God the Father alone. See also Philem. 4, 5. and 1 Pet. i. 3. and iv. 10. as every man hath received the gift......let him speak as the oracles of God......as of the ability which God giveth, that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ. James i. 27. pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father, is this. 1 John ii. 1. we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 John 4-6. walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father ......this is love, that we walk after his commandments. Rev. i. 6. who made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Matt. xxi. 12. Jesus went into the

temple of God.

Here however my opponents quote the passage from Malachi, iii. 1. the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant. I answer, that in prophetical language these words signify the coming of the Lord into the flesh, or into the temple of the body, as it is expressed John ii. 21. For the Jews sought no one in the temple as an object of worship, except the Father; and Christ himself in the same chapter has called the temple his Father's house, and not his own. Nor were they seeking God, but that Lord and messenger of the covenant; that is, him who was sent from God as the mediator of the covenant;-he it was who should come to his Church, which the prophets generally express figuratively under the image of the temple. So also where the terms God and man are put in opposition to each other, the Father stands exclusively for the one God. James iii. 9. therewith bless we God, even the Father ; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 1 John ii. 15, 16. if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him: for all that is in the world......is not of the Father, but of the world.

But it is strenuously urged on the other hand, that the Son is sometimes called God, and even Jehovah; and that all the attributes of the Deity are assigned to him likewise in many passages both of the Old and New Testament. We arrive therefore at the other point which I originally undertook to prove; and since it has been already shown from the analogy of Scripture, that where the Father and the Son are mentioned together, the name, and attributes, and works of the Deity, as well as divine honours, are always assigned to the one and only God the Father, I will now demonstrate, that whenever the same properties are assigned to the Son, it is in such a manner as to make it easily intelligible that they ought all primarily and properly to be attributed to the Father alone.

It must be observed in the first place, that the name of God is not unfrequently ascribed, by the will and concession of God the Father,

even to angels and men,-how much more then to the only begotten Son, the image of the Father. To angels. Psal. xcvii. 7, 9. worship him all ye gods....thou art high above all the earth; thou art exalted far above all gods, compared with Heb. i. 6. compared with Heb. i. 6. See also Psal. viii. 5. To judges. Exod. xxii. 28. thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. See also, in the Hebrew, Exod. xxi. 6. xxii. 8, 9. Psal. lxxxii. 1, 6. he judgeth among the gods. I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High. To the whole house of David, or to all the saints. Zech. xii. 8. the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the Lord before them. The word, though it be of the plural number, is also employed to signify a single angel, in case it should be thought that the use of the plural implies a plurality of persons in the Godhead: Judges xiii. 21. then Manoah knew that he was an angel of Jehovah: and Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. The same word is also applied to a single false god. Exod. xx. 3. thou shalt have no other gods before me. To Dagon. Judges xvi. 23. To single idols. 1 Kings xi. 33. To Moses. Exod. iv. 16. and vii. 1. To God the Father alone. Psal. ii. 7. xlv. 7. and in many other places. Similar to this is the use of the word, the Lord, in the plural number with a singular meaning; and with a plural affix according to the Hebrew mode. The word also with the vowel Patha is frequently employed to signify one man, and with the vowel Kamets to signify one God, or one angel bearing the character of God. This peculiarity in the above words has been carefully noticed by the grammarians and lexicographers themselves, as well as in by used appellatively. The same thing may perhaps be remarked of the proper names and y. For even among the Greeks awy.

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Lord, is also used in the plural number in the sense of the singular, when extraordinary respect and honour are intended to be paid. Thus in the Iphigenia in Aulis of Euripides, Xiav deσTÓTAIL TIσTòs ei, (l. 304, Beck's edition) for derπóry, and again εύκλεές τοι δεσποτῶν θνήσκειν ὕπερ (l. 312) for δεσπότου. It is also used in the Rhesus and the Bacchæ in the same manner.

1 Rhes. 264. Bacch. 1027. Edit. Beck.

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