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CHAPTER VI.

DIVINE TITLES GIVEN TO CHRIST.

I. CHRIST is the Son of God. Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.-Ver. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish.

lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth.

Isa. ix. 6. Unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder.

Matt. iii. 17. A voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

viii. 29. The devils cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Son of God?

Luke i. 32. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest.-Ver. 35. He shall be called the Son of God.

Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 1 Pet. i. 3.

Col. i. 3. We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Heb. i. 2. God hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son.

1 John iv. 15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him.

v. 5. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

Hence the title of Father so often given to God by Jesus Christ and others. As: Matt. xi. 25. I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth.-Ver. 27. No man knoweth the Son but the Father.

xxviii. 19. Baptizing in the name of the

John i. 34. I saw and bear record, that this Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. is the Son of God.

Mark xiii. 32. Of that day knoweth no

Ver. 49. Nathaniel said, Thou art the Son man, no not the Son, but the Father. of God.

v. 18. The Jews sought the more to kill him, because he said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

ix. 35. Jesus said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?-Ver. 37. It is he that talketh with thee.

John x. 36. Say ye, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? Ver. 25. 32. 37. Ch. xv. 10.

xix. 7. The Jews said, By our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

xx. 17. I ascend to my Father and your Father; to my God and your God.

Ver. 31. These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.

Acts iii. 13. The God of our fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus.-Ver. 26. God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you. viii. 37. The eunuch said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

ix. 20. Straightway Paul preached Christ, that he is the Son of God.

Rom. i. 3, 4. His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was declared to be the Son of God

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xiv. 36. Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee.

Luke x. 22. No man knows who the Father is but the Son.

xxii. 42. Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup.

xxiii. 34. Father, forgive them.

Ver. 46. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.

John iii. 35. The Father loveth the Son.

v. 23. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father.

1 John ii. 23. Whoso denieth the Son hath not the Father.-(And so in many other places.)

II. Christ is distinguished from the created sons of God, by the peculiar epithets of begotten, first and only begotten, first-born, &c. Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first-born, higher than the kings of the earth. Acts xiii. 33. Heb. i. 5.-v. 5.

John i. 14. The only begotten of the Father. Ver. 18. Which is in the bosom of the Father.

iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son. Ver. 18.

Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in the first

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begotten into the world, he saith, Let all the angels of God worship him.

1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Chap. v. 1. See Rom. viii. 3. Gal. iv. 4. God's own Son.

III. Christ is called the image of God. 2 Cor. iv. 4. Christ, who is the image of God. Col. i. 15. The image of the invisible God. Phil. ii. 6. Who being in the form of God. Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's glory and express image of his person.

IV. Christ is called God. Isa. vii. 14. Immanuel, God with us. Matt. i. 23.

ix. 6. The mighty God.-lxiii. 1. Mighty

to save.

John i. 1. The word was God.

Acts xx. 28. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. Rom. ix. 5. Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever.

Phil. ii. 6. He thought it not robbery to be equal with God.

Col. ii. 9. In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

1 Tim. iii. 16. God was manifest in the flesh. Tit. i. 3.

Tit. ii. 10. Adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour.

Ver. 13. Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Heb. i. 8. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.

iii. 4. He that built all things is God. See Christ creates.

1 John iii. 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us. v. 20. This is the true God and eternal life.

V. Christ is Lord. Ps. cx. 1. The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 25. Heb. i. 13.

Isa. xl. 3. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Matt. iii. 3.

Jer. xxiii. 6. This is his name wherewith he shall be called, The Lord our righteousness.

dom of heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, &c.

Matt. xxiv. 42. Watch, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. See ver. 45, 46. 48. 50.

Mark ii. 28. The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

Luke ii. 11. Unto you is born 9 Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

v. 8. Peter said, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

vi. 46. Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

xxiii. 42. Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

John vi. 68. Lord to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

xiii. 13. Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well, for so I am.

Acts ii. 36. God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.

Ver. 38. Repent, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Ch. viii. 16.—x. 48.xxii. 16.

v. 14. Believers were the more added to the Lord.

vii. 59. They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

ix. 5. The Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest.-Ver. 10. To Ananias the Lord said, &c. Ver. 15. 17. Ch. xviii. 9.

Ver. 29. Paul spake boldly in the name of the Lord.-Ver. 42. Many believed in the name of the Lord.

x. 36. Jesus Christ, he is Lord of all.

xi. 20. They spake, preaching the Lord Jesus.-Ver. 23. Barnabas exhorted, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

xvi. 31. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.

xviii. 8. Crispus believed on the Lord with all his house.-Ver. 25. Apollos was instructed in the way of the Lord.

xix. 10. All that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus.

Rom. x. 12. The same Lord is rich unto all that call upon him.

xiv. 9. Christ both died, and rose and re

(In the original it is, Jehovah our righteous-vived, that he might be Lord both of the dead ness.)

Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered. Rom. x. 13.

Mal. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant.

Matt. vii. 21, 22. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king

and living. Acts x. 36. Lord of all. 1 Cor. ii. 8. Lord of glory.

1 Cor. i. 10. I beseech you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing.

iii. 5. Ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man.

iv. 4. He that judgeth me is the Lord. v. 4, 5. In the name of our Lord Jesus

Christ--with the power of our Lord Jesus
Christ, to deliver such an one unto Satan.
vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name of the
Lord Jesus.

viii. 6. To us there is one Lord Jesus Christ.
xi. 23. I received of the Lord that which

also I delivered unto you.

1 Pet. ii. 3, 4. If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To whom coming as unto a living stone.

2 Pet. i. 2. Grace and peace be multiplied unto you, through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the be

xii. 3. No man can say that Jesus is the ginning and the ending, saith the Lord. Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

Ver. 5. There are differences of administra

tions, but the same Lord.

xi. 8. The city where our Lord was crucified. xxii. 20, 21. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly; Amen. Even

xv. 47. The second man is the Lord from so, come Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord heaven.

2 Cor. i. 14. Ye are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.

v. 6. While we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.-Ver. 8. Are willing rather to be present with the Lord.

Eph. v. 29. Even as the Lord cherisheth the church.

vi. 8. Whatsoever good things any man doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord.

Phil. ii. 11. That every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Col. iii. 17. Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus.Ver. 23, 24. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

VI. Christ is one with the Father. John x. 30. I and my Father are one. Ch. xvii. 11. 22.

Ver. 38. The Father is in me and I in him. Ch. xvii. 21.—xiv. 9, 10, 11.

xii. 44, 45. He that believeth on me, believeth on him that sent me. He that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. Ch. xiv. 9.viii. 19.

xiv. 7. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.

Ver. 11. I am in the Father, and he in me. Ch. xiii. 32.

xv. 23. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 1 John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father.

xvi. 15. All things that the Father hath are

1 Thess. i. 8. From you sounded out the mine. word of the Lord.

iv. 1, 2. We exhort you by the Lord Jesus. Ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

Ver. 16, 17. The Lord himself shall descend. We shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air; so shall we ever be with the Lord. 2 Thess. i. 7, 8. The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Ver. 12. That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified.

xvii. 10. All mine are thine, and thine are mine.

Heb. i. 3. Who being the brightness of the Father's glory, and the express image of his person.

John v. 26. As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. Col. i. 19.

VII. The same things spoken of God the Father and of Christ. Eph. v. 5. The kingdom of Christ and of God.

1 John v. 7. There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the

1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, Holy Ghost; and these three are one. who enabled me, &c.

Col. ii. 2. The mystery of God, and of the

vi. 15. He is King of kings, and Lord of Father, and of Christ. lords. Rev. xvii. 14.-xix. 16.

2 Tim. ii. 22. Call on the Lord, out of a pure heart. Rom. x. 13.

iv. 8. There is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me at that day.

Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard him?

xiii. 20. Our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep.

2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace; comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

1 Tim. vi. 13. I give thee charge in the sight of God, and before Christ Jesus, &c. Tit. ii. 13. The appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

Rev. xiv. 4. The first-fruits unto God, and to the Lamb.

xxi. 22, 23. The Lord God Almighty, and | Image of the invisible God, Col. i. 15. the Lamb, are the temple of the city. The King of Zion, Ps. ii. 6. Matt. xxi. 5. Isa glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is

the light thereof. Ch. xi. 15.-xx. 6.

lxii. 11.

of the Jews, Matt. ii. 2.
of Israel, John i. 49.
of kings, Rev. xvii. 14.

Christ's Titles in general, ranged in alpha- Lamb of God, John i. 29.

betical order.

Adam, the last, 1 Cor. xv. 45.
Advocate, 1 John ii. 1.

Angel of the covenant, Mal. iii. 1.

of God's presence, Isa. Ixiii. 9.

Anointed, (Christ) John i. 41.

with the Holy Ghost, Acts x. 38.
not by measure, Ps. xlv. 7.

Apostle and High Priest, Heb. iii. 1.

Rev. xiii. 8.

Light of the world, John ix. 5.-viii. 12.
Life, John xiv. 6. Col. iii. 4.

Lion of the tribe of Judah, Rev. v. 5.
Lord, Rom. i. 3. Luke ii. 11.

of lords, Rev. xvii. 14.

Man, Acts xvii. 31. 1 Tim. ii. 5.
Mediator, 1 Tim. ii. 5. Heb. ix. 15.
Messiah, John i. 41.-iv. 25.
Melchizedek, Heb. vii. 1. 3.
Mighty God, Isa. ix. 6.

Beginning of the creation of God, Rev. iii. 14. Michael, Rev. xii. 7.

Begotten of the Father, John i. 14.
Beloved of God, Eph. i. 6.

Bishop, 1 Pet. ii. 25.

Blessed and only Potentate, 1 Tim. vi. 15.
Branch of righteousness, Zech. iii. 8.
Bread from heaven, John vi. 50.
Bright and morning star, Rev. xxii. 16.
Brightness of the Father's glory, Heb. i. 3.
Captain of the Lord's hosts, Josh. v. 14, 15.

of salvation, Heb. ii. 10.

Offspring of David, Rev. xxii. 16.
Only begotten of the Father, John i. 14.
Passover, I Cor. v. 7.
Potentate, (Only) 1 Tim. vi. 15.
Prophet, Luke xxiv. 19.
Propitiation, 1 John ii. 2.
Prince of peace, Isa. ix. 6.

Acts iii. 22.

of the kings of the earth, Rev. i. 5. of life, Acts iii. 15.

Power of God, 1 Cor. i. 24.

Chosen servant, Matt. xii. 18. Luke xxiii. 35. Purifier, Mal. iii. 3. Matt. iii. 12.

Consolation of Israel, Luke ii. 25.

Ransom, 1 Tim. ii. 6.

Corner-stone, Eph. ii. 20. 1 Pet. ii. 6.

Counsellor, Isa. ix. 6.

Hos. iii, 5.

Deliverer, Rom. xi. 26.

Redeemer, Isa. lix. 20. Job xix. 25.
Refiner, Mal. iii. 3.

David, Jer. xxx. 9. Ezek. xxxvii. 24, 25. Righteous servant, Isa. liii. 11.

Emmanuel, Isa. vii. 14. Matt. i. 23.

Everlasting Father, Isa. ix. 6.

Express image of God's person, Heb. i. 3.

Faithful witness, Rev. i. 5.-—iii. 14.-xix. 11.
First-begotten of the dead, Rev. i. 5.
First-born, Col. i. 15. 18.

First-fruits, 1 Cor. xv. 20.

First and last, Rev. ii. 8.

Fountain opened, Zech. xiii. 1.

Glory of the Lord, Isa. xl. 5.

Righteousness, 1 Cor. i. 30.

Rock, 1 Cor. x. 4. Deut. xxxii. 15.
Root of David, Rev. xxii. 16.

Ruler in Israel, Mic. v. 2.

Saviour, Luke ii. 11. Eph. v. 23.
Seed of the woman, Gen. iii. 15.

of David, 2 Tim. ii. 8.

Shiloh, Gen. xlix. 10.

Son of God, John i. 34.

of the Most High, Luke i. 32.

of man, John iii. 13. Matt. xxv. 31. Second man, 1 Cor. xv. 47.

God, Rom. ix. 5. 1 Tim. iii. 16. 2 Pet. i. 1. Servant of God, Matt. xii. 18.

1 John v. 20.

Governor of Israel, Matt. ii. 6.
Head of the church, Col. i. 18.
of the corner, Matt. xxi. 42.

Heir of all things, Heb. i. 2.
High Priest, Heb. iii. 1.
Holy One of God, Mark i. 24.
of Israel, Isa. xli. 14.

Holy child, Acts iv. 30.
Hope, 1 Tim. i. 1.

of Israel, Acts xxviii. 20.

Horn of salvation, Luke i. 69. Ps. xviii. 2.

I Am, John viii. 58. Exod. iii. 14.

Jehovah, Exod. vi. 3.

Jesus, Matt. i. 21. 1 Thess. i. 10.

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CHAPTER VII.

CHRIST'S WORKS.

I. He created all things. John i. 3. All | power and great glory. He shall send his things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made.

Ver. 10. The world was made by him. 1 Cor. viii. 6. By whom are all things. Eph. iii. 9. God created all things by Jesus Christ.

angels, with the sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Dan. vii. 13, 14. Mark xiii. 24 to 28. Rev. i. 7.—xiv. 14.—xxii. 20.

xxv. 31-33. The Son of Man shall come Col. i. 16, 17. By him were all things in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, created, that are in heaven, and that are in and then shall he sit upon the throne of his earth, visible and invisible, whether they be glory. (Matt. xix. 28. Luke ix. 26.) Bethrones or dominions or principalities or pow-fore him shall be gathered all nations, and he ers, all things were created by him and for him; and he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Heb. i. 2. By him God made the worlds.Ver. 10. Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands. Ver. 11. Ch. iii. 3, 4.

II. Christ shall raise the dead. John x. 18. Jesus said, I have power to lay down my life and to take it again. Ch. ii. 19. 21.

v. 21. As the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth them, even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

Ver. 25. The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live.-Ver. 28, 29. All that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation. Dan. xii. 2.

vi. 40. This is the will of him that sent me, that every one that seeth the Son and believeth on him, may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day. Ver. 39. Ch. xi. 25, 26. 2 Tim. i. 10.

III. Christ will change the bodies of mankind. Phil. iii. 21. Christ shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself. See 1 Cor. xv. 51, 52.

IV. Christ shall judge the world. Isa. xi. 3. He shall not judge after the sight of his eyes.

Matt. xxiv. 30, 31. They shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven, with

shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats. He shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

John v. 22. The Father hath committed all judgment to the Son.-Ver. 27. He hath given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.

Acts x. 42. The apostles said, Jesus commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify, that it is he which was ordained of God to be the judge of quick and dead.

xvii. 31. God hath appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath ordained (viz. Jesus Christ).

Rom. ii. 16. God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ.

xiv. 10. We shall all stand before the judgment-seat of Christ.

2 Tim. iv. 1. The Lord Jesus shall judge the quick and the dead, at his appearing and his kingdom.

V. Christ will dispense suitable rewards and punishments to all mankind.

Matt. xvi. 27. The Son of man shall come, and then shall he reward every one according to his works. Rom. ii. 10. 2 Cor. v. 10. Gal. vi. 7, 8. Rev. xxii. 12. See, God will render to men according to their works, in Chap. upon Good Works.

VI. Rewards from Christ to the righteous. Matt. xxv. 34-36. To them on his right hand, he will say, Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty and ye gave me drink; I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me; I

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