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unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion." (Ex. 33: 19.) So then, it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh ; "Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might show my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth." (Ex. 9: 16.) Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, why doth he yet find fault? for who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus? hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump, to make one vessel unto honor and another unto dishonor? What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: and that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? as he saith also in Osee, "I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved." (Hos. 2: 23.) "And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, ye are not my people; there shall they be called, the children of the living God." (Hos. 1:10.)

TROM. 11:1. I say then, hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the Scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying, "Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life?" (1 Kings 19: 10.) But what saith the answer of God unto him? "I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not

bowed the knee to the image of Baal." (18: 19.) Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded, (according as it is written, "God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; ") (Deut. 29: 4,) unto this day. And David saith, "Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense unto them: let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always."-25. For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits,) that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, "There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:" (Isa. 59: 20.) "For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins." (Jer. 31: 31.) As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes. For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.

EPH. 1: 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him, before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the

CHAPTER IV.

GOD MANIFESTED IN CHRIST.

DECLARATIONS, WHICH ASSOCIATE CHRIST WITH GOD.

JER. 23: 3. This is the name whereby he shall be called "The LORD (JEHOVAH) our righteous

Ps. 45: 6. Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever.

ISA. 9: 6. And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.

praise of the glory of his grace,
wherein he hath made us accepted
in the Beloved: in whom we have
redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to
the riches of his grace, wherein he § 1.
hath abounded toward us in all wis-
dom and prudence, having made
known unto us the mystery of his
will, according to his good pleasure,
which he hath purposed in himself:
that in the dispensation of the ful-ness."
ness of times, he might gather to-
gether in one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven, and
which are on earth; even in him:-
in whom also we have obtained an
inheritance, being predestinated ac-
cording to the purpose of him who
worketh all things after the counsel
of his own will: that we should be
to the praise of his glory, who first
trusted in Christ: in whom ye also
trusted, after that ye heard the word
of truth, the gospel of your salva-
tion: in whom also after that ye be-
lieved, ye were sealed with that
Holy Spirit of promise, which is
the earnest of our inheritance until
the redemption of the purchased
possession, unto the praise of his
glory.

1 COR. 1: 26. For ye see your
calling brethren, how that not many
wise men after the flesh, not many
mighty, not many noble, are called;
but God hath chosen the foolish
things of the world to confound the
wise;
that no flesh should glory in

his presence.

2:7. We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our glory, which none of the princes of this world knew, but God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit.

EPH. 1: 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ, according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love, having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will.

49: 7. Thus saith the LORD,the redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth.

MAT. 3: 17. And lo, a voice from heaven, saying, "This is my beloved Son,in whom I am well pleased.'

JOHN 1: 1. The word was God. - 14. And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.-18. No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

3:31. He that cometh from above is above all he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth; he that cometh from heaven is above all. -34. For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

11: 29. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy, and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law,

"I said, Ye are gods?"

If he called them gods, unto whom

the word of God came, (and the scripture cannot be broken,) say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him.

14: 9. He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou then "show us the Father?"

17: 10. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee.

19: 7. The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid.

1 COR. 14: 24. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and For he must reign,

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"Till he hath put all enemies under his feet."

angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

TIT. 2: 10. That they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us, that denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

THEB. 1:1. God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in times past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds, who, being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the

The last enemy that shall be de- Majesty on high; being made so stroyed is death.

"For he hath put all things under his feet." But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.

COL. 1: 1. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, to the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Collosse. Grace be unto you, and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2: 9. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.

1 TIM. 3: 16. And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of

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much better than the Angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the Angels said he at any time, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?" (Ps. 2: 7.) And again, "I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?" (2 SAM. 7: 14.) And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, "And let all the Angels of God worship him." (Ps. 97: 7.) And of the Angels he saith, "Who maketh his Angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire." (Ps.104: 4.) But unto the Son, he saith, " Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: a sceptre of Righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom; thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." (Ps.45: 6.) And, "Thou, LORD, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thy hands. They shall perish; but

thou remainest: and they all shall wax old, as doth a garment, and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail." (Ps. 102: 25.) But to which of the Angels said he at any time, "Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?" (Ps. 110: 1.) Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation ?

ACTS 20: 23. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

1 JOHN 2: 22. He is antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. -15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the son of God, God dwelleth in him and he in God.

5:7. There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one.

JUDE 2. Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called.-4. For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

MAT. 38: 9. Baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

JOHN 5: 23. That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son, honoreth not the Father.

¶ PHIL. 2: 6. Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God.

ROM. 9: 5. Christ, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen.

1 JOHN 5: 20. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true: and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

JOHN 5: 17. Jesus saith unto them, My Father worketh hitherto and I work. Therefore the Jews

sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also, that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.

REV. 17: 14. The Lamb shall overcome them, for he is King of kings, and Lord of lords.

1 TIM. 3: 16. I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Jesus Christ, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession, that thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which in his time he shall show; who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto: whom no man hath seen or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.

2 PET. 1:1. Simon Peter, a servant and an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us, through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you, through the knowledge of God and of Jesus, our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness.

§ 2. DIVINE CHARACTERISTICS, AP

PLIED TO CHRIST.

I. Self-existent and eternal.

JOHN 3: 13. No man hath ascended into heaven but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

MAT. 22: 41. While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him LORD, saying, "The LORD said unto my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?" (Ps. 110: 1.) If David then call him LORD, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man, from

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that day forth, ask him any more questions.

JOHN 1: 1. In the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God. The same was in the beginning with God.-4. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.-15. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for he was before

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II. Originating and controlling power.

Ps. 45: 3. Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty.

MAT. 26: 64. Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy: what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.

28: 19. And Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and

8: 56. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Be-lo, I am with you always, even unto fore Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

17: 5. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. — 24. Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me; for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.

2 COR. 10: 4. For they drank of that spiritual Rock, that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

REV. 1:17. Fear not: I am the first and the last; I am he that liveth and was dead, and behold I am alive forevermore. Amen.

22: 16. I Jesus have sent mine Angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning-star.

HEB. 13: 9. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day, and forever.

the end of the world. Amen.

JOHN 1: S. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.—9. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

5:16. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day. But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also, That God was his Father, making himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus, and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and

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