Rev. v;8, 9, 10.

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fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them Harps and golden Vials full of Cdours, which are the Prayers of Saints

And they fung a new Song, faying; Thou art worthy for thou waft flain, and haft redeemed us to God by thy Blood, And haft made us unto our God, Kings and Priests; and we shall reign on the Earth.

V; 12, 13. Saying with a loud Voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was flain, to receive Power, and Riches, and Wisdom, and Strength, and Honour, and Glory, and Bleffing.

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And every Creature which is in Heaven, and on the Earth, and under the Earth, and fuch as are in the Sea, and all that are in them, heard I, faying; Bleffing, and Honour, and Glory, and Power, be unto him that fitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.

vii, 10. Salvation to our God which fitteth upon the Throne, and unto the Lamb.

xxii, 20. Even fo, come, Lord Je

fus.

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21. The Grace of our Lord Jefus

Chrift, be with you all, Amen.

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The Paffages, wherein He is declared to be Subordinate to the Father; deriving his Being (in an incomprehenfible manner) from him; receiving from him his divine Power, Authority and other Attributes; and acting in all things wholly according to the Will of the Father.

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AT. vii, 21. Not every one that faith unto Me, Lord, Lord;

but He that doth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven,

X, 40. He that receiveth Me, receiveth him that fent Me.

xi; 25, 26. I thank thee, O Father; Even fo, Father, for fo it feemed

good in thy fight.

27. All things are delivered unto me of my Father. M

xii, 50. Whofoever shall do the Will of my Father which is in Heaven, the fame is my Brother, &c.

xvi, 27. The Son of man fhall come,

in the Glory of his Father.

Mat.

762. Mat. xix, 17. There is None Good, but One, [E, One Perfon,] that is God.

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† Ὁ πατής με δ' ἐν τοῖς ἐρανοῖς, My Father which is in Heaven, Clem. Alexandr. cited by Dr. Mills on Mar. x, 18. See N° 340 & 1. SAT

xx, 23. But to fit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give; but it fhall be given to them, for whom it is prepared of my Fathers of ginger Medi

xxvi, 39. O my Father, if it be poffible, let this Cup pafs from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt. H

42. O my Father, if this Cup may not pafs away from me, except I drink it; Thy will be done.

53. Thinkeft thou, that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he fhall presently give me more than twelve Legions of Angels.

xxvii, 46. My God, my God, why

haft thou forfaken me?

See No 991.

xxviii, 18. All Power unto

me in Heaven and in Earth.

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769. Mari, I.

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Mar.i, 1. The Son of God.
And frequently in other places.

770. mob My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleafed.

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ix, 37. Whofoever fhall recieve Me, receiveth not Me, but him that fent me. eg:

Puso.xii, 36. The Lord faid to my Lord; Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thine Enemies thy Foot-ftool.

Xiii, 32. But of That day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the Angels which are in Heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.

* My Father Only, Mat. 24, 36.

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†There can be no better Comment upon these Words, than that of Ireneus. Our Lord himself (faith he,) the Son of God, ac knowledged that the Father Only knew the Day and Hour of Judgment; declaring expressly that of That day and hour know eth no man, neither the Son, but the Father Only. Now, if the Son himfelf was not ashamed to leave the Knowledge of That day to the Father,

Dominus ipfe Filius Dei, ipfum judicii diem conceffit fcire folum Patrem, manifeftè dicens, De die autem illâ & hord nemo fcit, neque Filius, nifi Pater folus. Si igitur fcientiam diei illius, filius non erubuit referre ad Patrem, fed dixit quod verum eft; neque nos erubefcimus, que funt in quæftionibus majora fecundum nos, refervare Deo. ———

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but plainly declared the Truth; neither ought We to be ashamed to leave to God fuch Questions, as are too high for us. For if any one inquires Why the Father, who communicates in all things to the Son, is yet by our Lord declared to know Alone That day and bour; he cannot at preSent find any Fitter or more Decent, or indeed any Other Safe Answer at all, than This; that the Father is Above All: For the Father, faith he, is greater than I. The Father therefore is by our Lord declared to be. Su beperiour even in KnowLedge alfo, to this End that We, while we continue in this World, may Learn to acknowledge God Only to have perfect Knowledge, and leave fuch Questions to Him; and [put a stop to our Prefumption,] leaft curiously inquiring [perhaps further, even into the 7 Greatness of the Father, we run at last into so great a Danger, as to ask whether even above God, there be not another God.

fiquis exquirat caufam, prop2 T ter quam in omnibus Pater communicans filio, folus fcire & horam & diem Domino manifeftatus eft ; neque aptabilem magis, neque decentiorem, nec fine periculo alteram, quàm hanc inveniat in præfenti, quoniam cùm folus verax magifter eft Dominus, ut difcamus per ipfum, fuper omnia effe Patrem: Etenim Pater, ait, major me eft. Et fecundum agnitionem itaque præpofitus effe Pater annunciatus eft à Domino noftro, ad hoc ut & nos, in quantum in figurâ hujus mundi fumus, perfetam fcientiam & tales quætiones concedamus Deo: & nè fortè quærentes altitudinem Patris inveftigare, in tantum periculum incidamus, uti quæramus an fuper Deum alter fit Deus. Lib. 2, cap. 48 & 49.

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The Note of Bafil alfo upon this paffage, is very remarkable: As to the Τὸ ἐζητημερον ἤδη του πολλοῖς τὸ ἐυαγγελικὸν ῥης

Oneftion (fays he) put by

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