[intvwoev auToy] of That Glory, which he ἐκένωσεν ἑαυτὸν had with God before the World was, and by virtue of which He is defcribed as having been in the Form of God: And in this State of Humiliation, fuffered and died for the Sins of the World.

See the Text, N° 934.

JL.

After the Accomplishment of which Dif penfation, He is defcribed in Scripture as invefted with diftinct Worship in his Own Perfon; his original glory and Dignity be ing at the fame time revealed, and his Exaltation in the Human Nature to his Mediatorial Kingdom declared: Himself fitting upon his Fathers Throne, at the right hand of the Majesty of God; and receiving Prayers and Thanksgivings from his Church. See the Texts, No 638, 653.

And thofe which reprefent him fitting on the Throne of God, No 633, 647, 652, 659, 660, 661, 664, 673, 676, 684, 685.

And those which mention his Difciples worshipping bim, N. 688, 751, 752, 753.

**

Honouring Him, as well as the Father, No 689.
Baptizing in his Name, No 687.

Angel's worshipping him, N° 743.

Every knee bowing at his Name, No 716.

Calling

Calling upon his Name, No 691, 693, 694, 695, 698, 701, 737, 745.

Adjuring by him, No 726.

Calling him to witness, N° 697, 7671⁄2 735.
Trafting in him, No 717, 718.

Not tempting him, N° 703.

Blaming those who worship Angels, and bold not to the Head, N° 721.

Afcribing glory to him, No 710, 738, 744, 746,

747, 750.

And Praife and Thanksgiving, N° 713, 722, 734,

751, 752, 753.

Invocating him in Prayer, N° 690, 692, 705,

754.

Praying for Grace, Peace, Bleffing, Direction, A ftance, and Comfort, from him, No 696, 699, 700, 702, 704, 705, 708, 709, 711, 712, 714, 715, 719, 720, 723, 724, 725, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 736, 739, 740, 741, 74, 748, 749, 755.

See above, $43, 44, 45.

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Notes on $ 50.

This was the full Accomplishment of that famous Prophecy, If. 9, 6; The Government fhall be upon his Shoulder; and bis Name fhall be called, Wonderful, Counfeller, [in the LXX it is, Meyaλns Beans äsex The Angel of his Great Counsel or Covenant; as Mals iii, 1, The Meffenger, or Angel, of the Covenant; and If. lxiii, 9, The Angel of his Prefence; The Mighty God, The everlafting Father, [Thefe words, The everlafting Father, are very ill rendred; For it is abfurd to fay of the Son, that he is the everlasting Father, the Father of Himself: But the phrafe, ought to be tranflated as in the beft Copies of the LXX, TaTng To μERλorTCd and in the Vulgar Latin, Pater

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Pater futuri faculi, The Father (or Lord) of the Age to come: As Heb. ii, 5, 8, Unto the Angels hath be not put in Subjection the World to come, whereof we Speak, But thou haft put all things in fubje tion under HIS Feet: The Prince of Feace; Of the increase of His Government and peace there fhall be no end, upon the Throne the Throne of David and upon bis Kingdom to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with juftice from henceforth even for ever.

We can never (fay the Antient Writers of Poly. carps Martyrdom) either for fake Chrift, who fuffered for the Salvation of those who fhall be faved out of the whole World the Righteous for the Sinners; or worship any other befides bim: For Him indeed we

worthip being the Son of

Ουτε * χριςόν ποτε καταSuvnoóueda, a ↑ λιπεν * * παντὸς κόσμος και σωζομβρίων swinelas adórтa, duoμr σωτηρίας παθόντα, ἀμωμν ὑπὸ ἁμαρτωλῶν· ἔτε ἕτερον τι να σέβεθζ. Τετον με γδ, δὲν όντα τὰ θεῖ, προσκυνέμω τες

μάρτυρας, ὡς μαθητὰς καὶ μιμι Τὰς τὸ κυρίε, ἀγαπῶμῳ ἀξίως. Polycarpi Martyrium.

God, but the Martyrs, as being Difciples and Imitators of our Lord, we only love as becomes us.

Γραφάς, αἱ διαῤῥήδων

Χειςόν, καὶ παθητὸν, καὶ προσκυ

Deòv, Stod'einvúzal.

Dial. cum Trypb.

Τὸν δημιυργόν τόδε το παι Tis EBONOR. — 5 didá σκαλον τέτων διόρθρον ἡμῖν

And Juftin Martyr: The Scriptures (faith he) exprefsly declare, that Chrifto, was to fuffer, and is to be worshipped, and is God. Again: We worship (faith he) the Maker of the Univerfe : And I hall how, that we do alfo with good reafon bonour in the fecond place our Mafter why taught us thefe things, being the Son of the True God; and in the Third place, the Pro-Coμ• Apol. 2. pherick Spirit.

And

And again: We wor

fhip and adore God himfelf, and his Son (who came forth from him, and

Us and to the whole Hoft of good Angels which follow and imitate bim) and the Prophetick Spi

̓Αλλὰ ἐκανόν τε, καὶ τὸν παρ

auto yòr indórra, & sida av-
Tanpas Tauta by in anλwv
Emilion is sourusion as as left out in
ぎ
θῶν ἀγγέλων ςρατον, νεομά
τε το προφιλικὸν σεβόμεθα και
ex, xywy aandeḍ
προσκυνόμυ, λόγῳ ἀληθεία
Ts. Ibid.
τιμῶνες.

rit; bonouring them according to reafon and Truth,
(that is, according to the Order expreffed in the o-
ther paffage before-cited) [It must indeed here be
confeffed, that the natural Pofition of the words &
in this Period, and especially the interpofition of the
word a do lead to another manner of Pointing,
and confequently to another Rendring of the Sen-"
tence: But then on the other fide, the Nature and
Reason of the Thing, and the Authors manner of o
expreffing the fame Senfe in That other paffage be-
fore-cited, do very much favour the tranflation I have
here fet down; which may alfo be not a little con-
firmed by a parallel place in Ireneus, where He like-
wife thus expreffes him- Pater Domini noftri Je-
felf; The Father of our Lord fu Chrifti, per verbum
Jefus Chrift (faith he) ma fuum, qui eft filius ejus,
nifefts and reveals himself per eum revelatur & ma-
to All, whom he is at all nifeftatur omnibus, qui-
revealed to, by bis Word bus revelatur. Cognof-
which is his Son. For They cunt enim eum hi, qui-
know the Father, to whom- bus revelaverit filius. Sem-
foever the Son will reveal
per autem co-exiftens fi-
him. Now the Son, co-ex- lius Patri, olim & ab ini-
ifting always with the Fa- tio femper revelat Patrem
ther, reveals the Father of & Angelis & Archange-
old, even always from lis & Poteftatibus & Vir
the beginning, to Angels tutibus & Hominibus,

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qui.

and Archangels and Powers and Dominions, and to Men, whom God thinks fit to reveal bimfelf to

Again, Irenæus; That every knee (faith he)hould bow to Chrift Jefus, our Lord and God and Saviour and King, according to the good pleasure of the Invifible Father.

The fame thing Clemens Alexandrinus expreffes, by afirming Chrift to be, τη δεσπότη τ ὅλων εξισωθείς, [ἶσα Je,] equalized with the Supreme Lord of all things: In the language of Tertullian, pariatus Deo, equalized with God: And in the words of Eufebius, more near to thole of Scripture, σωθρον θ ε ἑαυτό βασιλείας, fit. ting together with God upon the Throne of his Kingdom.

S LI.

This Honour, the Scripture directs to be paid to Chrift; not fo much upon Account of his metaphyfical Effence or Subftance, and abftract Attributes; as of his Actions and Attributes relative to Us; his Condefcenfion in becoming Man, who was the Son of God; his Redeeming, and Interceding for, us; his Authority, Power, Dominion, and Sitting upon the Throne of God his Father, as our Lawgiver, our King, our Judge, and our God.

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