t/;e Nature andCaujes ·ofjt. of the Divine Honour which is to be given him ; but they are Reafons of it, and -Motives unto it, in that they are Evidences of his being the Sonof God. But it may be ia1d, what need is there that the Father f110uld fo interpofe an ACt of his Will and Soveraign Plea– fure, as to this Honouring of the Son, feeing the fole Caufe and Reafon of this Divme Honour is the Divine Nature, ·which the Son is no le[') partaker of than the Father. I an· fwer (r.) He cloth not in this Command intend the Honour and Worihip ofChri!l abfolutelyas God, but diflinff!J as the . Son, _which peculiar Worfhip was not knov:n under the Old Tefiament, but was now declared neceffary in the commit– ing all Power, Authority and Judgment unto him. This is the Honour whereof we fpeak. (2.) He cloth it,lefianyihould conceive that as he war now fent of the Father, and that in the form ofa Servant, this Honour fhould not be due unto him. And the World was then far fi-om thinking that it was fo,and many I fear are yet of the fame mind. He is therefore to be Honoured by us, according to the Will ofGod, xa.Gc.ls in like manner as we honour the f:ather. ( I.) With the fame Honour ; that is, Divine, Sacred, Reli– gious and Supr~me. To honour the Father with other honour, is to difhonour him. When men defign to give Glory and Honour to God which is not truly Divine, it is Idolatry. For t~is Honour in truth is nothing but the A– fcription of all Infiriite Divine Excellencies unto him. Where– on when men a1/r-ibe unto him that which is not Jo, they fall into Idolatry by the wodlup of their own Imaginations. So was it with the lfraelites when they thought to -have given Glory to God, by making a Goldfn Calf wbereon they pro– claimed a feafiunto Jehol 1 ah Exod. p.5: And fowas it with the Heathen in all their Images of God, and the Glory which they deiigned to give him thereby, as the Apofile declares, · Q_2 Rom.
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