440 Book IV. 7 faith, bywhich he brings home all the bcnefi<s of Chrill: unto his own fvul, I fl 1 aJI a wlule <nil/\ on all <hek J. He acknow:edg~thChrill: a Lord. How is he a Lord? I anfwer. r. By dLJCe, as God >S Lord, fo ChnilJsLord, <he Fad1er >s Lord, the Son is Lord, and the holy G boil is Lord ; and yet <hey are not three Lords, bur one Lord. 2. By creJtion, Chrij/ u before dl things fa_i<b the Apofllc) and by him all things r:ol. 1, q. cor.fift. Tlus very tlung rs an argument uf Ins Lord01ip. To '" there u bm one r. Co<. 8. 9· Lord Jefiu Chri.fl,_by n·homare all rhings, and we by him. 3 .. By redemption, nndton, office, and Mediator/hip, unto which be was deligned Mt. 1. 36. by hts Father; and therefore the Apoil'e fatth, that God hath made him Lo;·d ~nd Chrilf. he is a Lord by his office, and by the accompliilnnenr of hi> office, in dying, riling, ;,J rmvtnjl, he became Lord both. of qmtk and dead, for to this end Chr;ff both dyed, and nife, and re'!'tvcd, that he mtght be Lord bth of dead and living . And thu> RQm. q. 9 . l1e ts a Lord m two refpcds, I. ALord m amhonry, to command whom :md what he w1ll ; he only IS Lord over our perfons, over our faith, over our wnfciences : to him oclywe ~mfHay, Lord wh.tt wilt thou have me to do? Lordfave ru, or n·e perifh. 2. A ~ord hns mpower, he hath power to forgive, and power to clea"fe ; he hath power to JU!Itfie, and power to fancbfie ; he lmh power to quicken, and power to fave to the ut– termofl:, all that come unto God bl' him; he hath power to hold fJfl his 11 1 eep, and and power to cafl out the accufer of the brethren; he bath power to .Put down all his enemies, and power to fubdue all things unto himfelf; in every ofthefe refpeds Cbri!l: j 3 a Lord. True, fay blafphemers, he is' Lord by office, but he is not Lord by e./fence, ao God if Lord, 1\o? perufe fome te:m in the Old TeflJment where the 1 yrle of Lord is effem i1lly fpoken of, and we lhall6nd the very fame t•xts and titles applyed to CLrift in the New Te– fiamenr. As for inftance,in Ifa.6. 5. woe is me (faith Ef~y) for mine eyes have fern the Kii!ff, lfa ~- ). the Lord of ho.1jls; now this John referrs to Chrifl, th<[e things[atth E(aias, '"'"" he Ja~v his Glory, andfpeak_ of him. In Pf~l. '68. 1 7. 1 8. 1 he Lord is among the n .u in Si"'i, in the holy place, thoJthaft aJimdedon high, tholt h.1jf led captivity c<~ptive, thoJt haft received g 1 fts for men; now this tbe Apoftle applyes to Chrifl, when he afcended up on high, he led capti– vivity captiVe, andgavegifts unto ?hen. In Pfll. I 10. I. the Loldfz;d unto my Lord,ft rho11 ]oh. i•, 41 • at my right hand umil I makt thine enemies thy foot-Jioo'; Now tillS Jefus Clnifl applies Ylal. 6 8. Ij. to himfdf, faying,that Davidinfpirit calledhim Lord, faying, the Lordfmd rmto my Lord lnlfa. 40. 3· the voice ofh;m thatcryeth ;,, thewildernc[>, prepare ye the way of the Lord; Fph.·4· 8. now this the Evangelifl: applies to Chrift. This is h< th•t \V~< fpoksn of by th, Pro?het ltfc1l. ID. 1 • E(ay,(trying,tht voice ofone crying in the wi/dernefl,prepareye the -.vay, ofth: Lord. No wonder ifThoma. call Ch•ift Lord; why ,both the Old and New Teflament agree in this,that Chnft ~1·"·' 44· 4;.·;. Lord. Lord by creJtioa, 3nd Lord by redemption; Lord by office,and Lord by rffenre. ~i~t\: l· 2. He acknowledgeth Chrifl to be God, as wdl as Lo;d ; my .Lord, ~nd my God. Bur how is he God · I anfwer, not only by pantC!panon, limdnude, or m fome refpeds, as Angels ;nd men are called god; ; but fimply, abfolmely, effenrially, and withom any refl:riction. Sometime; we read in S:ripture that men or An– gels, good, and bad, are called God ; .And the Lord faid to .Mo/es, Jie, I have ExoJ. 7·'· made thee a (fod to Ph.1rMh. --- .And thou Jhalt be inj/eAdof God to Aaron. "xod. 4 • 1 6. Thus 'Nebuchadnez.ur is caUed the m~~hty one, or the God of the heathens ; and Fz-k. ;I. "· Satan is called the god of this \Vorld. Thus Magifl:rates are calkd gods, time Jhalt •Cnr.4. 4· not revile the gods. I have [aid ye ace gods ; Angels are .called gods, before tht Fx.oJ. 22 · '8· •ods tvill I jino prai{es 1<nto thee · but in all thefe tlm·e IS fome relrndwn, or l'f•' 8• ' ,, " ' • d ' G d b" 1 I 1 f.l 8" • improper fpeech · Mofes is called l'haroah s God, an Aaron s o , not a •O ure y, '.I, ·'· but wid1 rell:riction to Pharoah and Auon · Nebuch>dneu.er is called the god of the bearhen and Satan the god of this wor'ld · not abfolurely, but with rcl!ridon Heb. 1. >· to to the I~eathen and this world . Magifl:ra;e, are called gods, and good An. gels are called gods, not abfolmely', but in refped. of fome officeJ or _excellency which they partake of from God. Onll' Jefus Cbnfl1s called God Without any Ve .8. reflridion, and not only in rdpeCl: of lome office, or fcmtlaude, but abfolutely, Rom. s. 3'· e!fentially, properly ; as being from all eternay God ?f <:}od ; as betng God Joh. :. I'. of rhe fub:tance of the Father before all worlds,_ what 1> Chn~ only God as an I Jhon. 5. , 0 , Angel is God ? I challenge here all blafphemers 111 the world. Unto whteh of the .Angeis.(.1id he at any tirr;e, tho!t art mJ S•n, thu day have l begotten thee ? Or un; to wluch of tl'e Angels fa~d he at any ume, thythione 0 God u for ever and ever. or to which oft he Angds faid he at any rime, thou an my Son, my own Son, "'yonlybe- ' got· (:
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