Chap.t.Se6t.7 Looking unto !fefw. Booi IV.Part.4 751 of Gne crying in the -wi!deriJ~fl'e, prepare Je the way of t6e Lord. No wonder now if ThomtM call Chrifl: Lord; why, both fhe Old and New Teftament agree in this, that Chrift u Lord Lord by creation, and Lord by redemption ; Lord by office, and Lord by dfence. 2. He acknowledgeth Chrift to be God, as wdl as L ord; my Lerd and m}Gucl. .But how.is he God? I anfwer, not only by participation,limilttude, or lO fome refpeCl:s, ~s Angels an.d men are called gods; but limply, abfolutely, ea:enc1ally, and Wi thout any rdlriCl:ion. Somettmes we read 10 Scrtpture that men, or Angels, good, and bad, are called God; And the Lordfaid to Exod. 7:r~ 0Jilofes,j're, I have made thee a god to Pharoah. ----And thou d jh"-!t be influd o~'God to Aaron. Thus Nebuchadne:t,:tar is called ~xok·4• 16• 'J J'hh h d · ld .,.ze.3J.u. the. mighty one, or the God OJ t _e ct!lt ens; an Satan IS cal e the 1 Cor.4 . 4 • god of this world. Thus Mag1fl:rates are called gods, thou jhalt Exod.u.t8. not revile the gods. I have Jaid Je are gods; Angels are called P1al.sz.6. gods, beforcthe gvds willl Jing praifes unto thee; but ln all thefePfal!l3 8.1. there is fome refrriCl:ion, or improper fpeech; Mofes is called Pharoahs God, and Aarons God, not abfolutely, but with reftriCI:ion to Pharoah and Aaron; ?Vbuchadne:t,~ar is called the god of the he~then, ~n~ Satan the god of this world; not abfolutely, but wtth reftnCl:10n to the heathen, and thi! world; Magiftrates are called gods, and good Angels are called gods, not abfolutcly, but in refped: offome offic . s or excellency which they partake of from God. Only J efus Chrifi ts called God without any reftriCl:ion, and not only in refped: of fome office or fimilitude, but abfolutely, effentially, properly; as being from all eternity God ofGod; as being God of the fubfhnce of the Father before all worlds ; what is Chrift only God, as an Angel is G~d? I challenge ~ere all bla~phemers in the world. Vnto Heh.q; . .•.:r whsch of the An.i[,els fmd he at any ts~e, thou art mJ Sonne, thu dtty have I begotten t hee. Or unto wluch of the Angels faid he at any Ver.s. . _ time, thy throne 0 God u[tr ever and ever? or to which of the H.. om. 8,3 :;~ · Angels faid he at any time, thou art my Son, my own s,n my 0 ; 3/y · h 6 ....,... begotten Son? unto which of the Ang,ls faid he at a.ny cim'e, thu i.s !0;~&:1r.~o. the true God; the_great God; who u over all, God bl!j[ed for ever. , · .Amen ? unto wh;cb of the Angels are thofe divine attributes . given, as ofeternity, immutability, omnipotencv omnifcience y · . · . { d 11 h r: . . ' • tr. 1, J 3• . omnrpre ence ? an yet are a t ete gwen co Chrift; for eter- Rom 9.r• . nity,
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