OF D·EA THCHAP. J. , 17;e Coherence 'of 'the Text opened; ~herein, the Proofs of the Eterna/Veity of Chrift art clearly alltdged from Scriptt~re~ An account gi11en of the (]{eafom of bu Incarnation. In what refpefts the Del!il is [aid to ha11e tl>e Power of Veatb. 'I, he Death of Chrift fms his People from .the tor;nentmg fear of Death. An account of Death's emrmtce i1ito the World, in a threefold refpeEl. ' ' HE B. IJ. I). ' ' ' . ' A;td deli11er 'tbem, wbo tiJYoug/, fear of 'Death were all their Life-time f•bjeE! to 13ondage. I N the firft Chapter of this Epiftle, the Proofs ~f the Eter~al Deity of Chrift are · produced with that evidence of Script~re-Light, that only a veiled Heart, obltinate ~~~~~~~a~g ~~f:::~vi~~h;;,e~~~~ :h~i~~gen~~feir~~!~~~f~h~a~~~a~~n~\~~ nexion ::r::~~~~~~,e ~j;ft~n~~ 1hi~i+~:~·~~~?:~i~~~y h~~~~e ~~~i~;t~ ~~r.rr.c~~ is declared by the Teftimony of the Eternal Father to be hu Son, ver. 4• 5· ·~ the moft proper and fublime fenfe: begotten of hsm, and therefore havmg the fame elfenual PerfeC.hons of the Godhead in their uncreated Glory. But the Angels are not dignified with thi9 Name in any Places Of Scripture; where the Excellency of the Angels is in the fulleft Terms exprelfed. And that this Name is taken from his Nature, is clearly proved: becaufe Adoration is due to him upOI\ this .ac!'ount, even from the Angels of the higheft Order. When he bringeth in the jirji begottm into the World, he foith, .And let all th.e ht- :gelb[~~dW't.r&~i:~ ~~~:o~ative infeparably annexed to the Deity, both upon the ac, counrofthefupreamExcellenciesof the Nature of God, and his Relat ion to Angels and Men as Creator and Preferver, the Fountain of their Being and Happinefs. 1 his, without the moll open defiance of his Authority, cannot be given to a mere C~ea rure; and by the. ~ommand of God himfelf is to be performed as a refpeEl due to the fihal Godhead. Deut. ~;pith~ ~~i,:~ake~"%;~'1~;;,n~~;~~~~~n~.h~ r;~n~~~~ fla~; if~~~: ~o/r. ti "!;~~; are .the prime In!l:ruments of his Providence, rnofi zealous and aaive ro accomplin1 hi s Pleafure. But the Son is God, not by analogy and depuration, as Princes are, nor with a limitation and diminution, as Mofes was made a God to Plmaoh, but abfolutely and really ~\,~u~~~i~M~~:'~F~;~~~~~~i~e;yi~Y~~~~~q~~~r~I;er t;~n~u;I:~:n ~~n~itT~; Throne, 0 God, is for ever and ever; a S<epter of Righteoufnefs is the Scepter o/ tky K)Jigdom, I>{ er. 8. Whereas the Scepters of Earthly Kings .are often unrighteouOy manag'd, apd tiJeir Thrones ruinouOy fall. There is a further Confirmation from his Works, thataredivincl¥ great and glorious, wherein no Creature has any !hare of Efficiency. .1.'./.1.e ma,king cif rho World IS afcnbed to h1m: Thou, Lord, m.the beginmng haJIIa~d the Fou11dation of the Earth, ~nd, theHeavensare tk~Worksof thyHands. Ver.to. . , . · The Divine i\.ttributes, the peculiar CharaE\er of the Dclry, beldngto him: Eternity and Immutability. The moll folid parts of the vifihle <;:r,eation fhq/1 perifh and be changed, hut _thou rem_aine.ft, And art _rJ:e fame: His Ltfe. is a~ inrire,_ un.tform, unch~ngeable Per_r fe£hcn• . HIS Glory _and Fehpty. are m the famo; mvanablc Tenor for e~er polfclfec\ by him, ~~~P:~ ~~~~~~~;~~~~;~a~~wa:r'f~Jff~n~::;~ :t~;.~lt~;'alrei~ ;1l~ ~'la'~~~ ;~~i~t ~~~~a~ 0~i~o~t ~e~Yti~d ~~~e?j,blf~ ~~';n~~~~~a!1lJ ~u:,t~;t~l; 1 ~~. ~~~~iin;0 s~;;~~; vcr. 14~ employed for the defence and benefit of th' Church. . Iii ;l' Fi·ori{
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