3 q.. Chap. 28, Expofition Ion the Boofg, of j 0 E, Verf. 27: was with G. and the wordwas God, thefame was in the beginning withGod. Ali things mere madeby binhand without bitty war no- thing made that was made, Hence Note ; That, The Sonof God4 the eternal wi /dom ofGod. This fundamental article of faith is difcourfed of and afierted by Solomon at large, in the 8 h Chapter of the Proverbs from the 22d to the 3 2d verfe. There hedeclares,iiit,tbeeternity of his being to the Sorbverfe ;Secondly,thehappinefs of his being,(v, 31, 32.)and he Both it very near in the language of Job;Solomon brings in wifdom,perfonalwifdom,Speaking thus ; TheLordpoffeffod me in the beginning ofbis way ; A way is that whereby we got torch, and in which we appear openly to the viewof others. And fo the beginning of Gods way, was thecreation ; for in and by that God did (as it were) (hew himfelfopenlyor made himfelf vifi- b1e, who is in himfelf altogether invifible. This is the Apoftles expreffe do&rine (Rom. is 2o.) The invifible things of from the creation ofthe world are clearly fern, being underfleod by the things that are made, even his eternalpower and godhead. thus the creation was the fiy(t difcovery ofCod ; and thene.inale be- ginning,God poífe fed that wifdom which is without beginning; and.which was (as ,The text in the Proverbs faith further) before boo werkes ofold, that is, before his oldef+workes, or beforeever he had fet any itripref ion or ftamp of his power and. Godhead upon any of bis Workes. Wifdotn was at home with God, (or (as the Goípel fpeakesjin hisbefime, beforeGod went abroad,as be ing one with him. , This eternal being of wifdom is afferred fur ther (v. 23-.) I was let up from everlafling, from the beginning, or ever the earth was ; that is, before thar lump or Chaos was, of which'Mofes faith it was without form andvoid(Gen.i.i.) It was in;the lafi times that the Son ofGod the eternal wifdomwas fent out to us, but he-was fer up fromeverla(ting.. Chrißt bath now let up an everlatiing kingdom,but he was fer up as a King from ever- hu ng. Hear wifdom affirming this ererniry.Solomon roprove the Eternity of wifdom, or of the Son of God, having Paid that he was before-the earth, as ar fir(t a rude heap, proceeds to prove the fame pint by an indu&ión of thole feveral parts into which the earth.wasdivided, and the fofmnes into which it was fhanen, to all which
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