3 c f Qatej}ions, andCafes o f Can f cience Char. 29 V. VI. Father : Chrift is, the Sonneof God , and that not as Angels , and men ,by Creation, or regeneration, but by eternal generation : and the Father , and the Sonne have 'the fame individual fub'ltance : The Fatherbegets the Son without thane, or motion, after a molt Flo. ious and wonderful manner within himfeif, and c ffentially one with himfelf: Yea, this relation iscoaeval with the effnce, as he is always God,fohe is aiwayes Sonne, ffí1.27. This day have I begot- ten thee, this day as the day of Eternity¡ Micah 5.2. thegsines forth of 1 im --- bavz been of old fromeverlafli'hg. For this reafon he is,faid to be the proper Sonneof Cod , R9m.3.32, and God his proper Father , John 5, 18. He iscalled the only begotten Sonne ofGod, John L.I S. and 3,1.6. I John 4.9. then he isnat created. Hence he is called the firf born o¡ eve cr arare, Col.i i ç. As man he vc as a creature, but as God he was beforeevery creature. He is called the image of has Fathers p_rfon, Heb.i.5. For,as whenwe look our felves in a glaffe,' our i mage like ourfelves is naturally p oduceu : So when God with the eye ófhis underttanding, beholds(if we may to f peak) the glafs ofthe divine nature from everlafting to everlafting , there refults the Son,an effential imageof him- felf : So then he is the natural Son of Cod; and by thatdivine way of theFathers I communicating ofhis divine effence, by eternal generation ; as may be further proved by thy: titles that Cod.the Father gives himmby ca'lin.; him his Son, which is atitlethat advanceth Chrift above all creatures; and Chrift callshimfelfthe Son of God, ohm 5.1 8. For which the Jeta es charsed him with blafphemy , ?ohn io. 33, 34. 5. Arg. We are en oyned in Scripture to worfhip Chrift with that religious j adoration which is properly and fokly due to the everliving God', therefore he is God, nor till the Lord give this his glory roany other, Ifa.42. 8. and48.i 1. Hence, John S. 23. 'fie that honours not his Son which e fens, honoetreth not the Father whichfenthim. There are divers honours v hichare Gods peculiars, and they all belong to Chrift : as, I. Religious worfhip in Spirit,which is the exhibiting of that reverence and worfhip ttihich is due to theg e't God,in ali places,at all times, and in all things: But this fpiri'ual worfhip is to be exhibited to our LordChriff, Pfal. 97.7. J'or- fhip him allyegods, and v.a.6.Saint Johnafcribes whimGlory, and Domini- onfor everand ever. So, Rrv.5.13. and 14.7. and Rom.9, g. He is aver all, God bieffed for ever. 2.Again, the high God alone is the oblea of Religious invocation, `Pfal. 5o. i 5. and they are idolaters which call on them that are nor true rods, Gal. 4.8. Yea,religious invocation is Gods glory which he will give to none other,ïfa.42.8. But alt is tobe given toChrifl, AHts 7; S9..and 9. 14, 21. i Cor,i.2. Rev. 22.20. Hence I argue, That perfon that knows the hearts of all,andhears the prayersof al'l in the world, is the trueGod : But Chrifi doth fo,thereforehe is true Cod. 3; Again, its an honour peculiar co the true God , to be the objcaof religious truil and confidence : but Jefus Chrift is the objeaof religious trutt and confi- dence, thereforehe is the trueGod. 6. eilrg. To fwear is a parr of religious fervice when performed in truth, in ri<ghteoufnelfe, and in judgeinent,which analogically is afcribed toChrift himfelf. Hence theargument_is, That perfon that is the objea of a religious Oath is God, Dent.6.13.Thoufhalt fwear by his name,who is a molt infallible witneffe,judge and avenger of all periu- red pe,fens,and fuck as ufe his name either rafhly orfallly:But Chrift is the objea of a relitious oath, & becaufc he bath no greater to fwear by,hefweareth by hirn- £elf,Ifa.4ç.i;.Ihave (wornby myPelf that to me everyknee(hall bow. Here Chrift (wears byhimfelf, and the words immediately foregoing, 11.22. I am God, and bejiides me rhere is none oil tr : Saint Paul expounds thofe words of Chrift, Rom. 14.10.' ti
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