114 Appearances of the Scn of Clod ter theentranceof fin. And herein alfo according unto our propofed Method, we fhall enquirewhat Light concerning this Truthhath been received by any of the 7ew- iJhMaters ; as alto manifelt,, what confufions'they are driven unto, when they feek to evade theEvidence that is in the .Teftitnonies to this Purpofe. 1. "z. There is frequent mention in the Targumifts of ++s rte+o,. The Word of the Lord, And it liraoccurs in them ,' on the firft appearance of a Divine Perin , afte¢ the Sin and Fall of Adam. Gen. 3. v. 8. The words of the Original Text axes p *rim =Intl MT `np-3'1rí tyow+i ; and they heard she voice of the Lord God walking in the Garden. The Participle ltlnnö walking , may be as well referred unto 431p the voice, as unto i=+nt'ai rnrn, the LordGod ; vocem Domini Dei ambnlaìnem. And although t31p moft commonly.fignifìe 7.ayov rgosoetxav, or verbum prolarum, the outwardvoice, and found thereof, yet when applyed unto God, it frequently denotes aóyov adnietrov , his Alinighs) Power whereby he cffed ethwhat ever he pleafeth.. So Pfal.1a9. v. 3; 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 thofe things ate afcribed n1n+ 711p to this voice of the Lord, which elfewhére are affigned gill a63,5, á ¡ursine.} ävz, Heb. r. V. 3. to the word of his Power, which theSyriackrenders by the Power of his Word ; intending the fame thing. Now all theft mighty works of Creation or Providence which are affigned nirn í1t77, to this' voice ofthe Lord , or nl.aéyr. d An(oews, to the word of his Power, or his powerful' Word, are immediately wrought per r,éyav éorwáq or évvorata7ov, by the e(ntialWordofGod, John s. v. 3. Go! r. v. 16. which waswith God in the Beginning, or at theCreation of all things, iohn r. n. i, z, as his eter- nal Wifdom, Prov. S. v. za, 23,a4, 25. and Power. This cxprsflion therefore of nirn 71p may alto denote T );£yov zuz etê, raz' i;ox'ìv, the Word of God, that is God, theEffential Word ofGod, thePerlon of theSon. For here our firlf Parents heard thisWord walking in the Garden, before they heard the outward found of any Voice or Words what ever. For God fpake not Unto them untill after this, v. 9. TheLord God called unto Adam, and fàid unto him. And this change of the appearance of God, fome of the jars take notice of ; to the Author of Tfiror Hammor, Sed. Berefhith; "U ';; 1 a+riri i,7 mom, t±p >3 ¡7nno *1p vow rilbt Irnbri t¢7 ttmnw nwnvt 3 =o3) , Before they finned they fan, the Glory of the blefdGod Jßeaking with him, but after., their fin, they only,beard his voice walking. God dealt now otherwife with them than he did before. And the ChaldeeParaphraft obferving that Tome efpecial pretence of God is expreliéd in the words, renders them, NMA j iriri Omt3ts n7 WID+ö 4pni iymol ; And they heard the voice of the Word of the LordGod walking in the Garden.. So all the Targums ; and that of Hierufalembegins the next Verfe accordingly, í=11,17 t7+Hitt 1)1 MVO í31p1, And the Word ofthe LordGod calledunto Adam. And this exprefsion they afterwards make site of, in places innumerable, and that in filch a way, as plainly to denote a diftinfi Perin in the Deity. That this alto was their intendment in it, is hence marfell, becaufe aboutthe time of the writing of the fitti of thofe Targums, which gave normam loquendi, the Rule of fpeaking unto them that followed, it was ufuall among(} them to exprefs their conceptions of the Son of God , by the name of ' e- oh eE, or the Word of God, the fame with + +l r310+0, So dothPhilo exprefs'their fenfe,. de ConfufioneLinguarum lay pa,Si,rt /01rrot a y xdrn Tìt d'elóytEwt ¡e ÿòt Osi 7eaoayogdh i, Cmé'at s eooriitc% ,gym $ 11w7076,ov loss Aóyav, b, gy.Eme aresoßdrarev els eipzd yvnov aroi.orJumov tiara'pxodla, rÿ y8 ,txñ, ej 5,0 1. Oa, rÿ néyQ, ÿ ó aál thdra ávepmer9, ej ótty 464,, orpooayotívE7a.. If any be not yet worthy to be palled the Son of'God, yet endeavour thou to' be conformed unto his firft- begotten Word; the moll antient Angel, the Archangel. with many names ; for be is called the Bt- ginning, the name of God, the man according to the image ofGod,- the Seerof Ifrael. How fuitably thfe things are fpoken unto the Myfleries revelled in the Gofpel fhall elfe- where be declared. Here I only obfervehow he calls that Angel which appeared unto 'theFathers, and that fometimes inhumane fhape, the Word, the FIRS T BEGOT- T E NWOKD. And he expreffeth himfelf again to the famepurpofe. ry y.5 ä eìhrm laavoì Ost ,râid'Et vo1egs5,u,,' yeyóveyie áNI Tat i' eGli, h,6, r- a.'uza, aí a or hertine, tot ft imely.Téy& ó .riealWreil@.' For if své are not yet meet to be called the Sons ofGod, let us be fi of his eternal image, the malt Sacred Word, for that moll an- oient Word is the image of God. How theft things anfwer the Difcourfesof our Apo- file about JefusChrift, Col. r.v. 15, n6, 17, r8.' Heb. r.v. 3. is eafily difcerned. And this conception of theirs, was fo far approved by the Holy Ghoft, as fuitable unto the mind ofGod, that Jo/on in the Beginning of hisGofpel declaring the Eternal Deity of
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