ADONAI. LORD. 143 The WORD of JEHOVAH (1. e. Chru ; feehereafter, on- der the WORD OF JEHOVAH) came unto him in a Vfon; towhom Abraham faid, O ADONAI JEHOVAH,*what wilt thou give me, &c ? In the Sequel, Abraham believed in JEHOVAH,who thus manifefted himfelf to him ; and it was counted to himfor Righteoufnefs. t The Pfalmift adores him by this Title, and, twice in the viiith Pfaim, addreffes HIM, who made the Worlds, t by the Title Of JEHOVAH oar ADONAI : in the xvith Pfalm alfo, which eminently relates toChrift,-he invokes him, as his ALEHIM arid ADONAI, inwhom he put bis Truft. The Prophet exhorts the Church to rejoice, and to behold her ALEHIM, even the ADUNAI JEHOVAH ; who was to come (for her Redemption) with a ftrong Hand; to feed his Flock like a Shepherd, togather the Lambs with his Arm, andgently to lead thofe thatarewithyoung.§ And to whom can thefe tender Offices be applied, but to CHRIST alone ? And, if they are folely to be applied to him, CHRIST is neceffarily and confequentlyboth ADUNAI JE- HOVAH, and ADUNAS ALEHIM. TheProphet Malachi (ch. iii. e. ), thelaft who prophe- fred uponRecord under the Jewifh Difpenfation, prophe- fied of the bleffed 7efus, by this important Name, and brought this reviving Meffage to the antient Church Behold, (fays the LoRo) Iwillfend my Mefenger, and he (hallprepare the Way before me; and the IriR ADON, whomye Peek, (hall fuddenly come to his temple (or Peo- ple) ; even the ANGEL OF THE COVENANT, whomye de. light in ; behold, he (hall come, faith JEHOVAH SABAOTH. Here it may be obferved,.that the Adonai, or Angel of the * Our Translators, in this and many other Places, whereAdonai occurs with fehovah, have rendered it Lord Go n, a Wordby which. they generally render the Alebim: The Reader will therefore remem- ber, when he meets with thefe two Titles, thus printed and con- neéted in the Bible, that the Original is Adonai 7ehovab. 1- Gen. xv. 1. &c. I John i. 3. Heb. i. z. Rev.. iv. 2. Ifaiah xl. 9. &c. See alfo that delightful Account, given by Jfaiah, ofthis redeemingAdonai, in the xxvtla Chapter.. Covenant,
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