W O R ti OF THE LORD. 259 the Covenant of Grace, and the Work of Grace for his Redeemed. 'Tis by their Redeemer, they have a Being and Well-being; and to his Grace and Mercy they are indebted, both for their Knowledge and for their Capacity to know. That CHRIST is meant by this Word, is fo obvious; and fo inconteftable, that very few arguments are requi- lite to prove it : And it will appear equally evident, that the Word is Jehovah. Two or three Texts fha1l fuffice. i. That CHRIST is the WORD, the Apoftle john in- forms us. The WORD (who was in the Beginning, who was with GOD, and was GOD) was made fie.) and dwelt amongus.* But, fay the Apoftles Peter and Paul, JESUS CHRIST (his Son, his holy One who fhould not fee Corruption, and who was in the Bofom of the Father) was made of: the Seedof David according to the Flefh. -!- Jefus Chrz/l, therefore, is the WORD. 2. That this WORD, Jefus Chrift, is alfo Jehovah, the Prophets will teach us. By the WORD of the LORD (fays David) were the Heavens made, and all the Haft of them by the Breath [Heb. SPIRIT] of his Mouth. t But (according to Nehemiah, and many other Places of Scripture) JEHOVAH ALONE made the Heavens. ô The WORD, therefore, or CHRIST, iS JEHOVAH. Again. /am JEHovAH that maketh all things, &c. p But, all things were madeby CHRIST, the WORD, and, without himwas not any thing made, that was made. If CHRIST, therefore, is JEHovAH. Once more. * John i. t, and 14. AEIs ii. 27, 3o. Rom. i. 3. John i. 18. Pfalm xxxiii. 6. This Text .7ußin Martyr and others confider:' as declarative of the three Perfons in the Holy Trinity. § Nehem. ix. 6. :faim xevi. 5. &c. &c. ll Ifaiah xliv. 24. 4 John i. 3; S 2 Mofes
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