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iSTS.
ÍL
FAITH
IN
ITS
LOWEST DEGREES.
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applied
only to
the
Father
;
for
it
is
his
design
there to
chew
that
the
advancement
and glory
of
Christ
was
the
aim
and
the effect
of
our
Saviour's
death
and
resurrec-
tion,
that
he
might be Lord and
Judge of
all,
and
that
every
knee
and
tongue might
own his
lordship and
sove-
reignty.
The application
of
these
words
to
Christ,
is
again
evident
in
Phil.
ii.
10,
11.
At
the
name
of
Jesus
every
knee
shall
bow,
and
every
tongue
confess
that
Jesus Christ
is
Lord
Though there
the glory
of
the
Father
is
expressed
also.
(5.)
The last reason
why this
text
may be
properly
applied
to Christ,
is
because many
other
expressions
of
the prophets,
that
plainly belong to the
great God, the
God
of
Israel,
as
coming to
bring salvation
to
the gen-
tiles, are plainly applied
to
Christ
in
the
New
Testa-
ment;
Ps.
cii. 22,
25.
"
When the
people
are
gathered
together, and the
kingdoms, to
serve
the Lord,
8-c.
Of
old
hast'thou
laid
the
foundations
of
the
earth.
This
is
applied
to
Christ;
Heb.
i.
10. So
Ps.
xcvii._
1,
7.
The
Lord
rei'neth
let the
multitude
of
isles
be
glad
thereof
:
Worship
hint
all
ye
Gods.
Which
is
applied
to
Christ;
Heb.
i. 6.
So
Is.
xxxv. 4, 5, 6.
compared
with
Mark
ix.
27.
So
Is.
xl.
3.
compared
with
Mat.
iii.
3. So
Joel
ii.
32.
compared
with
Rim
x. 13.
which
would
13e
too
large
now to
rehearse.
It
will
be
objected indeed,
how can
it
be
said,
that
Christ
is
God, and there
is
none
else
?.
Is not
the
Father
God
alsó
?
I
answer, this does no
more exclude the godhead
of
the
Father, than our
Saviour's own words
;
John
xvii.
3.
exclude
his own
divinity,
where
he calls
the Father, the
Only
true
God. I think
it
is
sufficiently
evident from
many
places
of
scripture,
that
the
Father
and
the
Son
have
an
inconceivable communion,
and
that
one
and
the
same divine
nature,
which
is
in the
Father,
dwells
in
the
Son
:
For
since divine names
and attributes, works
and worship, are ascribed to both,
therefore
they
must
both
be in some
sense trite
God
;
and since
there
is
but
one
true
God, they must
both
have fellowship
in
the
same
godhead
;
or
else
the
Son
would
be
another
God
different from the
Father,
which
the bible
neither
knows
nor
allows.
These
words
therefore,
I
ám
God, and
there
is
florid
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