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CHRIST EXALTED
AND
THE
SPIRIT
GIVEN.
[SEAM.
1V.
It
is
sufficient
if
his
human nature
be
made the
constant
and conscious medium whereby
the indwelling
godhead
shall
exercise these powers:
V.
The last instance I
shall
mention wherein
his
ex-
altation
consists,
is
this
;
that "
he
is
invested
with ho-
nours suitable
to his
power and
grandeur."
While
he
was
on
earth
he was
obscure and unknown
:
and
though
he
was
the
Son
of
God, yet the
sons of
men
knew
hirn
not.
1
John
iii. 2.
"
He
was
in
the
world,
and the
world
was
made
by him,
and the
world
knew him
not."
John
i.
10.
And
instead
of doing
honour
to
him,
agree-
able to
his
character
and dignity, the princes and people
of
this world
joined
to affront
and blaspheme
him
:
He
was
reproached,
he
was buffeted, he
was scourged,
'he'
was
put
to
a shameful
and .cruel
death: The
princes
and
the people
joined
to
"
crucify the
Lord
of
glory.','
Acts
iv. 27.
1
Cor.
ii.
8.
But the
Son
of
God
rhust
not
always
be the mockery
of
sinful men.
There
were
honours then
reserved
fór
him,
which he
is
now possessed
of,
such as
.
became
his
native perfections,
and
his
acquired merit:
The
scriptures are
full
of
these
honours
which
are
paid
to the
Son
upon
his
exaltation.
Phil.
ii.
8
-11.
"
Be-
cause
he humbled
himself and became
obedient
to
death,
even the
death
of
the cross,
therefore
God bath`
highly
exalted
him,
and
given him
a
naine above
every
name,
that at
the name
of Jesus
every knee
should
bow,
of
things
in heaven, and things
in
earth, and
things
under
the
earth;
and
that
every
tongue should
confess,
that Jesus
Christ
is
Lord to.the
glory
of
God
:the
Father."
And you
find
all the
creation actually joining
to pay him these
honours,
in Rev.
v. 12,
13.
"
And the angels and
the
elders
say
with
a
loud
voice,
worthy
is
the
Lamb
that
was
slain, to receive power and riches,
&c.
And every crea-
ture
in heaven,
earth
and
sea,
echo
to
the
song, blessing
and
honour, and
glory
and
power,
be to
him
that
sitteth
bath
done or means to
do. By
virtue of
its
union with
the
divine nature,
it
had
a
right
to
know
both things past, present, and
to come.
The
same
holds
in
his
power;
it
is
not equal with
God's, but there
is
an image of it
in
Christ's human nature, both
in
that
he can do
whatsoever he will, and
whatsoever God
will
have done, he
is
the
instrument of it ;"
Mat.
xxviii.
18.
"
All
the
businesses
ofthe
world
run
-
through
his
hand and
his
head."
What
things
soever
the Father doth, the
Son
doth
likewise
;
Jo/in
v.
19.
he
speaks all this
of himself
as
the
Son
of
man;"
verse 27.
and
much more
to this purpose.