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CIiRIST EXALTED
AND.
THE
SPIRIT LIVEN
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on the throne,
and
to the
Lamb
for
ever
and ever." Ac-
cording to the
tenor
of
scripture,
I
think
the man
Jesus
is
not capable
of
receiving these honours,
without
such
a
personal union
to
the godhead,
as
makes him
a
God-
man,
or
one with
God:
And upon
this foot,
I
allow,
with
the
learned and pious
Doctor
Owen, and
other
protestant
writers,
that
the
human nature of
Christ, in
the person
of
the
Mediator, and considered
as
God
-man,
may
be
worshipped and receive
its own
share
of
these
honours,
so
far
as
is
possible
for
a
creature
in
so close
.
an
union
with the
eternal godhead.
Before
I
proceed
to the
second
general
part
of
the
sub-
ject
which
is
appointed
me,
I
would
make a
few
remarks
or
inferences from
the
first.
Remark
L
Is
Christ exalted
to
such
glory,
then
all
the real
'scandal of the
cross
ceases:
It
vanishes away
and
is
lost,
when
the crucified
man
is
all
glorious
at
the
right-hand
of
God.
The
scandal
ceases from Christ,
and
it
ceases from
his
people too
:
It
is
no
longer,
a
matter of
shame
or
folly to
be
a
believer or follower
of
such
a Jesus:
The
power and
grandeur
of
the
Son
of
God,
sitting
on
so
illustrious a
throne, takes
away
and
annihilates
all
-the
scandal
of
a
man
hanging
on a
tree.
The
time
is
coming,
and
it'hastens
apace, when the
Jews
shall be ashamed
of their reproaches cast
upon
him,
and
the
sons
of
men shall
be
confounded
at
the thoughts
of
their former
mockery
of
the
Son
of
God.
If
we
keep
this
thought
warm
a't
our
hearts
we
shall never be ashamed
of
the
profession
of
the cross
of Christ.
Remark
II.
Is
Christ exalted
by
the
Father's right
-
hand,
"
then
his
doctrines are worthy
of our
belief,
his
promises are worthy
of our
trust, and
his
laws
of our
obedience." His
doctrines are certainly worthy
of our
belief; for
never would
God
the
Father
have
exalted
his
Son to
such
honours,
if
he
had brought one doctrine
to
the world which
was
not
divinely
true.
Had
he
not been
a
faithful
prophet
in
delivering
all his messages
from
God, he
had
never been raised to
be
a
King. We may
venture
therefore
safely
to receive all
the
lessons
that
he
teaches
us.
And
we
may safely rely
on his
promises too, for when
Jesus
the faithful
witness,
is
exalted
to be
Lord
of
all,
he
can fulfil every promise
he has made. We may
ven