CHAPTER XX. 529 Note 2. There might be also many other texts cited out of the book of psalms, which are interpreted concerning Jesus Christ in the New Testament, which we should not otherwise . have known to belong to him ; as Ps, xcvii. 7. " Worship him all ye gods ;" which is applied to him in Heb. i. 6. " Let all the angels of God worship him ;" who in scripture are some- times ealled gods. So Ps. cii. 25-27. are applied in the same chapter to Christ, and shew us that the world was created by him, 6° Thou Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands, &c:' In both which texts, as well as in several others, the very same names, characters and actions which are attributed to Jehovah, the God of the Jews, the only true God, in the Old Testament, are applied to Jesus Christ in the New ; which plainly advances his character so high, as to assure us, that he is one with the Father, that he is God manifested in the flesh, whose name is Emmanuel or God with us, as we shall learn immediately from Isaiah the prophet. 13. Q. We have heard various and express prophecies which David gave concerningthe Messiah, and did not Solomon also prophesy of Christ ? A. Many christians in elder and later times, have supposed that the eighth chapter of Solomon's Proverbs speaks of Christ in his divine nature under the character of wisdom. Note, Some of the ancient fathers suppose wisdom, in this chapter, to denote Jesus Christ ; some think it means the Holy Spirit : But other writers question whether there be any such full and sufficient proof of either of these opinions in the New Testament, as to write them down with assurance. Atlta- nasius sometimes explains it of Christ's human nature ; and on these accounts, Doctor Patrick himself doubts, whether this be a prophecy of Christ, or no, or whether it only relate to divine and human wisdom. 14. Q. But did not Solomon write the Song of Songs, and is not Christ there foretold as the bridegroom er husband of the church ? A. The metaphors and similitudes of the same kind which are used in the xlv. Psalm, and in some of the . epistles, and the book of the Revelation, have generally per- suaded our christian expositors to apply this song to the spiritual characters and transactions of Christ and his church : But the expressions are so much borrowed from the affairs of a human love, that they hardly afford such sufficient argument for the proof of the Messiah as more evident and direct prophecies, which is my present chief business : Nor indeed do I know that the New Testament cites any of Solomon's writingsas prophecies of Christ. 15. Q. Which is the next of the prophets which speak of Christ, as they stand in order in our bible ? A. Isaiah, who
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