128 THE CHRISTIAN DnCTRINE CIF THE TRINITY. 2. " The great' and mighty God," is adistinguishing maim;: Deut. x. 17. " The Lord God; your God, is a. great God, a mighty, and a terrible ;" Jer. xxxii. 18, 19. " The - great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts'is his name. Great in counsel, and mighty in. works." Which appellations are given to Christ. Titus ii. 13. " Looking for the blessed 'hope, and the glorious appearance of -the great God' and our Saviour Jesus Christ, or as it may be properly translated, our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ ;" Is. ix. 6. " To us a child is born, to us a Son is given, his naine shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God." 3. " The only wise God," is a distinguishing name. 1 'Tim. i. -17."" To the king, eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever, Amen." Rom. x`i. 27. " To God only wise be glory through Jesus Christ for ever, Amen." Which character is applied to Christ himself; Jude 24, 25. " Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy; to the only wise God our Saviour be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever, Amen.". Now that this doxology is ascribed to Christ, it appears not only from this that he is called our Saviour, which is Christ's special title ; but it is he who shall present the church without fault to himself, or before the presence of his own glory. See Eph. v. 25, 27. "Christ loved the church, and gave himself for ,. it, that lie might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, and without blemish. 4. " The only God," - or " God and none else," is another distinguishing name ; Deut. iv. 35, 39. " TheLord -he is God, and there is- none else besides him ;" Is. xlv. 5. " I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me." Now,.. whosoever will read the latter end of the xlv. chapter of Isaiah, from verse 15, to verse 25; will find several expressions of the . same kind. " I am the Lord, there is no God, else beside me; I am God, and there is none else ;" and yet they are applied to this, who is eminently called the Saviour, verses 15, 21. " In whom Israel shall be saved with an everlasting salvation." Verse 17. To whom " all the ends of the earth are to look that they may be saved." Verse 22. In, whom we " have righteousness and strength." Verse.24. in whom the " seed of Israel shall be justified and shall glory." Verse 25. And to whom " every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall swear ;" Verse 23. All which characters belong to our Lord Jesus Christ in the common lan- guage: of the New Testament, and this 23d verse is particularly cited and applied to him ; Rom. xiv. 10, B. " We shall all stand f etore the judgment seat of Christ : For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every
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