in THE CHRISTIAN UQCTRINE OP í$E TRINITY. is called the Lord of hosts." 2 Sam. vii. 26. " The'Lord of hosts is God over Israel." Psal.xxiv..10. " The Lord of hosts is the kingof glory." Isa. i.. 24. " Thus saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty one of Israel." Isa. vi. 3. " Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory." And there are a multitude of places beside to this pur- pose in the word of God. Yet this title is applied toChrist even in some of these very places, where it is mentioned as God's distinguishingcharacter ; Hos. xii. 3, 4, 5. where the history of Jacob's wrestling with a man or angel is recorded, it is said, " By his strength he had power with God, yea he had power over the angel, and pre- vailed : He wept and made supplication (into him : He found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us. Even the Lord God of hosts, the Lord is his memorial." You see here that God, the Lord God of hosts, is the angel with whom Jacob wrestled. So Isa. viii. 13, 14. " Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself, and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread; and he shall be for a sanctuary ; but for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of offence, to both the houses of Israel." Which is interpreted concerning Jesus Christ ; 1 Pet. ii. 6, 8. He is the " chief corner stone laid in Zion, elect and precious ;" as Isa. xxviii. 16. " and a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence." Which appears still withgreater evidence, if you com- pare Psal. cxviii. 22. withMat. xxi. 42. and Luke ii. 34. Many other instances of this kind we may find in the same prophet ; as Is. liv. 5. " Thy Maker is thy husband, the Lord of hosts is his name, and thy Redeemer the holy one of Israel, the Godof the whole earth shall he be called ;" compared with 2 Cor. xi. 2. " I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ." God, our Maker is our Ausband, as the prophet speaks ; and Christ, our Redeemer, is the cne husband to whom we are espoused by the apostle. But I pro- ceed to the next. 3. " Kingof kings, andLordof lords," isanother title which God assumes to himself; Dent. x. 17. " The Lord your.God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God and a mighty, and a terrible," &c. 1 Tim. vi. 15, 16. " The blessed and only potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, whom no man bath seen or can see : To him be honòur and power everlasting, Amen." Yet this title is ascribed to Christ ; Rev. xvii. 14. " The Lamb shall overcome, for he is the Lord of lords, and King of kings." And Rev. xix. 13, 16. " His name is called the word of God ; as John i. 1. " And he bath on his vesture, and on his thigh a name written King of kings, and Lord of lords." 4. " The first and the last" is a peculiar title of God, that
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