270 TIIE ARIAN INVITED TO ORTIIOt1OX FAITH. tempt, and betake myself to the common explication Of these difficult texts, rather than renounce the deity of Christ, or the perpetuity of the first command, which seem to be established upon so numerous and so evident proofs of scripture. Yet after all, if these two different propositions are plainly revealed in scripture, viz. That religious worship belongs to God alone ; and that the man Jesus as personally united to the godhead, is exalted to some kind of partnership in this honour, I would chase tobelieve them both, since I do not see any evi- dent contradiction in them, though perhaps I may not have hit upon the best way of reconciling them. It is a general and ex- cellent rule, that where two propositions are evidently true, we' are not to reject either" of them, because we cannot at present find the modus or manner how they are reconciled : I would be ever mindful of the weakness and narrowness of our understand- ings, and confess that there are some mysterious and sublime doctrines in the word of God, for whose farther explication we must wait till the pouring down of the blessed Spirit from on high, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea ; when the light of the moon shallbe as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun as the light of seven days. In the mean time, if we yield our assent to what God has plainly revealed, and fulfil the practical parts of religion which God has plainly enjoined, we have no reason to doubt of our ac ceptance unto eternal life' our safe removal and advance= ment to the upper blessed world. There we shall see the Re deemer face to face, and have the mysterious glories of his sacred person revealed to us, that we may payLim such celestial' honours as are required of all the worshippers in those holy and. happy regions. And when we shall join together in. that joyful song, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive glory and blessing, for hehas washed us from our sins in his own blood; and redeemed us unto God, we shall then be fully apprized of the Nature of that worship which we pay to our Redeemer ; and we shall no more dispute how far the man Jesus is admitted'to a participation of these honours, who in union with the divine nature, is over all, Godblessed for ever. Amen.
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