QUESTION II. 431 Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works sake." 0. There are also several other intimations that our Lord gave of his divinity, though it was not the doctrine that he thought fit at that time to teach in plain and express language. When he tells them, that where two or three are gathered'together in my name, there am I in the midst of them; Mat. xviii. 20. the Greek words are MI Fya, which seem to denote a divine omnipre- sence. When he says to Peter, Iwillgive untothee the keys ofthe kingdomof heaven ; Mat. xvi. 14. it sounds god -like. When he promisesthe disciples, Iwill give you a mouth and wisdom, which allyour adversaries shall not beable to gain-say Luke xxi. 15. 'When John ii. 19. Destroy this temple and I will raise it up in 'three days; he imitates divine language so much, that it might have led the disciples onward to the belief of his deity. His active behaviour and conduct in several instances was such, as there is some reason to think he would scarce haveprac- tised, had he not been true God ; such as his taking frequent occasion to chew that he knew their hearts and their secret thoughts ; his godlika way in working some of bis miracles, which seems to be the very same which a god incarnate would have used; his sovereign and god -like manner in casting out devils, and his conveying miraculous gifts, in the same way that God himself wouldprobably have done; and his giving the holy Spirit to his disciples in such a manner ; John xx. 21, 22. " As my Father bath sent me, so send I you ; and when he had thus said, he breathed on them, and said unto them,. receive ye the Holy Ghost," which seems to be an imitation of God creating the human soul of Adam ; Gen. ii. 7. " He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul." - Though it must be noted indeed, that this was after his re- and so comes not within the reach of my present enquiry. 1-Iis passive behaviour also was such as we can hardly sup- pose he would have practised, had he not been God ; for he ad- mitted persons on several occasions to' worship,him, which we find both angels and apostles always forbid, lest theyshould seem to assume the divine prerogative and honour : He did not deny his godhead when the Jews charged him with assuming equality with God, &c. several of which circumstances, both of the active and passive conduct of our Lord Jesus Christ, are set in the fairest and strongest light towards the proof of his divinity, by Mr. Hughes in his Two Essays, on that subject. And some parts of the argument seem to carry great weight and force with them ; but I would not venture to lay the whole stress of the cause there. Thus though our blessed Saviour did not plainly and ex-
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