40$' QUESTIONS CONCERNING JESUS. infinite spirits than one, we should give occasion to say, webeliev- cd more gods than one. Three infinite spirits seem to me to be three gods. 3. This one true God is the onlyproper object of divine or religious worship. This doctrine was asserted by Moses, support- ed by the prophets, and confirmed by the Lord Jesus Christ himself. 4. In scripture Christ expressly calls God theFather the only true God, as distinct from himself ; John xvii. 3. And the apostle Paul confirms it, To us there is but one God, even the Fa ther, of whom are all things, and one Lord Jesus Christ, by, whom are all things; 1 Cor. viii. 6. 5. Jesus Christ, who is the Son of God, is evidently re- presented in scriptureas another distinct Spirit different fromGod the Father, both before and after his incarnation. Before his in -. carnation he had a distinct consciousness or understanding, where- by he knew and was conscious of his own appointment to various services and his own mission by the Father ; he knew all the offices he himself was to sustain, the flesh and blood he was to take upon him, and the work that he was sent to do by the Fa- ther'sappointment. These personal consciousnesses ofChrist are áll dif Brent from the personal or individual consciousnesessof God the Father. Christ had also a distinct will, different from the Fa- ttier, whereby he consented to what the Father's will ordained concerning him, he accepted of the mediatorial office at the Father's hand, and by his own will submitted to that incarna- tion which the will of the Father appointed for him : All this before he was actually incarnate. Lo, I come to do thy will O God; a body thou hast preparedfor me ; Psal. xl. 6. Heb. x. 5. As for his appearance after his incarnation, it is sufficiently evident he is another distinct spirit, different from the true and eternal God the Father ; for he was conscious of his wearing flesh and blood, and of all the sensations of hunger, thirst, and pain, which the derived thence : He was then complete man in body and soul, who knew and worshipped and obeyed his Father and his God. His own words confirm this : I came not to do sny own will, but the will of him that sent me ; John vi. 38 Father, not my will, but thine be done ; Luke xxii. 42. 6. Yet this Son of God often appears inscripture as the ob- ject of divine or religious worship. It is thus in some places of the Old Testament, when he appeared as the angel of God's presence; for Abraham, Moses and Joshua worshipped him as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and as Jehovah, and as the captain of the host of the Lord: and in Psal. xlv. 11. we are required to worship him ; Ile is thy Lord; and worship thou him. And that we have several examples of worship paid to our Lord Jesus Christ in the New Testament, especially after his resurrection and his ascension, is evident from the writ-
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