DIStiÓURSg III. 583 man was of the earth earthy ; the second man was the Lord from heaven. John vi. 33. The bread of God is he which cometh downfrom heaven, andgiveth life unto the world. Verse 38. I came down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will ofhim that sent me. Verse 51. 1 ans the living bread which came down from heaven. Verse 62. What and if ye shall see the Sonof man ascend where he was before ? John xvi. 28. I cameforth from the Father, andam come into the world; again, I leave the world, andgo to the Father. John xvii. 5. Glorify thou me, 0 Father, with. thy ownself, with the'glorywhich Iliad' with thee before the world was. 2 Cor. x. 9. Neither let us tempt Christ as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 2 Cor. viii. 9. Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor. Philip. ii. 6, 7. Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal. with God : but made himself' of no reputation and was made in the likeness of man. .,Color. i.. 15. . Who is the image of the invisible God, thefirst-born of every creature, for by him were all things created and he is be- fore allthings. Heb. i. 2. His Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whomalso he made the worlds. 1 John iv. 2, 3. Every spirit which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in theflesh, is of God ; and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in theflesh, is not of God. Rev. iii. 14. Christ is called the beginning of the creationof God. ' i apx» 4nç XTRIEW; 55 ea. I might also cite other scriptures from the Old Testament, where Christ is represented sometimes as Jehovah, or God Almighty ; and sometimes as the angel of the Lord, and as the captain of the Lord's host, appearing to the patriarchs, conver- sing with Abraham, wrestlingwith Jacob giving orders to Moses, encouraging Joshua and Gideon, &c. But I shall have occasion to mention them immediately, and therefore I omit the citations here. II. " Among those expressions of scripture which discover the pre- existence of Christ, there are several from whence we may derive a certain proof that he has the divine nature in him, and is true God." Such are those places ofthe Old Testament where the angel that appeared to the ancients is called God, the Almighty God, Jehovah, the Lord of hosts, I am that I am, &c. Such are those places in scripture in the Old and New Testament where he iscalled God, or Jehovah, and is said ex- pressly to " create the world ;" John i. 1, 2, 3. Rom. ix. 5. Heb. i. 10, 11. &c. with some others. It appears probable to me also, that when our Lord says ; John viii. 58. Before Abraham was 1 am, he dues not only
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