The Mystery of godliness, consider'd in lxisermons : wherein the deity of Christ is prov'd upon no other evidence than the Word of God, and with no other view than for the salvation of men . read inthe fame book, that there is a Lamb in the midftof the throne^ and that he fiti down with the Fatherupon his throne? Surely thofe people that will il-luftrate the mediation of our Lord, by Jofiphs mi-niftry mE^jpty have forgot that tho PLvaoh madea prodigious grant, yet he gave this clofure to thewhole. In the throne I will be greater than thou. Butwe have no fuch faving as this in what is faid ofCh
The Mystery of godliness, consider'd in lxisermons : wherein the deity of Christ is prov'd upon no other evidence than the Word of God, and with no other view than for the salvation of men . read inthe fame book, that there is a Lamb in the midftof the throne^ and that he fiti down with the Fatherupon his throne? Surely thofe people that will il-luftrate the mediation of our Lord, by Jofiphs mi-niftry mE^jpty have forgot that tho PLvaoh madea prodigious grant, yet he gave this clofure to thewhole. In the throne I will be greater than thou. Butwe have no fuch faving as this in what is faid ofChrifl; fo far from it, that to the Son the Father[not the Pfalmift, but the Father] fiith, Th^ throneyn^i^^ ;O God, is for ever and ever* His eftablifliment in the officeofMeffiah wouldnever entitle him to any more than a Subordinateglory. He is not to be worfliipd upon that ac-count;, if he had not a prior claim. But this isthe mind of infinite wifdom ; fuch things are done,that all men may honour the Son as they honourthe Father. Nor could it be faid upon any otherfoundation than that of an equality. He that ho-1^^ y ^^-^nonrs not the Sony honours not the Father who has fenthim*. y i SERMON 6()% RE c EIV d ///? tnto Glory. ^ hm^^^&3m^MMm
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