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The Incommunical Attributes of God Jan 4, 2024 22:19:54 GMT -5

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John Brown Of Haddington
The Inimitable or Incommunicable Perfections of God are,

I. His self-existence and absolute independence, in respect ofwhich, his being and nature are necessary. He cannot but be; and be what he is, and is altogether in and of himself, Exod 3:14; Rev 1:8;Rev 16:5; Rev 22:6. He hath no dependence on any creature; but every creature, in its existence, nature, and operation, is wholly dependent on him, Ps 102:26-27; Ps 16:2; Job 22:2; Job 35:6-7.—
And, from this his absolute sovereignty and dominion doth proceed,Dan 4:34-35; Dan 2:20,22; Matt 11:26; Matt 20:15.

II. His absolute simplicity, in respect of which he is absolutely free from all composition, and every thing in him is God himself.
1.He is represented as a simple abstract, as,—light,—love,—life, 1 John1:5; 1 John 4:8,16; 1 John 5:20.

2. Being the independent and absolutely first being, he could have none to unite compounding parts in him, Isa 41:4; Isa 44:6.

3. Being incorruptible and unchangeable, he cannot consist of divisible parts, Rom 1:23; 1 Ti3 1:17; 1 Tim 6:16; Mal 3:6.

4. Being infinite, there cannot be any thing added to another in him, Jer 23:23; 1 Kings 8:27.

5. Being perfect in the highest degree, he cannot be compounded of things which, taken separately, would be imperfect, Job 11:7.

III.His infinity, which denotes him as great and excellent in every respect, as he can be. It includes the unbounded excellency of his nature. Hence he is represented as great, Deut 32:3; 1 Chron 16:25;Ezra 5:8: Job 36:26; Job 37:22; Titus 2:13; Ps 29,
—greater than all men,
—than all nations, Ps 35:10; Ps 104:1; Ps 86:8; Ps 89:5-8; Dan 4:32; Isa 40:12-22;
—greater than all things, greater than all gods,Job 11:7-9; 1 Kings 8:27; Ps 86:8; Exod 18:11;
—as transcending all possible limits of excellency, Job 11:7; Ps 145:3; Ps 147:5.
—It also includes the unbounded extent of his presence. The being of his essence, wherever space or any creature could be, is called his immensity, 1 Kings 8:27, and its being wherever creatures actually are, is called his omnipresence, Ps 139:7-10; Jer 23:23-24; Eph 4:6; 1Cor 12:6.
—God is peculiarly present with Christ. His nature in the person of the Son is united to, and dwells with his manhood, Col 2:9; 1 Tim 3:16; Rom 8:3; Gal 4:4. And he delightfully dwells in him as God-man Mediator, 2 Cor 5:19.
—He is present with his saints, graciously dwelling in their heart, and thus affording them his peculiar favor, help, and comfort, John 14:16,23; 2 Cor 13:14; Rom 8:14-17,26-27; Gal 4:6; 1 Cor 3:16-17; 1 Cor 6:18-19; 2 Cor 6:16; Rev 21:3; Eph 2:19-22; 1 John 4:4,16; 1 John 3:24; John 17:21-23,26; Ps39:12
—He was present with his prophets and apostles, in his infallible inspiring influence on their minds, in their declaration of his will to men, 1 Pet 1:11; 2 Pet 1:21; 2 Sam 23:2; Heb 1:1.
—He is present in his church, in his oracles, and in the instituted ordinances of his worship, in the representatives of his authority, and in the influences of his Spirit, Matt 18:20; Matt 28:20; Exod 20:24; John
17:21; 1 Cor 12:12-13,28; Eph 4:11-13; 1 John 1:3,5,7; 1 Pet 1:12.
—He was present in the Jewish tabernacle and temple at Jerusalem, or at Bethel, Sinai, etc. in the manifested symbols of his glory, power, and grace, and in his solemn ordinances of worship, Exod 25:8,22; Exod 29:43; 1 Kings 5:5; 1 Kings 8:11; Gen 28:16-17; Gen 48:3; Exod 3:4;Exod 19:11; Ps 68:17; Ps 132:5; Ps 80:1-2.
—He is present in heaven in the most glorious manifestation of his excellencies, Isa 66:1; Ps 115:3; Matt 6:9; Heb 12:23; Phil 3:20; John 14:2-3; John 4:14; John 8:1.
—He is present in hell, in the most dreadful execution of his wrath,Ps139:8; 2Thess 1:9; Rev 14:10-11; Mark 9:44,46.
—He is present with all creatures, in observing, supporting, and governing them, Heb 1:3;Heb 4:13; Ps 139:12-13; Jer 23:23-24; Col 1:17; 1 Cor 12:6.

IV. His absolute eternity consists in his being without beginning,ending, or succession of duration, which indeed is nothing else than his infinity as it respects duration. It is manifest, that he is eternal in this manner.

1. The Scripture expressly represents him as eternal or everlasting, without any limitation, Gen 21:33; Deut 33:29; Ps 9:7; Ps 55:19; Prov 8:23,25; Isa 40:28; Isa 57:15; Dan 6:26; Jer 10:10; Rom 16:26; Rev 4:8-9; Hab 1:12.
—And, he alone is eternal, without beginning or succession of duration, Ps 90:2,4; Ps 92:8; Ps 102:24 28; 2 Pet 3:8; Rom 1:23; 1 Tim 1:17; 1 Tim 6:16; Isa 9:6; Isa 57:15; James 1:17. He alone is the First and the Last, Isa 41:4; Isa 44:6; Isa48:12; Rev 1:8,11; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:13.

2. The days, years, and succession, competent to his creatures, are represented as unapplicable to him, Job 36:26; Job 10:4; Ps 90:4; 2 Pet 3:8; Dan7:9,24. Ps 102:24,27; Job 10:5; Isa 43:13.

3. Many eternal things, as eternal life,—strength,—mercy,—dominion,—throne,etc.are ascribed to him, Deut 32:40; Deut 33:27; Rev 4:9; Rev 5:14; Isa 26:4;Ps 103:17; Ps 136; Dan 4:3,34; Dan 6:26; Ps 93:2; Lam 5:19; Isa 51:6 8; Ps 33:11; Ps 135:13.
—And we can as easily conceive how God's unsuccessive eternity coexists with the successive duration of his creatures, as we can conceive how his omnipresence coexists with all material substances, without having any corporeal extension in himself.

V. His unchangeableness is that essential property of his nature,by which he is from eternity to eternity, without any alteration,always the same; and it is often expressly ascribed to him in Scripture, James 1:17; Mal 3:6; 1 Tim 1:17; Rom 1:23; Ps 102:24-27;Heb 1:11-12; Heb 13:8; Heb 6:18; Isa 46:4; Isa 57:15; Exod 3:14; Num
23:19; Titus 1:2; 2 Tim 2:13.
—He is unchangeable,
1. In his existence, that he cannot cease to be, 1 Tim 1:17; 1 Tim 6:16; Rom 1:25; Ps102:24-27.

2. In his essence or nature, that he cannot cease to be whatever he is, in his perfections of wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, or truth, etc. 2 Tim 2:13; Isa 26:4; Deut 32:4; Ps 103:17; Ps90:2; Exod 3:14.

3. In his actual knowledge of things, 1 Cor 2:16; Acts 15:18; Heb 4:13; Job 11:7-9.

4. In his will and purpose, Heb 6:17-18; Isa 14:24,27; Isa 46:10; Ps 33:11; Rom 9:11; Job 23:13.

5. In his words,—his doctrines,laws promises,threatenings,or predictions,Num 23:19;1 Sam 15:29; Heb 6:18; Ps 119:87.

6. In his essential presence, that he cannot properly remove from one place to another, 1 Kings 8:27; Jer 23:23-24.

7. In his duration, which is neither less nor greater. He hath never existed longer, nor hath any less future
duration to enjoy, Ps 90:2,4; 2 Pet 3:8.
—His formation of his creatures from nothing, or his changing of their forms in his providence, infers no change in himself.His power and will to create,preserve,or govern them,in such a manner,being the very same from all eternity.
—New relations between him and his creatures infer not a change in him, but in them.

VI. His oneness, in respect of which, on account of his infinite perfection, there neither is, nor can be any other like to, or equal with him. This doth not mean, that there is but one Supreme God, as Arians and Socinians profess, who admit subordinate gods. Nor that there is but one specific divine nature, which different beings may possess, as Tritheists pretend: Nor that there is but one divine person exhibited in different characters, and by different names, as Sabellians contend. But it means, that there neither is, nor can be any more than one individual, or as others speak, numerical divine substance. This the necessary self-existence of God, his absolute eternity, infinity, omnipotence, and sovereignty, which exclude every rival partaker,demonstrate. And multitudes of scriptures expressly
declare it, Deut 4:35,39; Deut 6:4; Deut 32:39; Deut 33:26; 1 Sam2:2; 2 Sam 7:22; 1 Kings 8:23; 2 Kings 19:15; 1 Chron 15:26; Ps 18:31;Ps 35:10; Ps 86:8; Ps 148:13; Ps 89:6,8; Ps 115:4-8; Isa 43:10-15; Isa44:26; Isa 45:5,18-22; Jer 10:8-15; Jer 14:22;Hos 13:4;Exod 20:3;John 17:3; Rom 3:30; 1 Cor 8:6; Eph 4:6; James 2:19; James 4:12; 1Tim 2:5.
—But none of these texts exclude the Son, or the Holy Ghost,from true and supreme godhead. Nay, the very characters ascribed to the one only true God, are ascribed to each of these two persons,compare Isa 44:6 with Rev 1:8,11.
—Isa 45:22-23 with Rom 14:9-10; Phil 2:10-11.
—John 17:3 with 1 John 5:20-21.
—Rom 3:30 with Isa53:11.
—In 1 Cor 8:6; 1 Tim 2:5. One God means the divine nature, as distinguished from Christ the Mediator.
—Nor are the distinct persons in the godhead represented as having similar, but the very same names, attributes, counsel, will, and work, compare Ps 33:6; Isa 44:24.
—Rom 10:12; Luke 2:11; Rom 11:34; Isa 40:13; 2 Cor 3:18.
—Deut 6:4; Ps 83:18; Jer 23:6.
—Ezek 8:3; Matt 15:31; Luke 1:16-17; 2Sam 23:3.
—Rom 7:25; Gal 6:2; Rom 8:2; Deut 6:16; 1 Cor 10:9; Acts 5:9.
—1 Cor 2:16; Rom 8:27.
—1 Thess 4:3; Acts 22:14; Acts 9:15,17; 2 Pet 1:21 .
—Ezek 37:3-14; 2 Cor 12:9; Rom 15:19.
—Rom 16:26; Rev 22:13; Heb 9:14.
—John 7:28; Rev 3:7; 1 John 5:6; John 14:17.
—Rev15:4; Acts 3:14; Dan 9:24; 1 John 2:20; John 14:26.
—Jer 23:24; Ezek1:22; Ps 139:7.
—Deut 30:20; Col 3:4; Rom 8:10.
—Ps 100:3; John 1:3;Job 33:4.
—John 5:21; 1 Cor 15:45; John 6:63; Rom 8:11.
—John 6:45; Gal 1:12; John 14:26.
—1 John 1:3; 2 Cor 13:14.
—1 Cor 14:25; 2 Cor13:5; John 14:17; 2 Cor 6:16; Eph 3:17; Rom 8:11.
—Phil 3:15; Gal 1:12; Luke 2:26; Heb 1:1; 2 Cor 13:3; Mark 13:11.
—Isa 49:7-8; Acts 13:3.
—1 Cor 6:14; John 2:19; 1 Pet 3:18.
—Isa 48:17; John 10:3; Rom 8:14.
—2 Cor 3:5-6; 1 Tim 1:12; Acts 20:28
—Jude 1; Heb 2:11; Rom 15:16.
—1 Cor 12:16; Col 3:11; 1 Cor 12:11.
—In which texts, in about twenty-four instances, that which is ascribed to God in the first, is ascribed to the Son and the Holy Ghost in those that immediately follow.

VII. His subsistence in three distinct persons, the first the Father, the second the Son, and the third the Holy Ghost, proceeding from both.
—It is evident, from the independence, simplicity, eternity, and unchangeableness of the divine nature, that in whatever form it subsists, that form must be a necessary perfection or excellency of it, without which it could not at all exist.
—The personal properties of these persons being thus as absolutely necessary, as the existence of the divine nature itself,
—and each having that whole nature which necessarily subsists in such persons, as above related to one another, there neither is, nor can be, an inferiority in, or dependence upon, one person, more than another. But of this
mystery in the following chapter.

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The Incommunical Attributes of God Jan 4, 2024 23:41:10 GMT -5

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I. The Character of Father
The character of the Father ascribed to God, sometimes equally respects all the divine persons, and marks their creation and kind preservation of persons or things, Mal 2:10, Heb 12:9. But, most frequently and emphatically, it denotes the first person of the Godhead, as related to the second, as his son.
—It is evident, that the Father, in this view, is a distinct person:

1. He is expressly called a person, Heb 1:3.

2. He subsists by himself, and hath life in himself, John 5:26.

3. He is a thinking and willing agent, John 5:17,22.

4. Manifold personal relations and acts are ascribed to him. He from all eternity begat the second person as his only coessential Son, Ps 2:7. He consulted with him concerning our redemption, Zech 6:13. He foreordained and set him up for our Mediator, 1 Pet 1:20; Prov 8:23, and entered into a covenant of grace with him, Ps 89:1-37; Ps 40:5-8; Isa 53:10; Isa 49:6-9. He promised, sent, and brought him into the world, Jer 31:22; Zech 3:8-10; Luke 1:35; Heb 1:6. He gave him his commission to, and furniture for his work, John 10:18; John 20:21;Isa 11:2-3; Isa 42:1,6; Isa 49:1-6; Isa 61:1-3; Matt 3:16-17; John1:32,34; John 3:34-35; Col 1:19. He stood by him in his love, care, power, and providential assistance and comfort, during his abasement, Isa 42:1-7; Isa 49:2-8; Isa 50:7,9. He spoke in him,
wrought by him, and bore witness to him, Heb 1:1; 2 John 5:19 22,32; 2 John 8:16-19; Acts 10:38. He gave him to the death, and in due time raised him from it, Rom 8:32; Acts 2:23-24; 1 John 4:9-10; 1 Pet 1:21. He crowned him with glory and honor, exalted him to his own right hand, gave him as Mediator all power in heaven and on earth, and made him head over all things to his church, John 17:5; Heb 2:9; Ps 110:1; Acts 2:32-33,36; Phil 2:9-11; Matt 28:18; John
5:22; Eph 1:20-22; 1 Cor 15:24-27. He promised, and sends the Holy Ghost, who proceeds from him, to anoint Christ as man and Mediator, and to send and qualify his prophets and apostles, ministers and people, Ps 45:7; Joel 2:28; Luke 24:49; John 14:26; John 15:26. He predestinated elect men to everlasting holiness and happiness, Rom 8:28-30; Eph 1:4-5; Luke 12:32: Matt 20:23. He proposed the new covenant as terms of their salvation to his Son, Isa53:10-12; Ps 89:3-4; Heb 2:10.Having accepted his atoning and reconciling righteousness in their stead, he savingly discovers him to them, draws them to him, and in him justifies and reconciles them to himself, Jer 31:32-34; Matt 11:25; Gal 1:16; John 6:44-45; 2 Cor 5:12 21; Rom 8:11,14-18; Titus 3:5-6. He, by his Spirit, confirms and comforts them, and brings them to complete and everlasting happiness, 2 Cor 1:21-22; Eph 3:20-21; John 10:28-29; John 17:11,24; John 14:16-17,21,23; 2 Thess 2:16-17; Heb 2:10; Rev 6:17.
It was never denied by any but Atheists, that the Father is the Most High God. And,

1. The Scripture expressly declares it, Rom 15:6; 2Cor 1:3; Phil 2:11; Eph 1:3,17; Heb 1:1,3; 1 Pet 1:2-3; John 20:17. And he is called Jehovah, Jer 23:5; Jer 34:15; Ps 110:1; Isa 43:5-6,8; Isa 49:1,4-5,7-8; Isa 50:4-5; Isa 53:6,10; Isa 61:1.

2. Divine perfections are ascribed to him, as self-existence, John 5:26. Eternity, Rev 1:4;Eph 1:4. Absolute all-sufficiency, 1 Cor 15:28. Omnipresence with all his saints, 1 John 1:3-7; John 14:21,23. Omniscience, 2 Cor 11:31.
Almighty power, Mark 14:36. Absolute sovereignty, Matt 11:25-27; Matt 26:53; John 3:35; John 10:29; John 14:28; 1 Cor 11:3; 1 Cor 15:24,27-28; Eph 4:6.

3. Divine works are ascribed to him, as Creation, Eph 3:9; Isa 42:5. Providence, John 5:17; Matt 11:25.—forgiving sin, Luke 23:34; Eph 4:32; raising up Christ and his people from the dead, John 5:21; Heb 13:20 Rom 8:11.

4. Divine worship is performed to him by Christ and his people, John 11:41; John 12:27 28; John 14:26; John 17; Eph 1:17; Eph 3:14; Matt 28:19.

II. The Second Person in the Godhead
The second person in the Godhead is called the Word, or Word of God, because he is the perfect resemblance of his Father, even as our words are of our mind. He is the great Speaker for us to God, in his ancient engagements and his continual intercession. He is the subject-matter and end of all divine revelations, and their principal publisher, Luke 1:2; 2 Pet 1:16; Acts 20:32; Heb 4:12; John 1:1-2,14; 1 John 1:1; 1 John 5:7; Rev 19:13.—He is called the Son of God on account of his relation to the Father, by whom he is begotten, Ps 2:7; John 1:14; John 3:10; Rom 8:3,32; Rom 1:3; Gal 4:4.
—That he is the Son of God, hath been attested by his Father, in repeated declarations from heaven, Matt 3:17; Matt 17:5.
—by himself, John5:16-17; John 10:30,36; John 17:11,24-25; John 19:7; Mark 14:61-62; Matt 11:25-26.
—by the Holy Ghost, in forming his human nature,and in his baptismal unction, Luke 1:32,35; Matt 3:16; John 1:33-34.
—by John the Baptist, and by apostles and saints, John 1:33-34.
—Matt 16:15-16; John 6:69; John 11:27; Acts 3:7; 1 John 5:5.
—It hath been confessed by devils, Matt 8:28-29; Mark 3:11; Mark 5:7; Luke 4:41, and by wicked men, perhaps just then converted, Matt 14:33; Mark 15:39. But he is not the Son of God, by his miraculous conception and birth:

1. The Holy Ghost is never represented as his Father, nor could be, without admitting two fathers in the Godhead. That holy thing born is the called, the Son of God, because his manhood subsisted in the person of the Son of God. Luke 1:35.

2. He had the character and relation of Son of God, long before his conception or birth, Prov30:4; Ps 2:7; Gal 4:4; John 3:16-17.

3. According to his human nature or flesh, he is the Son of man,
—of Abraham, of David, and not the Son of God.

4. His being made of a woman, was subsequent to his being the Son of God, Rom 8:3,32; Gal 4:4.

5. His extraordinary conception and birth could never render him the only begotten Son of God, as he is termed, John 1:14; John 3:16,18; 1 John 4:9, since Adam was his son by creation, and Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Samson, Samuel, and John the Baptist, were procreated by extraordinary influence,
—though indeed very different from that which was exerted in the production of Christ's manhood.
—Nor is he called the Son of God on account of God's raising him from the dead; for,

1. He was the Son of God long before, Matt 3:17; Matt 17:5; John 5:16-17; John 10:30,36; Mark 14:61,62; Matt 16:15-16; John 6:69; John 1:49.

2. If his resurrection had rendered him the only Son of God, he would have been his own father, as he raised himself, John 10:17-18; John 2:19.

3. This could not have rendered him the only begotten Son of God, as millions beside have or shall be raised from the dead, Matt 27:52-53; John 5:28-29; 1 Thess 4:14,16; Rev 20:12. Nor doth Acts 13:33 import, that he became the Son of God by his resurrection, but that his Sonship was manifested by it, compare Rom 1:3-4.
—and that his resurrection publicly proved, that the word of salvation, particularly that in Ps 2:7-8 was then exhibited, given, and fulfilled to men.
—Nor, doth his mediatorial office constitute him the Son of God.

1. A mission on an errand, or an appointment to service, cannot, in the nature of things, constitute Sonship.

2. His Sonship is represented as prior to his commission to, or execution of his mediatorial office, John 3:16; Gal 4:4; 1 John 4:9-10; 1 John 3:8; Heb 5:8.

3. His mediatorial office derives virtue from his divine Sonship, and so his Sonship cannot depend on it, Heb 4:14.

4. His being from the Father, in respect of his Sonship, is expressly distinguished from his being sent to execute his mediatorial office, John 7:29. But he is the Son of God by necessary and eternal generation;
—that is, by such necessity, that the divine nature cannot at all exist, without subsisting in him, in the form and relation of a Son to the first person.

1. In many texts of Scripture, he is simply called the Son of God, and in that character represented as the Most High God,
—the Lord God of his people
,—the Lord God,—God the Saviour, Luke 1:1 17,32,35,46-47,
—as coming from heaven, and above all, John 3:31; Matt 11:27,
—and as the object of faith and worship, John 3:18,36; John 9:35-38; Matt 4:33; Matt 27:54; or, as the same with God, Heb 1:8; 1 John 3:8 with 1 Tim 3:16.
—and as equal with his Father, Matt 28:19; John 5:21.

2. God hath given the most solemn and emphatic testimonies to his divine Sonship, Matt 3:17; Matt 17:5. The first of
these texts, literally translated, runs, This is that my Son,
—my beloved one, in whom I am well pleased. And in the other, we are commanded to hear him, as infinitely superior to Moses and Elias, his then visitants, who had been the most extraordinary of all the Old Testament prophets. This manifests, that he was Judah's God, and the Lord God, Isa 40:9.
—And, it is observable, that in all his instructions he never professed to teach in the name of another, but
in his own: Verily I say unto you, or the like, plainly importing, that he himself was that Jehovah, in whose name the prophets had delivered their messages, Matt 5-7; John 3; John 5-8; John 10; etc.

3. The Scriptures represent him as God's own Son,
—his proper Son,
—his Son of himself, John 1:14,18; John 3:16,18; Rom 8:3,32; 1 John 4:9,12. If these expressions do not represent him as the Son of God by natural generation, what can do it?

4. His being the Christ, Messiah, or Mediator, is plainly distinguished from his being the Son of God, John 1:49; John 6:69; Matt 16:16; Heb 5:8; 1 John 4:14.

5.When he was charged with blasphemy in making himself equal with God, by calling himself the Son of God, he plainly acquiesced in their interpretation of his words; and instead of shewing them that his claim of Sonship to God did not infer his claim of equality with God, he took occasion further to assert and demonstrate his supreme Godhead, John 5:16-29; John 10:30-36; John 19:7; Matt 26:63-65. Nay, perhaps making himself equal with God, John 5:18, are not the words of the persecuting Jews, but of the inspired Evangelist.

6. It was not from acts properly mediatorial, but from divine acts, that he was concluded to be the Son of God, Matt 4:3,6; Matt 14:33; Matt 27:40,54; John 1:49.

7. If the title, The Son of man, import his possession of a real manhood, his character, The Son of God, God's proper Son,
—Son of himself, and only begotten Son of God, must certainly import his possession of the divine nature,
—of true and supreme Godhead.
—Now, if he be the Son of God by nature, he must be his eternal Son, begotten from all eternity; for nothing that is not necessarily eternal in the highest sense, can be natural to God. Nor is there the least impropriety in God's calling his own eternity this day, as with him an unsuccessive eternity is ever present, Ps 2:7 with Isa 43:13; Mic 5:2. Nor is the generation of his Son there represented as an event decreed, but as antecedent to, and fundamental of God's grant of the Gentiles to him for his mediatorial inheritance, Ps 2:8-9.
The Son of God is a distinct person from the Father and the Holy Ghost.

1. Personal powers of rational understanding and will are ascribed to him, Matt 11:27; John 1:18; John 5:21; John 17:2,24.

2. He subsists as a person by himself, John 5:26; Heb 1:3.

3. The personal epithets I, thou, he, are ascribed to him in the most plain passages of Scripture, Matt 5; John 3; Isa 49:1-9; Isa 42:1-7.

4. He is invested with, and executes the personal offices of Mediator, Surety, Prophet, Priest, King, etc. 1 Tim 2:5; Heb 7:22; Acts 3:22; Ps 110:4; Ps 2:6; Matt 23:8-10.

5. Multitudes of personal acts are ascribed to him,
—as, engaging his heart, Jer 30:21; taking our nature upon him Heb 2:14; fulfilling all righteousness in our stead, Matt 3:15; Luke 24:26; rising from the dead, John 2:19; John 10:17-18; ascending to heaven, Heb 1:3; making continual intercession for us, etc. Heb 7:26; Rom 8:34. It is no less evident, that the Son is God equal with the Father.

1. The names, which are proper to none but the Supreme God, are ascribed to him, as I am, or I am that I am, Exod 3:14; Rev 1:8
—Jehovah,Exod 17:7; 1 Cor 10:9.—Isa 6:1-9; John 12:39-41
—Isa 40:3,9-10; Matt 3; Luke 1:16-17,76. Luke 3—Jer 23:5-6; Jer 33:15-16; 2 Cor 5:21; 1 Pet 2:24; 1 Pet 3:18.
—Zech 12:10; John 19:19,34,37; Rev 1:7; Zech 11:12 13; Matt 27:9
—Zech 11:8,11; Isa 8:13-14; 1 Pet 2:6-8; Luke 2:34; Ps 118:22; Matt 21:42
—Isa 44:6; Rev 22:13—Isa 43:11; 2 Pet 1:1; 2 Pet 3:18
—God, Ps 45:6; Heb 1:8—Isa 45:22-23; Rom 14:10-12; Phil 2:9 11
—Isa 25:8-9; 2 Tim 1:10—Isa 35:4-5; Matt 11:3,5
—Isa 7:14; Matt 1:23; 1 Tim 3:16; John 1:14
—John 20:28; 2 Pet 1:1; Jude 4, in which last two texts, as well as in some others, Kai ought to be translated even,—God even our Saviour—Lord God even our Lord Jesus Christ.
—God, the First and the Last, Isa 44:6; Isa 41:4; Rev 1:8,17-18; Rev 2:8; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:6,13,16,20.
—the living and the true God, 1 John 5:20-21; Rev 1:18; Jer 10:10;
—the great and the mighty God, Titus 2:13; Isa 9:6
—the most high God, Ps 78:56; 1 Cor 10:9; Luke 1:76
—the only wise God, Jude 4,24-25; Rom 16:27; 1 Tim 1:16-17
-the God of glory, Acts 7:2
—the only Lord God, Isa 44:6; Isa 45:15,22 23; Rom 14:11; Jude 4.
—God over all blessed for ever, Rom 9:5
—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Exod 3:6; Acts 7:30-32
—the God of Israel, Luke 1:16-17; Matt 3:11; Ps 100:3; John 10:3; John 21:16-17; Acts 20:28; 1 Pet 5:2
—King of kings and Lord of lords, Rev 17:14; Rev 19:13-16; 1 Tim 6:14-15
—King of glory, Ps 24:7-10
—the Lord of hosts, and the God of the whole earth, Isa 54:5; John 3:29; Matt 9:15; 2 Cor 11:2
—Jehovah the shepherd, Ps 23:1; John 10:2,16; Heb 13:20; 1 Pet 2:25; 1 Pet 5:4.

2. Such properties or attributes as belong only to the Most High God, are ascribed to him, as, The fulness of the Godhead, Col 2:9; John 16:15.
—the form of God, and equal with God, Phil 2:6; Zech 13:7; Heb 1:3; Col 1:15; John 5:18.
—Oneness with the Father, John 10:30; John 14:9-10; 1 John 5:7.
—Eternity, Rev 1:8,11; Prov 8:23-31; Mic 5:2; John 1:1; John 8:58; John 6:62; John 17:5; Isa 9:6; Heb 7:3,24
25; Rom 16:26; Mark 16:15.
—Unchangeableness, Heb 13:8; Heb 1:12; Ps 102:24-27.
—Almighty power, Phil 3:21; Rev 1:8; Rev 11:17-18; Rev 22:12-13,20; Isa 9:6; Isa 63:1; Isa 49:26.
—Omnipresence, Matt 18:20; Matt 28:20; Col 1:17; Heb 1:3; John 1:8; John 3:13.
—Omniscience, John 1:18; John 2:25; John 4:29; John 6:64; John 21:17; Matt 9:4; Matt 12:25; Matt 11:27; Rev 2:23; Heb 4:13; Col 2:3.
—It was his created manhood which, during his humiliation, knew not the time of the last judgment, Mark 13:32.
—Nay, he could not have executed any of his mediatorial offices of prophet, priest, or king, unless he had had the perfections of God in him, Deut 18:15-18; Matt 17:5; John 1:18.—Heb 7:25; Heb 9:14; Ps 110:4-5; Ps 2:6-9,12.

3. The works proper only to God are ascribed to him, as decreeing all things, Prov 8:22,30; Gen 1:26; Rev 1:8; John 13:18; John 15:16;
— creating all things, Ps 33:6; John 1:3; Eph 3:9; Heb 1:2,10. And hence he is called the beginning of the creation of God, and the first begotten of every creature, Rev 3:14; Col 1:15; Col 1:10.
—preserving and governing all things, Col 1:17-18; Heb 1:3; John 5:17,19.
— working miracles, in his own person, in his own name, and by his apostles as moral instruments, Matt 4:24-25; Matt 11:5; John 5:21,36; John 21:25; Luke 6:19; Luke 8:46; Luke 10:9-10; Acts 3:6,16; Acts 4:10,29-30; Acts 9:34.
—erecting a church and appointing her officers, Heb 3:3,14; Eph 4:11-12; Matt 16:18; Matt28:18-20.
—instituting sacraments and other ordinances, Matt 28:19; 1 Cor 11:23-29.
—redeeming sinful men, Hos 1:7; Isa 45:17,22,24-25; Matt 20:28; Acts 20:28; Titus 2:14.
—sending the Holy Ghost to apply his redemption, John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:7.
—the effectual calling of rebellious sinners to himself, John 5:21,25; John 10:16; John 15:16.
—justifying guilty sinners, Matt 9:6; Isa 53:11; 1 Cor 6:11; Col 3:13; Rev 1:5.
—adopting men into the family of God, John 1:12; Jer 3:19; 2 Cor 6:18.
—sanctifying their nature and life, Eph 5:26,29; Heb 2:11; Heb 13:12; Heb 9:14.
—the almighty preservation of them in their gracious state, nature, and course, John 10:10,28; John 14:6; Col 3:3; Jude 1.
—Raising himself and other dead, John 2:19; John 10:17-18; John 5:21,28-29; Rom 1:4; 1 Pet 3:18.
—Judging the world, bestowing eternal glory upon his saints,and executing everlasting punishment on his wicked enemies, John 5:22,28-29; Acts 17:31; Heb 2:10; Heb 7:25; Rev 3:21; 2 Thess 1:6-10; Rev 14:9-11.

4. That divine worship and honour which is due only to the Most High God, is ascribed to him, Matt 8:2. The same worship which is due to the Father, John 5:23.
—As faith in him, John 14:1; John 17:3; 1 Pet 1:21; Ps 2:12; Jer 17:5.
—Supreme love to him, 1 Cor 16:22; John 21:15-17; Eph 6:24; Mark 12:30,32-33.
—Obedience and subjection of soul to him, Exod 23:21; Ps 2:9-12; Ps 22:7-31; Ps 45:5,11; Matt 17:5.
—Baptism in his name, as equal, and one with that of the Father, Matt 28:19; Acts 19:5; Acts 10:48; 1 Cor 1:13.—Calling upon his name in prayer and praise, Heb 1:6; Phil 2:10; Acts 7:59-60; 1 Cor 1:2; 2Thess 2:16-17; 2 Cor 12:8-10; Rev 1:5; Rev 5:9,13; Rev 7:10-12. The Son of God became our Mediator, and assumed our nature; hence those scriptures which represent him as inferior to God, sent or rewarded by him, or, as bearing any character, or performing any work not proper to the Most High God, are to be understood of him as Man and Mediator,
—and there are generally other texts almost parallel proving his Supreme Godhead, John 14:28; 1 Cor 11:3; 1 Cor
15:28; John 10:30; Phil 2:6; Zech 13:7; Matt 19:17 (read, there is none good but one God) Mark 2:7; 1 John 5:20; Jude 4; Col 2:9.
—1 Cor 15:24,28; Luke 1:53;
—Acts 10:42; Acts 17:31; Ps 50:6; Ps 7:8;
—Acts 10:40; John 2:13;
—John 3:16; Eph 5:2,25;
—Eph 4:32; Col 2:13;
—John 6:38; John 20:28.
—Matt 23:9-10; Isa 9:6; Rev 21:7.
—Luke 20:36; John 11:25.
—Mark 13:32; John 21:17.
—John 1:18; John 14:8 9.
—1 Cor 15:27; Phil 3:20-21.
—Matt 26,39;
[1] Heb 5:7-8.
—Matt 28:18; John 7:16; John 11:41; Isa 42:1; Isa 61:1; Isa 49:3, etc.
—As God, he doth nothing but in joint operation with his Father, and nothing but what the Father is interested in, John 5:19.
—All attempts to prove his inferiority to the Father, from his being begotten by him, perhaps proceed from men's ignorance of the true nature of human generation, or rather chiefly from making animal nature an generation a standard, by which they judge of what belongs to an infinite Spirit, than which nothing can be more absurd and
blasphemous.

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