ON THE CREED. § 3. ON THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST. JESUS CHRIST has been considered as the Saviour, and as the Anointed of God; we must now consider him as the "Only Son" of God, and as "Our Lord," a part of our belief of such importance as to demand a distinct and separate discussion. What evidence have we that Jesus Christ is the only Son of God 2* 1. We have the witness of men. Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. Matt. xvi. 16. We beheld his glory, as of the only begotten of the Father. John i. 14. The only begotten Son, &c. John i. 18. I saw and bare record that this is the Son of God. Johni. 34. Nathaniel said, Thou art the Son of God. John i. 49. I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God. John xi. 27. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts viii. 37. God sent his only begotten Son into the world. 1 John iv. 9. We have a great High Priest, Jesus the Son of God. Heb. iv. 14. 2. We have the witness of Christ himself. Art thou the Son of the Blessed? and he said, I am. Mark xiv. 61, 62. God gave his only begotten Son. John iii. 16. He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. John iii. 18. The Son of God--is he that talketh with thee. John ix. 35. 37. I said, I am the Son of God. John x. 36. 3. We have also the witness of God the Father. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. Ps. ii. 7. Acts xiii. 33. Heb. i. 5; v. 5. This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Matt. iii. 17; xvii. 5. That holy thing shall be called the Son of God. Luke i. 35. The Lord said unto my Lord, &c. Ps. cx. 1. Matt. xxii. 44. Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Pet. iii. 18. Who is King of kings, and Lord of lords. 1 Tim. vi. 15. Rev. xvii. 14; xix. 16. [See also John xiii. 13.] Remember, that he that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. John v. 23. And think not to honour him with your lips, and call him Lord, Lord, while you do not the things which he commands you. Luke vi. 46. Join in the confession, Thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father;' and while you believe that Jesus is God, and has made a full, perfect, and sufficient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world,' pray that you may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith that is in him.' Acts xxvi. 18. 6 In order that our faith in him may be strengthened, let us examine the proofs of his Divinity. It appears from many passages of the New Testament, that our Lord Jesus Christ directed both his disciples and the Jews to the Prophecies of the Old Testament as pointing out the Messiah to be such a character as they saw him to be. Luke xxiv. 25-27. 44-46. John v. 39. 46. And that the Apostles frequently referred to the Scriptures of the Old Testament for proofs of his Divinity. John i. 45. Acts iii. 22. 24; xiii. 27-30; xvii. 2, 3; xxvi. 22; xxviii. 23. 1 Pet. i. 10, 11. To him give all the prophets witness. Acts x. 43. In what passages of Scripture is Christ spoken of as God? These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake jo him, (Christ.) John xii. 41. Awake, O sword, against the man that is my fellow. Zech. xiii. 7. Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is, God with us. Matt. i. 23. The Word was God. The word was made flesh, &c. John i. 1. 4. The Jews sought to kill him, because he made himself equal with God. John v. 18. Thou, being a man, makest thyself God. John x. 33. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. Acts xx. 28. Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Rom. ix. 5. Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. Phil. ii. 6. In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Col. ii. 9. The great God and our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Tit. ii. 13. There are certain attributes or perfections which belong to none but the Supreme Being. Wherever, therefore, we tures, we have the fullest assurance that this being is God: for He will not give his glory to another. Isa. xlii. 8. 1. God existed from eternity. I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. Isa. xliv. 6. The same declaration is made by Christ. I am the first, and I am the last. Rev. i. 17; xxii. 13. Out of thee shall he come forth--whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. Mic. v. 2. Before Abraham was, I am. John viii. 58. (By which name God revealed himself to Moses. Exod. iii. 24.) I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world. John xvi. 28. The glory which I had with thee before the world was. John xvii. 5. Melchisedec, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God. Heb. vii. 3. Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever. Heb. xiii. 8. If David call him Lord, how is he his son? Matt. xxii. 45. I am the root and the offspring of David. Rev. xxii. 16. 2. God created all things. I am the Lord that maketh all things, alone, by myself. Isa. xliv. 24. I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens. Isa. xv. 12. We find creation ascribed to Christ. All things were made by him. John i. 1. 3. 10. All things were created by him and for him. Col. i. 16. Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth. Heb. i. 10. For whom-and by whom are all things. Heb. ii. 10. Thou hast created all things. Rev. iv. 11. 3. God supports and sustains all things. In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Job xii. 10. Thou takest away their breath, they die. Ps. civ. 29 The same is said of Christ. Upholding all things by the word of his power. Heb. i. 3. 4. God is omnipresent. The eyes of the Lord run to and fro through the whole earth. 2 Chron. xvi. 9. We find that Christ is also present everywhere. Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there a I in the midst of them. Matt. xviii. 20. I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Ma xxviii. 20. While conversing with Nicodemus, he called himself "the So In what passages of Scripture is Christ spoken of as God? These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake jo him, (Christ.) John xii. 41. Awake, O sword, against the man that is my fellow. Zech. xiii. 7. Emmanuel, which being interpreted, is, God with us. Matt. i. 23. The Word was God. The word was made flesh, &c. John i. 1.4. The Jews sought to kill him, because he made himself equal with God. John v. 18. Thou, being a man, makest thyself God. John x. 33. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. Acts xx. 28. Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Rom. ix. 5. Who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. Phil. ii. 6. In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Col. ii. 9. The great God and our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Tit. ii. 13. There are certain attributes or perfections which belong to none but the Supreme Being. Wherever, therefore, we |