The chief object of this treatise is, to exhibit the testimony of the Sacred Scripture concerning the LORD JESUS CHRIST; and thence to prove, that in Him there is a Divine Trinity, THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, united in one adorable Person, in whom dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and that He alone is the proper object of all religious worship, God over all, blessed forever. CONTENTS. THAT THE WHOLE SACRED SCRIPTURE IS CONCERNING THE LORD, and I. That by the Law, in a strict sense, are meant the Ten Commandments of the Decalogue, II. That by the Law, in a wider sense, are meant all things that III. That by the Law, in the widest sense, are meant all things THAT THE LORD CAME INTO THE WORLD, THAT HE MIGHT SUBJUGATE THE HELLS, AND GLORIFY HIS HUMAN, AND THAT THE PASSION OF THE CROSS WAS THE LAST COMBAT, BY WHICH HE FULLY CONQUERED THE HELLS AND FULLY GLORIFIED HIS HUMAN, THAT THE LORD, BY THE PASSION OF the Cross, DID NOT TAKE AWAY THAT THE IMPUTATION OF THE LORD'S MERIT IS NOTHING ELSE THAN THE REMISSION OF SINS AFTER REPENTANCE, III. That the Lord is called the Son of Man, where his Coming IV. That the Lord is called the Son of Man, where Redemption, Salvation, Reformation, and Regeneration are treated of, THAT THE LORD MADE HIS HUMAN DIVINE, FROM THE DIVINE IN HIM- self, and that HE THUS BECAME ONE WITH THE FATHER, I. That the Lord from eternity is Jehovah, II. That the Lord from eternity, or Jehovah, assumed the Hu. IV. That the Lord made his Human Divine, by Temptations in Him by the Passion of the Cross, which was the last of VI. That the Lord successively put off the Human taken from the Mother, and put on a Human from the Divine in Him- self, which is the Divine Human and the Son of God, VII. That thus God became Man, as in first principles, so also in III. That the Lord is called the Holy One of Israel, IV. That the Lord is called Lord and God, V. That the Lord is called King and the Anointed, VI. That the Lord is called David, THAT GOD IS ONE, AND THAT THE LORD IS THAT GOD, THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE DIVINE PROCEEDING FROM THE LORD, II. Because the Life of Man is various according to his State, that therefore, by Spirit, is meant the various Affection of IV. That when the word Spirit is used concerning the Lord, his V. That by the word Spirit, when used concerning the Lord, is THAT THE DOCTRINE OF THE ATHANASIAN CREED AGREES WITH THE TRUTH, PROVIDED THAT BY THE TRINITY OF PERSONS be under- STOOD THE TRINITY OF A PERSON, WHICH IS IN the Lord, DOCTRINE OF THE NEW JERUSALEM CONCERNING THE LORD. THAT THE WHOLE SACRED SCRIPTURE IS CONCERNING THE LORD AND THAT THE LORD IS THE WORD. 1. Ir is read in John, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word. This was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was nothing made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness, but the darkness comprehended it not." Moreover, "The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Onlybegotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." i. 1, 2, 3, 4,5. 14. In the same; Light is come into the world, but men loved darkness more than light; for their works were evil." iii. 19. And again in the same; 66 While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be children of light. I have come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth in Me may not abide in darkness." xii. 36. 46. From these it is manifest, that the Lord is from eternity God, and that He is that Lord, who was born in the world; for it is said, The Word was with God, and God was the Word; as alsc, that without Him was nothing made that was made; and afterwards, that the Word became flesh, and they saw Him. That the Lord is called the Word, is little understood in the church; but He is called the Word, because the Word signifies divine truth, or divine wisdom; and the Lord is divine Truth itself, or divine Wisdom itself; wherefore also He is called Light, concerning which also it is said, that it came into the world. Because divine wisdom and divine love make one, and in the Lord were one from eternity, therefore also it is said, "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men." Life is divine love, and light is divine wisdom. This one is what is meant by, "In the beginning the Word was with God, and God was the Word." With God is in God, for wisdom is in love, and love in wisdom. Likewise in another place in John; "Glorify Thou Me, Father, with Thyself, with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was." xvii. 5. With Thyself is in Thyself. Wherefore also it is said, that God was the Word; and elsewhere, that the Lord is in the Father, and the Father in Him; as also, that the Father and He are one. Now, because the Word is the divine Wisdom of divine Love, it follows that it is Jehovah himself, thus the Lord, by whom all things were made that are made; for all things were created by divine Wisdom, from divine Love. 2. That it is the same Word, that was manifested by Moses and the Prophets, and by the Evangelists, which is here specifically meant, may appear manifest from this, that that is the divine truth itself, from which is all the wisdom of angels, and all the spiritual intelligence of men; for this same Word, which is with men in the world, is also with the angels in the heavens, but in the world with men it is natural, whereas in the heavens it is spiritual. And because it is the divine truth, it is also the Divine proceeding, and this is not only from the Lord, but it is also the Lord himself. Because that is the Lord himself, therefore each and every thing of the Word is written concerning Him alone; from Isaiah even to Malachi, there is not any thing which is not concerning the Lord, or which, in the opposite sense, is not contrary to the Lord. That it is so, no one as yet had seen, but still every one can see it, provided he knows it, and thinks of it whilst he is reading; and knows, moreover, that in the Word there is not only a natural sense, but also a spiritual sense; and that in this sense, by the names of persons and places, is signified something of the Lord, and thence something of heaven and the church from Him, or something opposite. Since each and every thing of the Word is concerning the Lord, and the Word is the Lord, because it is livine truth, it is manifest why it is said, that "The Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory;" and also why it is said, "While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be children of light. I have come a light into the world; he that believeth in Me doth |