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competent sor a human creature to do, i it λpleas the Divine eing An seme christians have concluded hence, and Domitheri siue os scripture, that this a the in and that our Tird, a mort time besore he entere on his public ministry hin heen tine u into heaven to beinstructed in the divine ill and counciis, hichhemas to communicate to the worid a Si rivi represenis himself aught up to the uita heave a Cor. xii. a. ut ad this been the ase Withrespectrio Christ, it a be presumed that estould have ad more express informationis it. Grotius, hos interpretations are generali momrious, and important, sua that Christinem attributes to himself, What elonge oni in the Divine Wis m, the logos, the Morri With hichbe Was almys inspired speaingacis he had been actuali in heaven, ecause the Divine is m. Whic Was thus in a figurative sense, a par of him, malWays With God in heaven. h) x. Larciner. Who commend Grotius, addsi I have been ut to thinh, that hereb ou Lord
st Tribuit Christus sibi quod Minois, verbo convenit illaidni cum et animum et corpus seorsum soleamus appetilare hominis socabulo, c. rotius in loc. ab Four Dis urseson Philip ii s . in aposthumo , h,
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Which was the most discouraging thought to alis the carnes eWs, an much uited to his purpose in the present occasion An Bisho Ρearceremarta here in the fame πη The deat of Iesus, and his absence Domahem at that time, Was a great Gmblingiloch to his discipies, a U- Pear fio Luke xxiv. I. S. I Would add, that thus, stem to have obtaine a probabie construetio of this professedi ambiguous lan- age, hic our ord se throughout his chapter, and in his particula pari above the est. But mould wemo have been abierio develope it's meming, ill an besse in judicious as o say thatone obscure passage concerning Christ is to esset up against the whola stream an tenor of the scrip ture declarations concerning him tJota viii. 58. Iesus sata vini them, vero, vorio, Isau uino γυιὴ before Abraham mas Iam.
vine master mining this allusion, he ould have ad ted the septuagint version, a Was customam illi the writers of the e Testament, and would have introduce Christ saying, εγω ειμι -,
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and will by no means bear such construction. For it has been observed by the best critics that the phrase εγω, Q, Pam, is neve used absoluteWin the Neπ Testament, ut at Vs With relationto seme subject in hand Noricis Me inquire Whaticis that ou Lord refers to here, it is most pro-habi in his own declaration, im .hichae etsout in the beginning os these mens cavilland dis, pule it him, ver i a Lam tbe sis of thamoria asserting himself to e the Melliis, the Christ, in language borrowed rom thei antient propheis. An theresere the Word should have been translate besere Abraham Was, Iam thalint of the worid, i. e. the Christ. It is remukable ibat ou englissi transsator
dere the ord in question, εγω-M, I am si that is, the Chris supposing on Mod mundsthe expression to e elliptical, an reserein tofomething that ou Lord Would hau tolerande Mod concerning himself but it,ould have been iter o have maris his memingit exacti
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presumed that the would have transtate therum phrase here, Ver S8. besore, Abraham Was,
Pam he, a the had transtated it twice e re in the iam chapter i the had o been hindered by their pre judices, and persuasioni that Christ Wasine most high odii an been unWillincto partWith a texi, hichahe xliqugiit made so greatlysor it. With respectrio ur Lord here saying that hemas the Christ besore Abraham was it is an diomo speech familia vit the sacre Writers to Dilam thingi ur person to exist When ii as Onlyan existence in the divine foresight and councii , poetae place in sol ne future time. Thus Rev. xiii.
is of the moria. Eph. i. . Christians are aidio have been ressendesere the fundationis the moria Μgit xxv. 3. Our Saviour speah of the future,
se them rem the fundation of the moria Andis Christ seid that he was besere Abraham , i. e. In me divine designation and appotniment of him, sine Messiali. The interpretation here furnimed is you of thesemes of Christ, is no sorced, or soreim, ut in Persect agreement illi the grammatical constructiun f them, and with the hebrem phraseology. But
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In fine supposing is it be possitae to be suppos ed that this Was true is it credibie, that ourior stould in such a Way, teli, set of men, ho reviled hi in the most odious terins and were pursuing his life teli them, that he was the mos righ Godm suci direct terms, ascis supposed, a thin so ondrous, hici, he hept intiret secret rom his apostles, an neve told them in an mape. ΝΟ:no: ur Lord thremout this ambiguous phrase tomortis those incorrigible men the more, althoughthe might have readit under o him, is theirmi s ad no been Q heared, and exasperated against him. etstein, after producin Various other instances in the evangelists of ε i, Lam,
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ing himself, of his comtu domvstom heaven comisgisto the moria, Omire orthfram the Father, eiurifore Abraham, and the lita; that he is far stomintendingahereb toeteach, that he had an existencein another Worid, estoreae a bor in Judea. And et it is principali on account of theseias. sage of scripture, and of that Which,erare nomao
discussi, of his rapis for beator ,hich he hadmis G Facter Uore the moria as, that lachouturies have been aised against hoste ho cannot se an force in them, or understand that Christiniinses meant hereby to p V his pre- existence, ascit is called. An the are particu- arly brander illi the nam of Socinians, as On-Hying the ideam semething very horrid in theis opinions , although Socivus, smm .hom themameis give them, as an eminent servant of God,
misexu to resor the christian orae, is in idolatry and ignorance M the one livin and true God and tota the least of him, Wasmo inferior in piet and virtve to Lutheri Calvini nany of r
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scriptures, much thei superior. WE re accused, that Lma rank mvself in alist of hic there is no cause tot assiamedhanclCondemned unheard, for contradictingand denying the literat and obvious sense of scripture Allowing the accusation to e just, it domino fosso that suci person are in the rong. Foraherema be an obvious sense of a passage in 'riter,
hesitate noto reject the literat an obvious orapparent sense, Without scrupte , And ramur ordin the oregoing citations of his motas, has meWnyou that the litera meming of his ramis domastom heaven, and the like, asino intende byhim, I have no doub of youraein convincedb him nom that he does no here pranso any
glor of Whic he had been actuali possessed;
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fasi isto the nound an die is abidet alone bis it die, it ringere fora muta fruit Althoughsensibi that his own violent death must lead the Way tocit, he rejoices in the nea prospectis hisbeing glorified that is, of attaining the glor heaimed at in the heathen mortes in brought totheanowlege of the truth, and to eternal lise, by the reaching of the gospei se so the occasionplaint letas uso understan his ords Thegorro Christ heresere, fio his own account Ofit, as that by the effectus propagatio of thegospei, he might ecome the happy instrument of the salvatio of mankind. That his is a just account of the oo , sorWhicli Christ now made his supplication to Al- mirat God is confirme by What he mes o tosa in his prayer concerning ita that he had pro
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common it Christ an his apostles, or hichmas lihel in occurri his infat that time, ut vhat relates to the succes of the gospei, Whichine a sendin them ortho propagate Ver thevhol earth. nd that it mas no any thini longin to him as a preexistent being, ut seme
discipies, et in uret to e expected is evident rom the iam formo expression hic heuses it regis to both him and them. Neris , say he, misita thou hastisive me, I have give them he had not actuallyalven it to them,sor the weremo in the possessionis it , ut he had made them an absolute promise of it, a Godhad maderio him that they, together With himself, mould have the horiour os contributin totae virtve an evertastingo pines of est menby the gospei. This is further bnfirme hy hat our ordalso declares, stat me lor Whicli hesmyed serimas tote semething consequentipon, and a reward
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as a re aes of his services, What, according to their supposition, couldiem remard nothingiui What
Our Lord' saying, stat he had uis glos mio the ather before the orta mas, though he had notye ejoye it, stat is, ad it destine or designea sor hi by the Father, is an instance of the fame
peculiarit os phrast mentioned above p. 73. Ommon to our Loes himself, and theme -Testamen writers in maring of things as existing, hen itWas ni an existence in the divine decree and w- Potniment, to tae place time future time To the examples there alleged, a be added, a et t. o. that Chris mas foreordainia Voroue fomiaalim the mors Acts iii. o. that hemas fore appotnud; i. e. destine bes etaria in the divine counciis to e sent to us anda Tim. i. 9 that God' arace, famur Was