John XII. 41. These things said Esaias, when he SAW HIS (CHRIST'S) Glory, and spake of HIM.

Jesus is the person here spoken of by St. John; whose Glory, Esaias is declared to have.. seen upon that occasion, where the Prophet affirms of himself, that his Eyes had seen the Lord of Hosts: Therefore,

Jesus is the LORD OF HOSTS.

III.

Isai. XLIV. 6. Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD OF HOSTS, I am THE FIRST, and I am THE LAST, and BESIDES ME there is NO GOD.

Rev. XXII. 13. I (Jesus) am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, THE FIRST and THE LAST.

These Titles of the first and the last are confined to him alone, besides whom there is no God. But Jesus hath assumed these Titles to himself: Therefore, Jesus is that God, besides whom there is no other. Or thus-There is no God besides him who is the first and the

last: but Jesus is the first and the last: there fore, besides Jesus there is no other God.

IV.

Isai. XLIII. 11. I even I am the LORD, and BESIDES ME there is NO SA

VIOUR.

2 Pet. III. 18. OUR LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST.

Jesus Christ then, is our Saviour; or, as he is called, John IV. 42. The Saviour of the World. But unless he were God, even the Lord Jehovah, as well as man, he could not be a Saviour; because the Lord has declared, there is no Saviour beside himself. It is therefore rightly observed by the Apostle, Phil. ii.

a The argument drawn from this text will he equally convincing which ever way it be taken-Jesus Christ is a Saviour, therefore he is Jehovah, the Lord-Jesus Christ is Jehovah, therefore he is the Saviour. The best observa tions I have ever met with upon the name Jehovah, and its application to the second Person of the Trinity, are to be found in a Vindication of the Doctrine of the Trinity from the Exceptions of a late Pamphlet entitled, An Essay on Spirit-by the learned Dr. T. Randolph, President of C. C. C. in Oxford; which I would desire the Reader to consult, from p. 61. to i. of Pt. I.

9. that

9. that God in dignifying the man Christ with the name of JESUS, hath given him a name above every name, even that of a Saviour, which is his own name, and such as can belong to no other.

V.

Rev. XXII. 6. The LORD GOD of the Holy Prophets SENT HIS ANGEL to shew unto his Servants the things which must shortly be done.

Ibid. v. 16. I JESUS have SENT MINE ANGEL to testifie unto you these things în the Churches.

The Angel that appeared to St. John was the Angel of the Lord God, and the Lord God sent him: but he was the Angel of Jesus, and Jesus sent him: therefore, Jesus is the Lord God of the Holy Prophets.

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Luke I. 76. And thou Child shalt be called the Prophet of THE HIGHEST, for thou shalt GO BEFORE the FACE of the LORD TO PREPARE HIS WAYS. Matth

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Matth. XI. 10. Behold I send my messenger BEFORE THY FACE, to PREPARE THY WAY before thee.

John the Baptist goes before the face of the Lord, that is, of the Highest, whose prophet he is, to prepare his way. But, he was sent as a Messenger before the face of Christ, to prepare his way; who, therefore, is the Lord, and the Highest.

VII.

The two following texts are but a repetition of the same argument: but as they speak of Christ under a different name, they ought to have a place for themselves,

Luke I. 16, 17. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the LORD THEIR GOD; and he shall go before HIM.

Matth. III. 11. HE that cometh AFTER ME is mightier than I &c,

Here again, the Baptist is said to go before the Lord God of the children of Israel: but it is certain, he went before Jesus Christ, the only person

person who is said to come after him: therefore, Jesus Christ is the Lord God of the children of Israel. And the same title is given to him in the prophet Hosea,--I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God: which can be no other than the voice of God the Father, promising Salvation by the person of God the Son.

VIII.

Matth. XI. 10. Behold I send мY messenger before THY face, to prepare THY way before THEE.

Mal. III. 1. Behold I send my messenger to prepare the way before ME.

As this prophecy is worded by St. Matthew (as also by St. Mark and St. Luke') there is a personal distinction between Him who sends his Messenger, and Christ before whom the Messenger is sent--I send My Messenger to prepare thy way before THEE. But the Prophet himself has it thus

I send MY

messenger, to prepare the way before ME. Yet the Evangelist and the Prophet are both

a Mark I. 2.

b Luke VII. 27.

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equally