B. Divine Attributes and Properties are ascribed to Him. a. Self-existence, John viii. 58. "Before Abraham was, I AM." Existence in the FATHER, John x.38.8 See also John xiv. 10, 11; xvii. 21-23. b. Eternity. 1 John i. 2, "For the Life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that Eternal Life, which was with the FATHER, and was manifested unto us." See also John i. 1–3; xvii. 5, 24. 1 John v. 20. Heb. i. 10-12. Rev. i. 8; xxii. 13. c. Immutability. 2 Tim. ii. 13, "If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful, He cannot deny Himself.”—See also Heb. vii. 23, 28. d. Omnipotence. John x. 18, "I have power to lay it (my life) down, and I have power to take it up again."-See also Matt. xi. 27; xxviii. 19. Luke xxi. 15. John v. 19, 21; xiv. 13. Rom. xv. 18. 2 Cor. xii. 9. Phil. iii. 27. 1 Pet. iii. 22. 2 Pet. i. 3. Rev. i. 8; xv. 3; xvi. 7. e. Omniscience. John ii. 25, "He needed not that any should testify of man, for He knew what was in man." He knows present thoughts. Mark ii. 8. He knows future thoughts. John vi. 64. He Iren. Adv. Hæres. Iv. iv. § 1. Clem. Alexand. Pæd. lib. 1. cc. vii. viii. j. Supremity. Ephes. i. 22. 8. Divine operations are ascribed to Him. a. Generally. Col. i. 16, 17, "For by Him were all things created, that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist."-See also Col. iii. 11. b. Creation. John i. 3, "All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made."-See also John i. 10; xiii. 10. 1 Cor. viii. 6. Col. i. 16. Heb. i. 2, 10. c. Providence. Col. i. 17, "By Him all things consist." Preservation. 1 Tim. iv. 10, "The Saviour (i.e. Preserver) of all men, specially of those that believe." See Dr. Bentley's Letters against Collins, pp. 138-140. Knowles's Primi tive Christianity. Bingham's Antiq. book xIII. c. 2. Acts i. 24; ix. 14. 1 Cor. i. 2; xvi. 13, 23. 2 Cor. xii. 8. Phil. i. 10; iv. 23. 1 Thess. iii. 11; v. 28; 2 Thess. iii. 11, 12, 18. Heb. i. 6. Rev. v. 8, 11-13; vii. 12. Praise. 2 Pet. iii. 13. Swearing by His Name. Rom. ix. 1. Baptism administered in His Name. See also 1 Cor. i. 12-16. Gal. iii. 27. Blessing in His Name. 2 Cor. xiii.14. c. The testimony of passages of the New Testament when compared one with each other. a. Divine Names. Acts ix. 15, 17, with xxii. 14. "The LORD, even JESUS, the GOD of our fathers." Acts x. 36, with Rom. x. 11-13. LORD of all. Matt. i. 23. John i. 14. Emmanuel. 3. Divine Attributes. 1 Thess. iii. 11, with 2 Thess. ii. 16, y. Divine Titles. Col. i. 15. Heb. i. 3. Image of GOD. 1 Tim. vi. 15. Rev. xix. 16. King 1 66 Though we may be said to believe Peter and Paul, yet we are not said to believe in them." August. Tract. 29, Expos. Evangel. Joan. |