Phil. ii. 10. Matt. iv. 10. Prayer. Matt. xv. 25. Acts x. 26. Rev. xix. 10. Worship.

2 Cor. v. 15. Rom. vi. 11. Gal. ii.

19. Believers live to Him.

Rev. v. 8-14; vii. 9-12. The redeemed praise Him.

C. Old and New Testament texts compared.

a. Divine Names.

Exod. iii. 14, with John viii. 58; xiii. 19.
The I AM.2

Josh. v. 13, with John xviii. 4-8. The
I AM.

Numb. xxi. 5, with 1 Cor. x. 9.

Ps. xxiv. 10, with 1 Cor. ii. 8; James ii. 1.
Ps. xlvii. 9, with John iii. 31; Rom. ix. 5.
Isa. xxiii. 1, with John x. 14.

Isa. vi. 1-5, with John xii. 41. Adonai and
JEHOVAH.

Isa. viii. 13; xxviii. 6, with 1 Pet. ii. 6, 8.
Isa. xxviii. 16, with 1 Pet. ii. 6, 7; Rom.
x. 13. The Name JEHOVAH.

"The phrase I AM has been deemed unnecessarily obscure, and has been rendered more clearly, as well as more closely to the original, I AM HE WHO AM, i.e. 'I AM, the uncaused, self-existent BEING'."-T. K.

3 "When the Angel of the Lord replied to Joshua, 'As the Captain of the LORD'S Host, I AM now come,' penetrated with the most profound veneration for the ineffable name of JEHOVAH, the hero prostrated himself before Him: and so when Judas and his band heard our SAVIOUR'S declaration of Himself by the selfsame title, I AM, they also fell to the ground."-T. K.

Isa. xl. 3, with Matt. iii. 1-3; Mark i. 3:
Luke iii. 3, 4; John i. 23.

Isa. viii. 13, 14, with Rom ix. 33; 1 Pet.
ii. 8; Luke ii. 34; Heb. ii. 13.

Isa. xl. 3, with Matt. iii. 3; John. i. 23.
Isa. xliii. 15, with Matt. ii. 2. King of Israel.
Isa. xliv. 6, with Rev. i. 17.

Isa. xlv. 21, 25, with Luke i. 71, 72. Phil.
ii. 10, 11.

Idem, with Rom. xiv. 10, 11.

Isa. xlv. 24, 25; Jer. xxxiii. 5, 6, with

Acts xiii. 39; 1 Cor. i. 30, 31; vi. 11.
Isa. xlviii. 12-16, with Rev. xxii. 13.
Jer. xxiii. 6, with 1 Cor. i. 30. JEHOVAH
our Righteousness.

Ezek. i. 28, with John i. 18.

Joel ii. 27, 28, 32, with Acts ii. 16.

Zech. xii. 10, with John xix. 37.

Zech. xiii. 7, with Phil. ii. 6.

Mal. iii. 1, with Mark i. 2, 3.

Other Names.

Exod. xxiv. 9, 10. John i. 18. 1 Tim.

i. 17. GOD of Israel.

Deut. x. 17.

Ps. cx. 1, 3.

Rev. xvii. 4.

Matt. xxii. 34.

Isa. xl. 11. John x. 14-16, 27. The good
Shepherd.

Jer. x. 10. 1 John v. 20. True GOD.

Hos. i. 7. Tit. ii. 13. GOD and SAVIOUR.

Zech. xiii. 7. Matt. xxvi. 31. JEHOVAH'S
Fellow.

6. Divine Attributes and Properties.

Micah v. 2. Matt. ii. 6. John i. 1. Eternity.
Exod. xx. 24. Matt. xviii. 20.

presence.

Omni

Isa. lxii. 5. Rev. xxi. 2, 9. Idem.

Jer. xiv. 8. 1 Tim. i. 1. Col. i. 27. The Hope.

d. Divine Operations.

Gen. i. 1. John i. 2. Rev. iv. 11. Creation.

D. The grammatical argument. Canon or rule: When

Kaì (and) is put between two nouns, of which

then kaì is Ephes. i. 3.

Rom. xv. 16.

the former only has the article,
exegetical. See 2 Cor. i. 3.
2 Thess. ii. 16. 1 Pet. i. 3.
Phil. iv. 20. 2 Cor. xi. 31.
Ephes. v. 5. ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ
Kai Oɛou,' i.e. the kingdom of CHRIST,
even of GOD.

2 Thess. i. 12. κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ
ἡμῶν καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, i.e.
According to the grace of JESUS CHRIST,
our GOD and LORD.

4 Dr. Wordsworth has shewn that all the writers who have quoted this text to the twelfth century, have interpreted the words as referring to one object, namely CHRIST.

Col. ii. 2. εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ μυστηρίου τοῦ
Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐ.ε.
to the acknowledgment of the mystery of
GOD, even the FATHER, and of CHRIST.
1 Tim. v. 21. Διαμαρτύρομαι ἐνώπιον τοῦ
Θεοῦ καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, i.e. I
charge thee before GOD, even the LORD
JESUS CHRIST-before JESUS CHRIST the
LORD and GOD.

1 Tim. vi. 13. ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ
ζωοποιοῦντος τὰ πάντα καὶ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ,
i.e. GOD, who quickeneth all things, even
CHRIST JESUS.

2 Pet. i. 2. ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν καὶ Σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Through (or in, Scholef.) the righteousness of our GOD and SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST. The usage of the pronominal adjective οὗτος. 1 John v. 20. καί ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ ἀληθινῷ, ἐν τῷ υἱῷ αὐτοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ἀληθινὸς Θεὸς καὶ ἡ ζωὴ αἰώνιος, i.e. the same is the True GOD, and the Eternal Life."

Comp. John i. 2, and xiv. 6.

3. Human Testimony.

A. Heathens.

a. The Egyptian Osiris."

b. The Indian Vishnoo.

5.66 The mystery referred to is, GoD revealed not merely in the unity of His character, but in the plurality of Persons, the Son as well as the FATHER, GOD in CHRIST reconciling the world unto Himself."—Scholefield,

6 Whenever St. John uses the title "Life," he applies it to CHRIST. See John i. 4; xi, 25. 1 John i. 2, 11.

The ancient Egyptian doctrines_concerning Osiris are remarkably coincident with those concerning our LORD as set forth in Scripture. Osiris, according to the Egyptians, was the discloser of truth and goodness on earth, and in this character of the manifestation of Deity he was said to be "full of goodness (grace) and truth." Osiris having performed his duties on earth, and fallen a sacrifice to the machinations of Typho the Evil one, is also said to have risen again to a new life (Plut. de Is. 35), and to have assumed the office of Judge of mankind in a future state. He is dignified with the titles of "Lord of Life," "Eternal Ruler," and "King of the gods," and appears as a member of a Triad. The manifestation of Deity, His coming on earth for the benefit of mankind, and His expected interposition, as these were revealed to the fathers under the Old Testament, formed a most important part of the Egyptian creed. Is it not a natural inference that the Egyptians, being ac

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