...fometimes called Gods, So Pfal. cii. 25, 26, 27. are applyed in the fame Chapter to Chrift, and mew us that, the World was created by him, Thou Lord, in the Beginning haft laid the Foundations of the Earth, and the Hea-vens are the Works of thy Hands, &c. In both which...

...sceptre of thy kingdom." To the same purpose, ver. 10. quoted from Psalm cii. 25, 26. « And thou, Lord, in the beginning, hast laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work ofthine hands." These words are evidently spoken of the Jehovah of Israel, but here applied...

...triumph ? COLLECT. THOU, O God, art glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders ! Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thy hands. Thou saidst, Let there be light, and there was light. And thou art also the...

...&c." All which three verses are spoken concerning Christ, as appears in Heb. i. 10, &c. " Thou, I*ord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the...earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands, &c." And here it is proper to take notice of four things : 1. That the way whereby God creates all things,...

...arc sometimes called gods. So Ps. cii. 25 — 27. arc applied in the same chapter to Christ, and shew us that the world was created by him, " Thou Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands, &c." lu both which texts,...

...throne, OGod, is for ever and ever, a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom ;" " thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands." A passage peculiarly necessary to evince his superiority to angels, because...

...ever,' &c. and from thence conclude that the Son is but a mere man like ourselves > Or thus, ' Thou, Lord, in the beginning, hast laid the foundations ' of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands,' and still conclude, that the person thus addressed by the Father, had no being...

...he says,! " Confounded be all they that serve graven images. Worship him, all ye gods ;" and " Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thine hands." Now, both these passages are applied to Christ, in the first chapter of the...

...created by him and for him, and he is before all things, and by him all things consist'." — " Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy handsp." — He is the universal governor of the natural and moral worlds. " His kingdom...

...Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever ; the second, -quoted from Pralm cii. and beginning with Thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth: and these two are coupled by the conjunction Kou, or and*. In this manner the passage has meaning, and...