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and with power . " He gave evidence of bis unction , by his character and his miracles . A voice from heaven sealed this evidence when he was declared « ' the beloved Son of God . *' This is aiiQsther character of bur
Saviour , ; and also : . ?* ; the only-begotten Soft of < 3 od »" We cannot prove any thing about this * but from Scripture , where Christ is , indeed , often styled * f the only Son of the Father /'? He gave evidence enough that he came from God And the apostle Paul
observes , that * Vhe was declared to be the Son of God with power , when he raised him from the dead j" Rom . i . 4 . Hence he is frequently called in the Scriptures , on account of his haying been raised from the dead , by the
glocy or power of the Father , " the first-born among many < brethren * ' * ** The first-born of every creature , " cardof the whole spiritual creation ^ because fee is the first , yvho was raised from the dead to an immortal
existence . The Psalmist , in the name of the Almighty Father , says , "He shall £ al ) ine , thou art my Father , my God , # nd my strong , or powerful salvation . And I will make htm my first-born , higher than the kings of the earth 3 " Ps . Ixxxix . $ 7 , & 8 . Here he alludes
to his being the first that should rise from the dead to a spiritual life . St . John styles him * the first-begotten of the dead ; ' * Rev . i . 5 : and in his gospel ' , ' * the oply-begotten Son of
GmyJohn . i . 14—18 , 111 . 16—18 , as being the tmly son of the resurrection . Christians of these days seem not sufficiently to contemplate the magnitude 4 * iid greatness of the stupendous miracle of the resurrection of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ , which was the constant theme of the apostles land fttttt disciples : fheif ^ writings abound with this grand miracle * This doctrine of a new birth to
ehdle ^ s life and happiness , has given occasion to much controversy ; but there fleettis to he no difficulty in the above sqlution , nor \ vould the terms , « firfrthorat v ~ . first * begotten , " and " onlybfgotteu SbnofcGod , " ( which latter
term is applied to the sons of Israel ; see J ^ sd ras vu 58 5 a book which our Lord has quoted more than once , at > d call * tt ^ V ^ tt ^ Wisd om of God , ' * See JLufce xij A& ) these terms xtould not be more * ffi € ok to understand , if Christian commentnton bid di *
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tinguished the sentiments and phrases of thisv evangelist , from the woixts of Christl For St . John , as well as the other apostles , whenever they speak of their Master / ( not historically , ) speak of hi m in his preseiat glorifieU
and exalted state * And as they often figuratively apply the death anil lesurrection of our Lord , so . they figuratively allude to thf » great change at the resurrection of the j ust ^ in their exhortations to holiness and nmvness
Of life , " ' : "; :, -: ; ; .. \* A ^ . It is worthy of remark , that the declarations from heaven respecting the chacacter of our Saviour , while |> i » earthy are , ^ iny beloved Son , " iiot f my only-begotten Son . " See Matfc
• • • - _ _ mm _ . ^ k ' 4 P - ^ * ' ' " . 1 iiu 17 , xvii . 5 j Mark L 11 , isu 7 ^ Luke jiii . < £ % ix ; Sfoy < & P ^ t . ^ ai £ And he is calledL by the prophet Isaiah , see Matt , xii , 18 ^ >«* my $£ i > vant , my beloved ^* I think it ; v ^ ry natural and-just , from these
considerations , to infer , that the term f * oaly ^ begotten Son of God" is applied by St . John to Jesus , as being the only son of the resurrection states ¦ L After his relation to God , I proceed to consider a few terms as to his relation to us . He is called our L&rtf This he is on account of the relation
he bears to us as a Redeemer . Our Saviour " gave himself for us , that be might recleeiii , " or recover , us , says the apostle , ** from all iniquity , " and purify unto himself a peculiar people , zealous of good works . And oh this
account Gad hath made Jesus both Lord and Christ . And he must reign as our Lord , till he has put all eneniies under his feet ; for his dominion shall be an everlasting' dominion , whieh shall not pass away like the domioions founded by man ' s policy , and which are continually given to change . Btit
his kingdom shall be that whirh shall iaever be deiatroyied . I have thus , by the help of the Scriptures , passed through so much of descriptive appellations of the Messiah as is literally applied to him : and the reason of his being called Jesus , of his being called our Lord and Christ-i-of his being described as ** the 8 on of Gx > dP" ¦?« the
bet&ved Son of Gad , " and ** the onlybegotten Son of God /* are alt reasons for profe » 8 ing our belief in hiirtr ae * the greatest character that evdr assumi ^ l hamaii oaf ur « . '
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Biblical Criticism *—Appellations of our Saviour . s •' & % &
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1818, page 515, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2479/page/43/
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