and they that were with him, saw his glory. There came a voice saying, This is my beloved Son; hear ye him. John i. 14. We beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. 2 Pet. i. 16. ii. 11. This beginning of miracles did Jesus, and manifested forth his glory. Ch. xi. 4. xii, 41. These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory. Isa. liii. 1. xvii. 22. The glory which thou hast given me, I have given them. 2 Pet. i. 17. He received from God the Father, honour and glory, when there came such a voice from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Matt. xvii. 5. Heb. iii. 3. III. Christ's glory after his resurrection. Luke xxiv. 26. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and enter into his glory? 1 Cor. ii. 8. The Lord of glory, James ii. 1. 1 Tim. iii. 16. He was received up into glory. Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's glory. 1 Pet. i. 21. God received him up, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. Rev. i. 6. To him be glory and dominion, for ever. See Mark x. 37. John vii. 39.-xii. 16. 23.-xiii. 31.-xvii. 24. Acts xiii. 3. Gal. i. 5. 2 Pet. iii. 18. See Christ shall judge the world. CHRIST'S EXALTATION. viii. 3. We have an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens. x. 12. He for ever sat down on the right hand of God. xii. 2. On the right hand of the throne of God. 1 Pet. iii. 22. Who is on the right hand of God. Ch. iv. 3. Rev. iii. 21. I am set down with my Father in his throne. V. The same thus otherwise expressed. Ps. viii. 5. Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour. Heb. xxvii. 9. Rev. xix. 12. lxxxiv. 19. I have exalted one chosen out of the people. John vi. 62. Ye shall see the Son of man, ascend up where he was before. Acts ii. 33. Jesus being by the right hand of God exalted, hath shed forth this which ye now see and hear. Christ's power: also, His kingly office: His works. See Acts v. 31. Him hath God exalted with his right hand. Phil. ii. 9. God hath highly exalted him, and given him a name, which is above every name. VI. Christ exalted above mankind. Ps. cxviii. 22, 23. The stone which the builders refused is become the head of the corner. This is the Lord's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. Matt. xxi. 42. Acts iv. 11. 1 Pet. ii. 7. lxxxix. 27. I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. Matt. xxiii. 8. One is your master, even Christ. Rom. viii. 29. That he might be the 2. Appointed heir of all things. first-born among many brethren. Heb, 1 Cor. xi. 3. The head of every man is Christ. Eph. iv. 15. IV. Christ's exaltation at God's righti. hand. Ps. cx. 1. The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot-stool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 34. 1 Cor. xv. 25. Isa. lii. 13. He shall be exalted and extolled. Mark xvi. 19. The Lord was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. Acts vii. 55. Stephen, full of the Holy Ghost, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. Eph. i. 20. He set him on his own right hand. Col. iii. 1. Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Heb. i. 3. Who sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. Eph. i. 23. God gave him to be the head over all things, to the church. iv. 15. May grow up into him, which is the head, even Christ. v. 23. Christ is the head of the church. VII. The church is subject to Christ. Matt. iii. 11. He is greater than John the Baptist. xii. 6. Greater than the temple.Ver. 41.-Greater than Jonas.--Ver. 42. Than Solomon. Heb. iii. 3. Worthy of more glory than Moses. VIII. Christ exalted above angels. Ps. viii. 6. Thou hast put all things under his feet. 1 Cor. xv. 27. Eph. i. 22. Eph. i. 17. The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory-Ver. 20-22. Raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand; far above all principality and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet. Phil. ii. 9, 10. God hath given him a name, which is above every name; that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things on earth. Col. ii. 10. Ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power. Heb. i. 4. Made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. Ver. 5. Unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? Ps. ii. 7. Ver. 13. To which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? Ps. cx. 1. ii. 5. Unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come.-Ver. 8. Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; for in that he put all things under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. See Christ worshipped. CHAPTER VI. DIVINE TITLES GIVEN TO CHRIST. I. CHRIST is the Son of God. Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.-Ver. 12. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish. lxxxix. 27. I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. Isa. ix. 6. Unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulders. Matt. iii. 17. A voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. viii. 29. The devils cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus thou Son of God. Luke i. 32. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest. -Ver. 35. He shall be called the Son of God. John i. 34. I saw and bear record, that this is the Son of God. Ver. 49. Nathaniel said, Thou art the Son of God. v. 18. The Jews sought the more to kill him, because he said that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. ix. 35. Jesus said, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?-Ver. 37. It is he that talketh with thee. John x. 36. Say ye, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God? Ver. 25. 32. 37. Ch. xv. 10. xix. 7. The Jews said, By our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. xx. 17. I ascend to my Father and your Father; to my God and your God. Ver. 31. These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God. Acts iii. 13. The God of our fathers hath glorified his Son Jesus.-Ver. 20. God having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you. viii. 37. The eunuch said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. ix. 20. Straightway Paul preached Christ, that he is the Son of God. Rom. i. 3, 4. His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who was declared to be the Son of God with power. viii. 32. He spared not his own Son; but delivered him up to death for us all. 2 Cor. xi. 31. The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Eph. i. 3. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Pet. i. 3. Col. i. 3. We give thanks to God, and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. Heb. i. 2. God hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son. 1 John iv. 15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him. v. 5. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God. Hence the title of Father so often given to God, by Jesus Christ and others. As: Matt. xi. 25. I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth.-Ver. 27. No man knoweth the Son but the Father. xxviii. 9. Baptizing in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Mark xiii. 32. Of that day knoweth no man, no not the Son, but the Father. xiv. 36. Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee: Luke x. 22. No man knows who the Father is but the Son. xxii. 42. Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup. xxiii. 34. Father forgive them. Luke xxiii. 46. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. John iii. 35. The Father loveth the Son. Phil. ii. 6. Who being in the form of God. Heb. i. 3. The brightness of the Father's glory and express image of his person. IV. Christ is called God. Isa. vii. 14. Matt. i. 23. Emanuel, God with us. ix. 6. The mighty God.-lxiii. 1. Mighty to save. John i. 1. The word was God. 20:28 Acts xx. 23. Feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 7. Rom. ix. 5. Christ, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Phil. ii. 6. He thought it not robbery to be equal with God. Col. ii. 9. In him dwelleth the fulness of the Godhead bodily. the flesh. Tit. i. 3. 1 Tim. iii. 16. God was manifested in Tit. ii. 10. Adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour. Ver 13. Looking for the blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Heb. i. 8. Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. iii. 4. He that built all things is God. See Christ creates. 1 John iii. 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us. v. 20. This is the true God and eternal life. II. Christ is distinguished from the created sons of God, by the peculiar epithets of begotten, first and only begotten, firstborn, &c. Ps. ii. 7. Thou art my Son, said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right this day have I begotten thee. V. Christ is Lord. Ps. cx. 1. The Lord lxxxix. 27. I will make him my first-hand, until I make thine enemies thy foot-stool. Matt. xxii. 44. Acts ii. 25. born, higher than the kings of the earth. Heb. i. 13. Acts xiii. 33. Heb. i. 5.-v. 5. John i. 14. The only begotten of the Father.-Ver. 18. Which is in the bosom of the Father. iii. 16. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son. Ver. 18. Heb. i. 6. When he bringeth in his first begotten into the world, he saith, Let all the angels of God worship him. Isa. xl. 3. The voice of him that cryeth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Matt. iii. 3. with he shall be called, The Lord our Jer. xxiii. 6. This is his name whererighteousness. (In the original it is, Jehovah our righteousness.) Joel ii. 32. Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. 1 John iv. 9. God sent his only begot-Rom. x. 13. ten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Chap. v. 1. See Rom. viii. 3. Gal. iv. 4. God's own Son. III. Christ is called the image of God. 2 Cor. iv. 4. Christ, who is the image of God. shall suddenly come to his temple, even Mal. iii. 1. The Lord whom ye seek the messenger of the covenant. Matt. vii. 21, 22. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. Many will say unto me in that day, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, &c. Matt. xxiv. 42. Watch, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. See ver. 45, 46. 48. 50. 1 Cor. iv. 4. He that judgeth me is the Lord. v. 4, 5. In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ-with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, to deliver such an one unto Mark ii. 28. The Son of man is Lord Satan. of the Sabbath. vi. 11. Ye are justified in the name Luke ii. 11. Unto us is born a Sa- of our Lord Jesus Christ. viour, which is Christ the Lord. v. 8. Peter said, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. vi. 46. Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? xxiii. 42. Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. John vi. 68. Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. xiii. 13. Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well, for so I am. Acts ii. 36. God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ. Ver. 38. Repent, and be baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Ch. viii. 16.-x. 48.-xxii. 16. viii. 6. To us there is one Lord Jesus Christ. xi. 23. I received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you. xii. 3. No man can say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. Ver. 5. There are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. xv. 47. The second man is the Lord from heaven. 2 Cor. i. 14. Ye are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. v. 6. While we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.-Ver. 8. Are willing rather to be present with the Lord. Eph. v. 29. Even as the Lord che v. 14. Believers were the more added risheth the church. I to the Lord. vii. 59. They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. ix 5. The Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.-Ver. 10. To Ananias the Lord said, &c. Ver. 15. 17. Ch. xviii. 9. Ver. 29. Paul spake boldly in the name of the Lord.-Ver. 42. Many believed in the name of the Lord. x. 36. Jesus Christ, he is Lord of all. xi. 20. They spake, preaching the Lord Jesus.-Ver. 23. Barnabas exhorted, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. vi. 8. Whatsoever good things any man doth, the same shall he receive of the Lord. Phil. ii. 11. That every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Col. iii. 17. Whatsoever ye do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus.-Ver. 23, 24. Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. 1 Thess. i. 8. From you sounded out the word of the Lord. iv. 1, 2. We exhort you by the Lord xvi. 31. Believe in the Lord Jesus Jesus. Ye know what commandments Christ, and thou shalt be saved. xxiii. 8. Crispus believed in the Lord with all his house.-Ver. 25. Apollos was instructed in the way of the Lord. xix. 10. All that dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus. we gave you by the Lord Jesus. Ver. 16, 17. The Lord himself shall descend. We shall be caught up to meet the Lord in the air; so shall we ever be with the Lord. 2 Thess. i. 7, 8. The Lord Jesus shall Rom. x. 12. The same Lord is rich be revealed from heaven with his mighty unto all that call upon him. xiv. 9. Christ both died, and rose and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living. Acts x. 36. Lord of all. 1 Cor. ii. 8. Lord of glory. 1 Cor. i. 10. I beseech you by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing. iii. 5. Ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man. Q angels, in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 12. That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified. 1 Tim. i. 12. I thank Jesus Christ our Lord, who enabled me, &c. vi. 15. He is King of kings, and Lord of lords. Rev. xvii. 14.-xix. 16. 2 Tim. ii. 22. of a pure heart. Call on the Lord, out bear record in heaven, the Father, the Rom. x. 14. Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these iv. 8. There is laid up for me a crown three are one. of life, which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me at that day. Heb. ii. 3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard him? xiii. 20. Our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep. 1 Pet. ii. 3, 4. If ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. To whom coming as unto a living stone. 2 Pet. i. 2. Grace and peace be multiplied unto you, through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. Rev. i. 8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord. xi. 8. The city where our Lord was crucified. xxii. 20, 21. He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly; Amen. Even so, come. Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. VI. Christ is one with the Father. John x. 30. I and my Father are one. Ch. xvii. 11. 22. Ver. 38. The Father is in me and I in him. Ch. xvii. 21.-xiv. 10, 11, 12. xii. 44, 45. He that believeth on me, believeth on him that sent me. He that seeth me, seeth him that sent me. Ch. xiv. 9.-viii. 9. xiv. 7. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. Ver. 11. I am in the Father, and he in me. Ch. xiii. 32. xv. 23. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 1 John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father. xvi. 15. All things that the Father hath are mine. xvii. 10. All mine are thine, and thine are mine. Heb. i. 3. Who being the brightness of the Father's glory, and the express image of his person. John v. 26. As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself. Col. i. 19. VII. The same things spoken of God the Father and of Christ. Eph. v. 5. The kingdom of Christ and of God. 1 John v. 7. There are three that Col. ii. 2. The mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ. 2 Thess. ii. 16, 17. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation, and good hope through grace; comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. 1 Tim. vi. 13. I gave thee charge in the sight of God, and before Jesus Christ, &c. Tit. ii. 13. The appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. Rev. xiv. 4. The first-fruits unto God, and to the Lamb. xxi. 22, 23. The Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple of the city. The glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Ch. xi. 15.-xx. 6. Christ's Titles in general, ranged in an alphabetical order. Adam the last, 1 Cor. xv. 45. Angel of the covenant, Mal. iii. 1. of God's presence, Isa. Ixiii. 9. Anointed, (Christ) John i. 41. with the Holy Ghost, Acts x. 38. not by measure, Ps. xlv. 7. Apostle and High Priest, Heb. iii. 1. Beginning of the creation of God, Rev. iii. 14. Begotten of the Father, John i. 14. Blessed and only Potentate, 1 Tim. vi. 15. Branch of righteousness, Zech. iii. 8. Captain of the Lord's hosts, Josh. v. 14, 15. Chosen servant, Matt. xii. 18. Luke of salvation, Heb. ii. 10. xxiii. 35. Consolation of Israel, Luke ii. 5. David, Jer. xxx. 9. Ezek. xxxvii. 24, 25. Hos. iii. 5. |