Interpretations in consistency with the Divine Unity. passage means, that the mystery of godliness, (those holy doctrines and principles which before had been unknown to men,) was revealed by one who was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; was proved to be divine by the attestation of the spirit; was contemplated with admiration and astonishment by those who were sent to disseminate it among mankind; was preached among the Gentiles; was believed on in the world; was gloriously received by multitudes in every region,

An INFINITE, ETERNAL, UNCHANGEABLE Being, could not BE MADE, or BECOME, a SUFFERING and MORTAL MAN.-To say this is a mystery, cannot conceal that it is an absurdity.

(26) The grammatical construction of the original, throws just as much ambiguity into the passage, as there is from a similar cause, in the English, which would be plainer if it were rendered, of the great God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ. Paul uniformly speaks of God and Christ as two distinct Beings. He speaks of the FATHER as the GOD of Jesus, the ONLY GOD, and the ONLY WISE GOD; and he expressly declares There is ONE GOD, and, There is ONE GOD, the FATHER.

(27) Ver. 2. The worlds should have been the ages; and since in this epistle, as well as in the Old Testament, (see No. 1,) the plural is often used for the singular to denote dignity and eminence, the ages probably means the Age of the Messiah, the dispensation of which he was the introducer and the head: (see farther in No. 10, and No. 23).-Ver. 3. Who being a beam of His glory, and the impress of His perfections, (since in him and by him, the glorious and gracious attributes of the Most High were eminently displayed and manifested to mankind,) and directing all things by the word of His (i. e. the Father's) power.-Ver. 6. And when he again bringeth the First-born into the world, (i. e. probably, when he raiseth Christ from the dead,) he saith, And let all the messengers of God do him homage: (see p. 15).-Ver. 8, may be rendered either, To (or respecting) the Son, he saith, God is thy throne for ever and ever, or, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. original words (Ps. xlv. 6), are used in reference to Solomon, and surely, therefore, can prove nothing when applied to Christ. -Ver. 10-12, are a quotation from Ps. cii. They are, without a doubt, addressed to JEHOVAH, the one living and true God; they are applicable only to him; and they are here employed as a proof, that the sovereignty of Christ would be eternal, since He who appointed him is Himself almighty, unchangeable and everlasting.

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