Sect. v. Son of God, claiming a parity in power and Supplementary Notes. Scholten on the pro- priety of a man being the Judge of men.- VI. Son of God, One with the Father; John III. On Christ's descending from heaven, as the IV. On His coming from above, and from God ; Capit. IV. On the perpetual presence of Christ promised Supplementary Notes. Critical character of Bishop Pearce, M. Ruhnkenius, and Mr. Wakefield.-On the intercession of Christ.- Hegesippus on the descendants of Jude .. 227 Capit. V. On the perpetual presence of Christ promised to worshipping assemblies; Matt. xviii. 20. 232 Capit. VI. On our Lord's declarations of his personal agency in the resurrection of the dead, and 268 Capit. VII. On the Homage which Christ permitted to be paid to himself Capit. VIII. Miscellaneous declarations of Christ, intimat- Capit. IX. Review of the Evidence collected in this CHAP. Sect. CHAP. IV. On the Real Humanity of Jesus Christ, its Page 270 302 327 1. The Human Nature, with all its innocent 11. Scriptural descriptions of the Messiah's Hu- .... 358 360 Supplementary Note. On Phil. ii. 6. ...... 413 V. On the state of Mind, and Knowledge concern- Supplementary Note. Citation from the Calm 417 432 BOOK IV. On the Doctrine taught by the Apostles in their inspired CHAP. I. On the Examples of the Apostolic Instruction 438 Supplementary Notes. On Acts iv. 12. xx. 28. 490 II. Information from the Epistles of John..... III. Evidence from the Book of the Revelation.. 552 Supplementary Notes. On the Occasion of BOOK IV. ON THE DOCTRINE TAUGHT BY THE APOSTLES IN THEIR INSPIRED MINISTRY CONCERNING THE PERSON OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. Ir was avowedly not the intention of our Saviour, by his personal instructions, to communicate the entire knowledge of those truths which were to form the characteristic features of the final and perfect dispensation of religion. He delivered intimations, assumptions, allusions, and, as it were, germinant principles which, when illustrated by subsequent revelation, would be shewn to involve a variety of ulterior truths. Such subsequent and completive revelation he expressly reserved to be given by the ministry of his inspired servants, as he explicitly assured them: "The Instructor,* the Holy Spirit, whom * Пapánλnτos' so I conceive that the connexion requires this appellative to be translated. See this interpretation supported in Cameron. Myrothec. Evang. p. 134. J. A. Ernesti, Prolus. de Difficult, N. T. recte Interpr. ap. Opusc. Philol. p. 214, &c. the Father will send in my name: he will teach you all things. When the Instructor is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who cometh forth from the Father, he will testify concerning me. He will guide you into all the truth. He will glorify me for he will receive of mine and will declare it to you. All things, whatsoever the Father hath, are mine therefore I have said, He receiveth of mine, and will declare it to you.' It is impossible to doubt that these declarations of our Lord import that the completion of his design, in the revelation of religious truth, was reserved to the official ministry of his select followers; that, for insuring the correct accomplishment of this purpose, he would provide them with a perfect and infallible assistance; and that THE TRUTH which they would be thus enabled to promulgate, was to have an ESPECIAL and PRINCIPAL relation to HIMSELF, to his person, his prerogatives, and his glory. It therefore remains, in order to bring this Tittmanni Meletem. Sacra, p. 520. But the candid reader will not suppose that I would translate πapáxλntos in all places by this, or perhaps by any other single term. Its true signification is one who appears for another, to perform any kind office of help, assistance, or patronage; and therefore it will signify, an advocate, protector, pleader, intercessor, teacher, guide, comforter, &c. as the nature of the case and the phraseology of the connexion may signify. See the valuable Dissertation of Dr. Knapp of Hallé, de Spiritu S. et Christo Paracletis, item de variá potest. vocab. παρακαλεῖν, παράκλησις, παράκλητος Hal. 1805. * John xiv. 26. xv. 26. xvi. 13-15. |