XLVII. NAMES AND OFFICES OF JESUS CHRIST. GOD also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name.-PHIL. ii. 9. Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.2 TIM. ii. 19. Gen. xlviii. 16-xlix. 10, 24-Exod. xxiii. 20, 21-Deut. xviii. 15-xxxii. 3, 4-Num. xxiv. 17-Josh. v. 14-1 Sam. xv. 29— Psalm ii. 6-xvi. 10-xviii. 2-xxiv. 10-lxv. 5—lxxii. 17, 19— lxxviii. 35-Prov. iii. 26-xviii. 10-Cant. ii. 1—v. 16—Isaiah vii. 14-ix. 6-xi. 1, 10-xxv. 4-xxvi. 4—xxviii. 16—xxxii. 1, 2-xxxiii. 22-xl. 3, 5, 9—xli. 14—xlii. 1—liv. 5-lv. 4-lix. 20 -lx. 16-lxiii. 1, 9—Jer. ii. 13-xiv. 8-xxiii. 5, 6—xxx. 9— xxxiii. 15, 16-Ezek. xxxiv. 23, 29-xliv. 28-Dan. vii. 22-ix. 25, 26-Joel. iii. 16-Mic. v. 2-Hab. i. 12—iii. 18, 19—Hag. ii. 7— Zech. iii. 8-vi. 12—xiii. 1, 7—Mal. ii. 7—iii. 1-3—iv. 2. Matt. i. 1, 21, 23—ii. 6, 23—iii. 17—ix. 12—xi. 19—xiii. 46— xvi. 16-xvii. 5—xxi. 5—Mark i. 24-xiv. 61, 62-Luke i. 31, 32, 35, 69, 78-ii. 11, 21, 25—iii. 22—ix. 20—xix. 10, 38-John i. 1, 14, 29, 34, 36, 41, 49-iii. 29-iv. 42-v. 25-27-vi. 14, 35—viii. 12-x. 7, 9, 11, 14-xi. 25-xii. 13-15—xiv. 6-xv. 1, 5, 15—xix. 19-xx. 28-Acts ii. 36—iii. 14, 15—iv. 11, 12—v. 31—vii. 52— x. 36, 42-xxviii. 20-Rom. i. 3, 4-x. 12-xi. 26-1 Cor. v. 7— x. 4-xv. 45-2 Cor. ix. 15-Eph. i. 21-ii. 14, 20-v. 23-Phil. ii. 9-11-Col. i. 15, 16, 18, 27—iii. 4—1 Tim. i. 1—ii. 5, 6—iv. 10 -vi. 15-2 Tim. ii. 19-Heb. i. 2, 4, 8-ii. 10, 11-iii. 1-iv. 14v. 9, 10-vii. 22, 26-viii. 6-ix. 15-xii. 2-xiii. 8-Jas. iv. 121 Pet. ii. 4-7, 25-2 Pet. iii. 18—1 John i. 1-ii. 1—iv. 14-16— v. 20-Jude 25-Rev. i. 5, 8, 17—ii. 8, 28-iii. 12, 14—v. 5—xv. 3-xvii. 14-xix. 11-13, 16–xxi. 6, 22-xxii. 6, 13, 16. When all these wondrous names I view, Or gems of every form and hue, That charm the ravish'd sight, Ah! no far more than seraphs see, Ere long transported to the scene, How sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear! It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. EAST. It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And, to the weary, rest. Dear name! the Rock on which I build, My never-failing treas'ry fill'd With boundless stores of grace. By Thee my pray'rs acceptance gain, Satan accuses me in vain, And I am own'd a child. Jesus my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, Weak is the effort of my heart, Till then I would Thy love proclaim Refresh my soul in death. CowPER. I feel that Name my inmost thoughts control, And one vast object fills my aching sight. MRS. BARBAuld. When in the volume of that book Dear Saviour, on my heart: Then come Thyself and read it there, ANON. |