515. 516. 1 Pet. iv, 2. That God in all things may be glorified, through Jefus Christ. V; 10, 11. The God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Chrift Jefus; - ftrengthen, fettle you; To Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever, Amen. 517. 1 Joh. iii; 21, 22, 23. confidence towards God; 518. 519. 520. Then we have And what foever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his Commandments; And this is his Commandment, that we should believe on the Name of his Son Jefus Christ. v, 14. And This is the Confidence that we have in Him; that if we ask any thing according to his Will, he beareth us. It is ambiguous by the Conftruction of the Words, whether This refers to Chrift, or to God the Father. But by the Scope of the whole Discourse, it feems rather to refer to the Father. Jude 20. Praying, in the Holy Ghoft. 25. To the only wife God our † Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever, Amen. + See N° 244. 521. Rev. iv, 8. Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 522. 523. 9, 10, II. And when those Beasts Gr. Ca, Living Creatures, the living Creatures full of Eyes, the whole Multitude of the Church,] give glory and honour and thanks to him that fat on the Throne, who liveth for ever and ever; The four and twenty Elders fall down before him that fat on the Throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and caft their crowns before the Throne, faying ; Thou art worthy, OLord, to receive glory and honour and power; for Thou haft created all things, and for thy pleasure they Are, and were created. V, 14. And the four and twenty Elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. · 524. vii; 11, 12. 525. fell down before the Throne on their Faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen; Bleffing and glory and wifdom and thankfgiving and honour and power and might, be unto our God for ever and ever, Amen. xi; 16, 17.fell upon their Faces, and worshipped God, G Saying, Saying, We give thee Thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art and waft and art to come. 526. Rev. xiv ; 6, 7.— The everlasting Gospel-; 527. Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; and worship Him that made Heaven and Earth and the Sea and the Fountains of Water. XV; 3, 4. And they fing the Song of Mofes the Servant of God, and the Song of the Lamb, faying; Great and Marvellous are thy Works, Lord God Almighty; juft and true are thy Ways, thou King of Saints. Who fhall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy Name? For Thou only art Holy; for all Nations fhall come and worship before thee. 528. xix, 1. Salvation and glory and honour and power, unto the Lord our God. 529 fell down and wor 4, 5, 6, 7. Praise our God, all ye his Servants, and ye that fear him, both fmall and great. Alleluia; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice and give honour to him. 530. Rev.xix, 10. Worship God: For the Teftimo ny of Jefus, is the Spirit of Prophecy; [or, The Spirit of Prophecy is the Testimony of Jefus.] 531. These words are by moft Commentators interpreted very obfcurely. The Meaning feems to be; Wor Ship God only, (faith the Angel,) and not Me; For I am only your Fellow-fervant, a prophetical Spirit, fent forth to bear Testimony concerning Jefus, as you yourself alfo do. xxii; 3, 4. The Throne of God and of the Lamb, fhall be in it; And his Servants fhall ferve him, [Gr. fhall worship him ;] And they shall see his Face, and his † Name shall be in their Fore-heads. * As, Matth. v, 8. They fhall fee God. † As, ch. xiv, 1. Having his Fathers Name written in their Foreheads. -532. ship God. 9. See thou do it not :- wor G2 CHAP. CHAP. II. Of the SON of GOD. SECT. I. The Paffages of the New Teftament, wherein he 533. M is ftiled, God. AT. i, 23. They fhall call his Name, Emmanuel; which, being interpreted, is, God with us. The word, God, in this place, is either meant of the Father; And then it fignifies, his manifefting himself to us more immediately; his speaking unto us in thefe last days by his own Son, Heb. i, 1. Or else, (which feems the more natural Interpretation,) it is fpoken of the Son; and then it fignifies, his taking upon him humane Flesh, and dwelling familiarly amongst us. 534. Luke i; 16, 17. Many fhall he [viz. John the Baptift] turn to the Lord their God; And he fhall go before Him &c. Though thefe Words [the Lord their God] in the ftyle of St. Luke, and according to the whole Analogy of Scripture, cannot but fignify the Father: yet, |