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fed it rhus, All things ὅλων ποιητικω τε πατρὸς aur,] audellav. De Ecclefiaft. by him as the Efficient Theol. lib. 1. cap.20. Caufe; be does not fo ex

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prefs it, but Thus; All things were made [di durs,] by him as the Miniftring Caufe; That fo be might refer us to the Supreme Power and Efficiency of the Father, as the Maker of all things.

This Phrafe therefore, [di aur, per illum, By or Through Him,] is used to diftinguish the Operation of the Son, from that of the Father, when each of them are faid to create the World. Thus St Paul exprefly, 1 Cor. viii,6; To us there is but one God, [viz.] the Father, OF whom [, ex or à quo,] are all things, and We in Him; and One Lord, [viz.] fefus Chrift, BY(or Through) whom [di, per quem]are all things, and we by him. So again, Ephef. iii, 9, GOD bo created all things Br[] fefus Chrift. And Heb. i,2, By [2/g] whom alfo, HE made the Worlds. The bare Use of the Præpofitions fingly, is not indeed of itself a fufficient Foundation for these Diftinctions: (For, dig, is used also of the Father, Rom. xi, 36, and Heb. ii, 10, By whom are all things; And,ev d, of the Son, Col. i, 16, BY or IN him were all things created; And,s,in a Senfe fomewhat different, is ufed ambiguoufly whether of the Father or the Son, Eph. iii, 15, OF whom the whole Family in Heaven and Earth is named:) But when they are used in exprefs contradiftinétion to each other, as in that paffage now-cited, 1 Cor. viii, 6; they cannot but very much strengthen an Interpretation grounded at the fame time on other Texts and upon the whole Tenour of Scripture. See No 1228.

All things were made by him.] The Socinian Interpretation of these words, that The New Creation was made

by

bim, or, All things relating to the Difpenfation of the Goffel were Done by him, is extremely forced and unnatural: And Other exprefs Texts, lead us to a literal Interpretation of This. Ver. 10th of This Chapter; The World was made by him. Heb. i, 2: By whom alfo be made the Worlds, T8s divas, the Ages:] Which cannot be understood of the State of the Gofpel only. Col. i, 16, For by him were all things created, that are in Heaven, and that are in Earth, visible and invifible, &c,

547. Job. i, 10. The World was made by Him.

548.

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Cor. viii, 6. To Us there is but One God, [viz. the Father, Of whom are all things, and We in Him; and One Lord, [viz.] Jefus Chrift, By whom are all things, and We by Him.

See N° 546 & 1228.

549. Ephef. iii, 9. God, who created all things by Jefus Chrift.

550. Col. i; 16, 17. For by him [Gr. in him] were all things created, that are in Heaven and that are in Earth, vifible, and invifible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers, all things were created by him [or, through him,] and for him.

And he is before all things, and by him all things confist.

Nothing can be more forced and unnatural, than the Socinians Interpretation of this paffage; who

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understand it figuratively, of the New Creation by the Gospel.

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551. Heb. i, 2. By whom alfo He made the LA Worlds.

552.

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8; 10, 11. But unto the Son, he faith; Thou, Lord, in the Beginning hast laid the Foundation of the Earth, and the Heavens are the Works of thine Hands:

They fhall perish, but thou remainest; and they all fhall wax old as doth a garment;

And as a Vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they fhall be changed; but thou art the fame, and thy years shall not fail.

iii, 3. For This man was counted worthy of more glory than Mofes, inasmuch as be who hath builded the Houfe, hath more honour than the House.

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The Paffages, wherein the Other Higheft Titles, Perfections and Powers, are afcribed to Him.

554.

M. Thoughts, &c.

AT. ix, 4. And Jefus, † knowing their

+ See N.362, 669.

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Mat.

555. Mat. xi, 27. And † no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; * neither knoweth any man the Father, fave the Son, and he to whomfoever the Son will reveal him.

556.

of

+ The Incarnation of Chrift, and the Preaching a the Gospel to the Whole World, was a Mystery hid from Ages and from Generations, in the fecret Counfel of God; and which even the Angels themfelves defired to look into.

*This is explained by St John. ch. i, 18. No man bath feen God at any time; The only begotten Son, which is in the Bofom of the Father, he hath declared bim.

xii, 6. In this place is One greater

than the Temple.

557.

&c.

558.

25. And Jesus knew their Thoughts,

See No 362, 659.

xviii, 20. Where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the midst of them.

559.

xxviii, 18. All Power

in Hea

ven and in Earth.

560.

zo. And lo, I am with you always,

20.

even unto the End of the World.

561. Mar. i, 1. Jefus Chrift, the Son of God. And fo frequently in other places.

Mar.

562. Mar ii, 8. Jefus perceived in his Spirit, that they fo reafoned within themselves.

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563. xvi, 20. The Lord working with them.

564. Luke vii; 39, 40. The Pharifee -Spake within himself;

565.

566.

And Jefus anfwering, faid unto him, &c.

ix, 47. Jefus, perceiving the Thought

of their Heart.

xxi, 15. I will give you a Mouth

and Wisdom.

567. Joh.i; 1,2.In the Beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,

568.

569.

.570.

The fame was in the Beginning with God. Had glory with God before the World was, Joh. xvii, 5. See N° 535.

18. The only-begotten Sons

And often in other places.

18. The only-begotten Son, which

is in the Bofom of the Father.

29. The Lamb of God, which taketh away the Sin of the World.

571. 48. Before that Philip called thee, when thou waft under the Fig-tree, I saw

thee.

Job.

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