* John i. 14, 18; v. 18. Rom. viii. 32. Mat. iii. 17. 1 Phil. ii 6. k Thou, O Bleffed Jefu, art the Only Son of God, the Only Begotten Son, full of Grace and Truth; Thou art the Only Beloved Son, in whom Thy Father is well pleafed; 'tis only in Thee, and for Thee, that finners have hope; and therefore all Love, all Glory be to Thee. Thou art Equal' to Thy Father, O Jefu, in Amiableness and in Love to us, and art equally to be loved by us; and therefore all Love and Praise be to the Father that I John v. 1. eternally begat," and to the Son Eternally Begotten. kAnd the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. No man hath feen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bofom of the Father, He hath declared Him. Therefore the Jews fought the more to kill Him, because He had not only broken the fabbath, but faid also that God was His Father, making Himfelf equal with God. He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how fhall He not with Him alfo freely give us all things? And lo a voice from Heaven, faying, This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased. 1 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God. I Dur Lord. n n BELIEVE, O Thou Eternal Son of His Deity. the Father, that Thou art the Great Tit. ii. 13. and True God, Jehovah our Righteouf • 1 John v. 20. nefs, God above all bleed for ever, and Jer. xxiii, 6. Mighty to fave: All Love, all Glory be to Thee. I believe, O Lord Jefus, that Thou in Whofoever believeth that Jefus is the Christ, is born of God: and every one that loveth Him that begat, loveth Him alfo that is begotten of Him. n Looking for that bleffed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jefus Christ. • And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His Son Jefus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. P In His days Judah fhall be faved, and Ifrael fhall dwell fafely and this is His name whereby He fhall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. q Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Chrift came, Who is over all, God bleffed for ever. Amen. Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in His apparel, travelling in the greatness of His strength? I that speak in righteoufnefs, mighty to fave. 9 Rom. ix. 5. r Ifaiah lxiii. I. $ John i. 3. t Heb. i. 3, IO. u Heb. i. 6. Phil. ii. 10. John v. 23. v Rev. xix. 16. didst make, and dost sustain all things by Thy power, and that Thou art to be bonoured by men, and by angels, as Thy Father is honoured:" All Love, all Glory be to Thee. I believe, O Thou King of kings, and Lord of lords, that Thou art the Lord, w Eph. i. 21, and the Author of the new creation," as W 22; ii. 10. s All things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made, that was made. t Who being the brightness of His glory, and the exprefs image of His perfon, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our fins, fat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. And Thou, Lord, in the beginning haft laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the works of Thine hands. u And again, when He bringeth in the firftbegotten into the world, He faith, And let all the angels of God worship Him. That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son, honoureth not the Father which hath fent Him. ▾ And He hath on His vefture and on His thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. w Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this well as of the old, that Thou art more peculiarly Lord of us finners by purchase; * O that I, and all that own Thy dominion, may X I Cor. vi. 20. y for ever love, and revere, and obey Luke vi. 46. fo powerful and gracious a Lord! Who was conceived by the Holy I Gholt. 2. Of Man in his ftate of Humiliation. BELIEVE, O most condefcending Majefty, that when Thou didst stoop fo low as to affume our frail nature, the Holy Ghost came on Thy facred mother, and that the power of the Higheft did overShadow her, and that she did conceive, and Luke i. 31, Ꮓ world, but also in that which is to come : And hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the Head over all things to the church. For we are His workmanfhip, created in Chrift Jefus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. × For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which y And why call ye Me z And behold, thou fhalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a Son, and fhalt call His name Jefus. Then faid Mary unto the angel, How fhall this be, feeing I know not a man? And the angel an His Conception. z 34, 35, 42. His Birth. 7. lodge Thee in her womb, where Thou, who filleft heaven and earth, wert about nine months for our fakes imprisoned; and therefore all Love, all Glory be to Thee. I Born of the Uirgin Mary. BELIEVE, O most Adorable Humility, that Thou waft at last born into a Luke ii. 6, the world, that Thou having only God for Thy Father, and Mary, a pure virgin, for Thy mother, whom all generations do Luke i. 48. call blessed, both Thy conception and birth were perfectly Immaculate, that be fwered and faid unto her, And she spake out with a And fo it was, that while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And the brought forth her firstborn fon, and wrapped Him in fwaddling clothes, and laid Him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the Inn. b For He hath regarded the low eftate of His handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations fhall call me bleffed. |