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preme, which are found in the ancient pro-
phets. For, according to our opponents,
Chriſt is in ſuch a manner the Lamb of God,
that another might have been ſo as well as
he, if the Eternal Sovereign had ſo ordain
ed,: but the Supreme Being is in ſuch a
manner JEHOVAH; the Mighty God; the
King of glory ; the Creator of heaven and
earth; and the Lord of hoſts; that none
but He can poſſibly have the glory. If, then,
we could not, without blaſphemy, apply to
any other man, whether by way of alluſion,
or of accommodation, this one character,
the Lamb of God, which, though peculiar
to Chriſt, has no relation to his eſſence ; how
much more impious would it be, to apply
to Jeſus ſo many grand titles of the Moſt
High, which are not only peculiar to him,
but expreſſive of his eſſence ? In the former
caſe, the honour of a creature, highly be-
loved of God, is prejudiced; in the latter,
the glory of God himſelf is injured. In that
the only danger is, leſt ſcandal be given by
a profane alluſion; in this, there would be
both ſcandal and ſeduction; ſuch ſeduction
as would terminate in idolatry and ruin. by
confounding the creature with the Creator.

Our oppoſers, then, may put their i-
magination upon the ſtretch and rack their
wits; they may labour to render ſome books
of the Holy Scripture ſuſpected, and ſpecu.
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