...decay. This is elegantly and nobly exprefled by the Pfahnift, Pfal. cii. 25, 26, 27. Of old haft thou laid the Foundations of the Earth, and the Heavens are the Work of thine Hands. They Jhall perJh, but thou Jlalt endure; yea all of them Jhall wax old like a Garment ; as a Vefture...

...sceptre of thy kingdom." To the same purpose, ver. 10. quoted from Psalm cii. 25, 26. « And thou, Lord, in the beginning, hast laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work ofthine hands." These words are evidently spoken of the Jehovah of Israel, but here applied...

...triumph ? COLLECT. THOU, O God, art glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders ! Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thy hands. Thou saidst, Let there be light, and there was light. And thou art also the...

...To the fame purpofe ver. ю quoted from Pfalm cii. 25, 26, " And thou Lord, in the beginning, hail laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thine hands." Thefe words arc evidently f poke n of the Jehovah of Ifrael, but here applied by the Father to the...

...God. is unchangeable in regard of his nature andeflence. Pfal. rii. 25, 26,. 27. ' Of old thou h,aft laid. the foundations of the earth ; and the heavens are the work, of thine hands. They Hi: til pcrifh, but thou fhalt endure : they fhall be changed, but thou art the fame.' 2> God...

...Psalmist expresses the majesty, power, and immutability of God, in these sublime terms: r' Of old thou hast laid the foundations of the earth, and " the heavens are the work of thine hands. They shall " perish, but thou shalt endure ; yea, all of them shall " wax old like a garment; as a...

...&c." All which three verses are spoken concerning Christ, as appears in Heb. i. 10, &c. " Thou, I*ord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands, &c." And here it is proper to take notice of four things : 1. That the way whereby...

...throne, OGod, is for ever and ever, a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom ;" " thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the works of thy hands." A passage peculiarly necessary to evince his superiority to angels, because...

...the sceptre of thy kingdom." To the same purpose, ver. 10. quoted from Psalm cii. 25, 26. " And thou, Lord, in the beginning, hast laid the foundations...earth, and the heavens are the work of thine hands." These words are evidently spoken of the Jehovah of Israel, but here applied by the Father to the Son....

...ever,' &c. and from thence conclude that the Son is but a mere man like ourselves > Or thus, ' Thou, Lord, in the beginning, hast laid the foundations ' of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands,' and still conclude, that the person thus addressed by the Father, had no being...