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told. We can tell you he is the only begotten of the Father, but we cannot tell you the manner of his generation; it is a secret that God has drawn a vail, and it is dangerous to venture into a search of it; and they that have attempted it, have commonly been boged into Arian, Arminian, and Sabellian errors. Considering him as man, he is sprung of a race of ancient Kings, enormous catalogue of them you read of in first Matthew.———And who can declare his generation then as man? For he was born of a Virgin, and conceived by the overshadowing power of the highest. Then,
3. He is renowned for his name.———"He hath a name above every name that can be named, Whether in this world or that which is to come."
4. He is renowned for his Wisdom.———For, “All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in him."
5. He is renowned for his Power.———For he is "not only the Wisdom of God, but the Power of God. He is" the Man of God's right hand, even the Son of Man, whom he hath made strong for himself.
6. He is renowned for his Veracity and Fidelity. for, "Faithfulness is the girdle of his loins. have you got a word from him? Depend upon it, is a sicker word, it does not fail: The word of the Lord endures for ever, when heaven and earth. shall pass away
7. He is renowned for his Righteousness. For, He hath brought in an everlasting Righteousness, whereby the Law is magnified and made honourable; and thy the imputation of which, the guilty transgressors are acquitted: "He was made for us, who knew no sin, that we might be
