to the end he to increafe and abound in love, 625. 1 Cor. i, 24. Chrift, the Power of God, and the Wisdom of God. 626. 627. 628. 629. 630. ii, 8. The Lord of Glory. iv, 5. Until the Lord come, who both will bring to Light the hidden things of Darkness, and will make manifeft the Counfels of the Hearts. V; 4, 5. Lord Jefus Chrift; With the Power of our To deliver fuch an one unto Satan, for the destruction of the Flesh, &c. XV, 27. He hath put all things under his [viz. Chrifts] Feet. 47. The fecond man, is the Lord from Heaven. 631. 2 Cor. iv, 4. Chrift, who is the Image of God. 632. Ephef. i, 10. That he might gather together in One all things in Christ, both 633. which are in Heaven, and which are on Earth, even in Him. Ephef.i; 20,21,22,23. And fet him at his own right hand in the heavenly places ; Far above all Principality and Power and Might and Dominion, and every Name that is named, not only in this 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: Which is his Body, the Fulness of him that filleth all in all. 634. Ephef. iii, 15. Of whom the whole Family in Heaven and Earth is named. It is ambiguous whether thefe Words refer to Chrift, or to God the Father. If they refer to Christ, (as feems most natural;) the Senfe is the fame, as what the Apostle had before faid, ch. i, ver. 10 & 21, that in Chrift all things are gathered together in One, both which are in Heaven and which are on Earth; & ver. 22, that he is the Head over all things to the Church; & Col. i, 20, that by bim God hath reconciled all things to himself, whether they be things in Earth or things in Heaven; & Phil. ii, 9, that God bath given bim a Name which is above every Name, that at the Name of Jefus every knee should bow, of things in Heaven, and things in Earth, and things nader the Earth. 635. iv, II. And He gave, fome Apoftles, and fome Prophets, &c. Ephef. into him in all things, 636. Ephef. iv, 15. — 637. of God. v, 5.—the Kingdom of Christ and 638. Phil. ii; 5-11. Who being in the Form of God, &c. [See N° 934.) God alfo hath highly exalted him, and given him a Name which is above every Name; X 639. 640. That at the Name of Jefus every knee fhould bow, of things in Heaven, and things in Earth, and things under the Earth: And that every tongue fhould confefs that Jefus Chrift is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father. See No 934. iii, 21. According to the Working, whereby he is able to fubdue all things unto himself. iv, 13. I can do all things, through Chrift that ftrengthneth me. 641. Col. i; 15, 16. Who is the Image of the invifible God, the Firft-born of every Creature, (See N° 937.) For by Him [Gr. in Him] were all things created, &c. Col. 642. Coli; 17, 18, 19, 20. And he is before all things, and by him all things confift 643. 644 And He is the Head of the Body, the Church; who is the † Beginning, the Firstborn from the Dead, that in all things he might have the preheminence. For it pleafed the Father, that in Him fhould all Fulness dwell: * And by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by Him, I fay,, whether they be things in Earth, or things in Heaven. + See N° 672. * The Fulness of the Godhead, ch. ii, ver. 9. That in It, viz. in Ἵν ̓ ἐν αὐτῷ τὰ παίτα his Body, (fays Athanafius,) be might redeem all things, and bring back the World to bis Father, and reconcile all things both in Heaven and Earib. See No 188. 28, 29. ελευθερώσας, τα κόσμον we goalaly To Hasi, & ciςηνοποιήσῃ τὰ παύλα τὰ ἀν Βρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Eipft. ad Philadelphum. in Christ Jesus; according to his Working, which worketh in me mightily. ii. 3. In whom are hid all the Trea fures of Wisdom and Knowledge. It is ambiguous whether This refers to the Father, or to Chrift; but most probably, to Chrift. 645. Col. ii, 9. For in Him dwelleth all the Fulnefs of the Godhead bodily. 646. 647. 648. 649. Ch. i, ver. 19, It pleafed the Father, that in him fhould all Fulness dwell; and Joh. xiv, 10, The Father that dwelleth in Me, he doth the Works. IO. Which is the Head of all Prin cipality and Power. iii, 1. right hand of God. Where Chrift fitteth on the II. But Chrift is all, and in all. 13. Even as Chrift forgave you. 650. 1 Tim. i, 16. That in Me first, Jefus Chrift might bew forth all long-fuffering, for a pattern to them which fhould hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 651. Heb. i, 2. Whom he hath appointed Heir of all things, by whom alfo he made the Worlds. 652. 3, &c. Who being the Brightness of his Glory, and the exprefs Image of his Perfon, and upholding all things by the Word of his Power, fat down on the right hand of the Majefty on high. Being made fo much better than the An gels |