In the Text we have the act and Object; the act in the Original is very emphatical, [Greek or Hebrew]; the English doth not fully express it; it signifies an averting, or drawing off the eye from one object to another; there are two expressions, [Greek or Hebrew] and [Greek or Hebrew]; the one signifies a turning of the eye from all other objects; the other a fast fixing of the eye upon such an object, and only upon such. So it is both a looking off, and a looking on. On what? That is the object, a looking unto Jesus; a Title that denotes his mercy and bounty, as Christ denotes his office and function. I shall not be so curious as to enquire why Jesus, and not Christ is nominated; I suppose the person is aimed at which implies them both; only this may be observed, that Jesus is the purest Gospel Name of all other names; Jesus was not the dialect of the Old Testament; the first place that ever we read of this title as given to Christ, it is in Matth. 1.21.1 Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. Some observe that this Name Jesus was given him twice; once till death, Matth. 1.21. and afterwards for ever, Phil. 2.10. the first was a note of his entering into Covenant with God to fulfil the Law for us, & to die for our sins, the second was a note of so meritorious a person, who for his humility was more exalted than any person ever hath been, or shall be. First, Jesus was the humble name of his deserving grace: now Jesus is the exalted name of his transcendent glory: at first the Jews did Crucify Jesus, and his name; & the Apostle did then distrust whether Jesus was the true Jesus; but now God hath raised him from the dead,2 & hath highly exalted him, & given him a name above every name, that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. My meaning is not to insist on this Name in contradistinction to any other names of Christ; he is often called Christ, and Lord, and Mediator, and Son of God, and Emmanuel; Why Jesus is all these; Jesus is Christ, as he is the anointed of God; and Jesus is Lord, as he hath dominion over all the world; and Jesus is Mediator, as he is the reconciler of God & man; and Jesus is the Son of God, as he was eternally begotten before all worlds; and Jesus is Emmanuel, as he was incarnate, and so God with us.
In the Text we have the act and Object; the act in the Original is very emphatical, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; the English doth not fully express it; it signifies an averting, or drawing off the eye from one object to another; there are two expressions, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 and 〈non-Latin alphabet〉; the one signifies a turning of the eye from all other objects; the other a fast fixing of the eye upon such an object, and only upon such. So it is both a looking off, and a looking on. On what? That is the object, a looking unto Jesus; a Title that denotes his mercy and bounty, as Christ denotes his office and function. I shall not be so curious as to enquire why Jesus, and not Christ is nominated; I suppose the person is aimed at which implies them both; only this may be observed, that Jesus is the purest Gospel Name of all other names; Jesus was not the dialect of the Old Testament; the first place that ever we read of this title as given to Christ, it is in Matth. 1.21.1 Thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins. Some observe that this Name Jesus was given him twice; once till death, Matth. 1.21. and afterwards for ever, Phil. 2.10. the first was a note of his entering into Covenant with God to fulfill the Law for us, & to die for our sins, the second was a note of so meritorious a person, who for his humility was more exalted than any person ever hath been, or shall be. First, Jesus was the humble name of his deserving grace: now Jesus is the exalted name of his transcendent glory: at first the Jewes did Crucifie Jesus, and his name; & the Apostle did then distrust whether Jesus was the true Jesus; but now God hath raised him from the dead,2 & hath highly exalted him, & given him a name above every name, that at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. My meaning is not to insist on this Name in contradistinction to any other names of Christ; he is often called Christ, and Lord, and Mediatour, and Son of God, and Emmanuel; Why Jesus is all these; Jesus is Christ, as he is the annointed of God; and Jesus is Lord, as he hath dominion over all the world; and Jesus is Mediatour, as he is the reconciler of God & man; and Jesus is the Son of God, as he was eternally begotten before all worlds; and Jesus is Emmanuel, as he was incarnate, and so God with us.
- 1Mat. 1.21.
- 2Luk. 24.21. Phil. 2.9.10.
