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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 3 › Chapter 1 › Section 4: Of the Covenant of promise as manifested to Moses.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
11. I am Jehovah: we read that he appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by the name of God Almighty, but now he was known to the Israelites by his name Jehovah, I am the Lord. Why, was it not by that name that he appeared to Abraham, Isaac, ⟨p. 73⟩and Jacob? no, no, saith God; by my name Jehovah was I not known to them. This hath occasioned a question, how can this be? do we not read expressly that God said to Abraham, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees? and again; I am the Lord God of Abraham thy Father, and the God of Isaac?2 how then is it said that by his name Jehovah he was not known unto them? This place hath perplexed many of the learned: but the meaning seems to be this, that though he was known to the Patriarchs by his name Jehovah, as it consists of letters, syllables, and sounds; yet he was not experimentally known unto them in his constancy to perform his promise in bringing them out of the land of Egypt until now. This name Jehovah denotes both his being in himself and his giving of being, or performance to his word, and promise; thus indeed he was not known, or manifested to the Patriarchs: they only were sustained by faith in Gods almighty power, without receiving the thing promised; it is said of Abraham, that while he was yet alive,3 God gave him no inheritance in Canaan, no not so much as to set his foot on, yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him; and now when his seed came to receive the Promise, and to have full knowledge and experience of his Power and goodness, then they knew the efficacy of his name Jehovah. So upon performance of further promises, he saith, they shall know him to be Jehovah, 4and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.—therefore my people shall know my name, they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak, behold it is I.
11. I am Jehovah: we read that he appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by the name of God Almighty, but now he was known to the Israelites by his name Jehovah, I am the Lord. Why, was it not by that name that he appeared to Abraham, Isaac,