CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Let us unfold this Doctrine for it will be of great use both doctrinally and practically.

¹And 1. The Lord Christ hath the same Name and Titles that God the Father hath, Even that Name which they call the incommunicable Name Jehovah, and that is never given directly to any creature, yet that is attributed to Christ, Heb. 1.10. Thou O Jehovah hast founded the Heavens and the Earth; That spoken by the Psalmist the Apostle doth expressly apply to Christ himself, and although some observe that in the New commonly the Father is called [Greek or Hebrew], and the Son [Greek or Hebrew], as 1 Cor. 8. We have one God the Father of all, and we have one Lord, yet Christ is often called God. Rom. 9.11. He is called God blessed for evermore; And 2 John This is the true God. And 1 Tim. 3.26. God manifested in the flesh, So that he is called God as well as Lord; Now then this argueth Christs Deity, that he hath the same Titles with God; Magistrates indeed are called gods, and Moses is said to be a God to Pharaoh, but not absolutely as Christ is, but respectively for such an end and purpose, viz. to direct and govern: For the Name of God is God, as Rabbins say, God is his Name and his Name is God; If it be a capital crime amongst men, to give the Titles of the Supreme power to those that have it not, or to deny it to those to whom it belong•; Take heed then thou beest not found in the number of those that thinkest it robbery what Christ himself did not to make him equal with God.

¹And 1. The Lord Christ hath the same Name and Titles that God the Father hath, Even that Name which they call the incommunicable Name Jehovah, and that is never given directly to any creature, yet that is attributed to Christ,