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Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition…
Christs eternal existence, and the dignity of his person asserted and proved in opposition to the doctrine of the Socinians : in several sermons on Col. I, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 verses / by the Reverend Tho. Manton.
London printed : s.n., 1685
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.
THE Apostle had told us in the former Verse, that Jesus Christ is the first-born of every Creature: The Arians thence concluded that he himself was created out of nothing in order of time before the World: But it is not the first created of any creature, but the first-born, which noteth a precedency, not only in point of Antiquity, but Dignity; and is as much as to say, Lord of every creature. For the first-born was the Lord of the rest, and the Title may be given either Relatively or comparatively.
THE Apostle had told us in the former Verse, that Jesus Christ is the first-born of every Creature: The Arrians thence concluded that he himself was created out of nothing in order of time before the World: But it is not the first created of any creature, but the first-born, which noteth a precedency, not only in point of Antiquity, but Dignity; and is as much as to say, Lord of every creature. For the first-born was the Lord of the rest, and the Title may be given either Relatively or comparatively.
1. Relatively; when the rest are of the same stock, or have the relation of Brethren to him that hath the preeminence. So it is given to Christ with respect to new Creatures, Rom. 8.29, That he might be the first-born among many brethren.
1. Relatively; when the rest are of the same stock, or have the relation of Brethren to him that hath the preheminence. So it is given to Christ with respect to new Creatures, Rom. 8.29, That he might be the first-born among many brethren.