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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.
SERMON. V.
COL. 1.18. And he is the Head of the Body the Church, who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might have the preeminence.
COL. 1.18. And he is the Head of the Body the Church, who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in all things he might have the preheminence.
THE Context is spent in representing the Dignity and Excellency of Christ: He is set forth by three things.
1. By the excellency of the Benefits we have by him: the greatest the fallen Creature is capable of for the present, verse 14.
1. By the excellency of the Benefits we have by him: the greatest the faln Creature is capable of for the present, verse 14.