A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

He is called the great God, partly in opposition to those, [Greek or Hebrew], that are only called Gods, the Vanities of the Gentiles: there are many that are called Gods; 1 Cor. 8.5, 6. For though there be that are called Gods, whether in Heaven or in Earth, (as there be Gods many, and Lords many) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. And partly in opposition to the Gods of Man's making; so the Devil is gotten to be a God; The God of this World hath blinded the Eyes of them which believe not, 2 Cor. 4.4. So we read of those whose God is their Belly, Phil. 3.19. As the Strength of Mens Desires run out, so they set up many Gods, either Mammon or Bacchus. And partly in Opposition to those representative Gods, Magistrates, who are called Gods; Psal. 82.6. I said ye are Gods: They resemble God in their Power and Sovereignty, and Administration of Justice, and large Opportunity of doing Good. But the chief Reason why Christ is called the great God, is, to show that he is not inferior to the Father, to remove the Scandal of his Abasement. He is not a God by Courtesy or Grant, but by Nature, equal in Power, and Majesty, and Glory, to God the Father.

He is called the great God, partly in opposition to those, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that are only called Gods, the Vanities of the Gentiles: there are many that are called Gods; 1 Cor. 8.5, 6. For though there be that are called Gods, whether in Heaven or in Earth, (as there be Gods many, and Lords many) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Iesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. And partly in opposition to the Gods of Man's making; so the Devil is gotten to be a God; The God of this World hath blinded the Eyes of them which believe not, 2 Cor. 4.4. So we read of those whose God is their Belly,