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A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored
A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored; and the King of Glory proclaimed; on a day of prayer kept (May 10. 1721) at the opening of the New Brick Meeting House in the north part of Boston, by the ministers of the city, with the Society which built it, & this day swarmed into it. / By Cotton Mather, D.D. and F.R.S. ; [Two lines from Isaiah]
Boston: printed for Robert Starkey. And sold, 1721
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I. When our SAVIOUR is called The LORD of Hosts, you are aware, that the Name of JEHOVAH, is ascribed unto Him. The Denomination in the Original is, JEHOVAH Zabaoth. Yea, Even, in the Greek of our New-Testament so much of the Hebrew Appellation is retained, that we read J•m. V.4. concerning, The Lord of Sabaoth. It is most certain, That the Name, JEHOVAH, does belong unto our SAVIOUR. That Appellation, Which is, and which was, and which is to come, is but the Translation of the Name JEHOVAH. The Prophet was an Eye-witness to the Seraphim; Isa. VI.3. who Cried One to Another, and said, Holy, ⟨p. 7⟩Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Host; or JEHOVAH Sabaoth. Now, a very sure Interpreter has assured us; Joh. XII.41. These things said Isaiah, when He saw His Glory, and spake of Him. Yea, Don't we find in the Ancient Prophecies, the crucifixion of the Messiah foretold in those Terms, JEHOVAH Says, They pierced me? And •is not the Messiah Styled, JEHOVAH our Righteousness! It is most certain, That JEHOVAH the God of Israel, was the Supreme God, And it is most Certain, That our SAVIOUR was the very same with JEHOVAH, the God of Israel JEHOVAH is an Incommunicable Name. The Name is peculiar to the most High God. It is among the Songs, which God our Maker has given unto us; Psal. VII.17. I will Sing praise unto the Name of JEHOVAH, the most High. And Psal. LXXXIII.18. Thou whose Name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most High. It follows then, that our SAVIOUR is not Inferior to the most High God. I demand it, on the behalf of my Glorious King, that when you Acknowledge Him to be, The Son of God, you consider ⟨p. 8⟩Him as, Equal with GOD. It is no Robbery, to make such a Claim for Him. Christians, Adore your SAVIOUR, as very JEHOVAH, the Same in substance, and Equal in Power, with His Eternal Father. I cannot say, you are worthy to be called Christians, if you do not so. But this I will say, you are Idolaters, and will Die in your Sins, if you do not so.