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compared with Psalms ex. I, 2; "The Lord said unto
my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine
enemies thy footstool. The Lord shall send the rod of
thy strength out of Zion : rule thou in the midst of
thine enemies." This passage is simply applied to the
Messiah, manifesting that the victory gained by him
over his enemies was entirely owing to the influence
of God.

John x. 35: "Ye are gods"—compared with
Psalm lxxxii. 1,6, 7: "God standeth in the congre-
gation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.
I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are chilldren of
the Most High : but ye shall die like men, and fall like
one of the princes ;" wherein Jesus shews from this
quotation, that the term God is figuratively applicable
in the Scriptures to creatures of a superior nature.

Quotations made by Jesus himselj, nearly agreeing
with the Hebreiv.

Matthew iv. 10 : "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy
God, and him only shalt thou serve"—compared with
Dent. vi. 13 : "Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and
serve him, and shalt swear by his name."

Matthew xiii. 14 : " By hearing ye shall hear, and
shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see, and shall
not perceive"—compared with Isaiah vi. 9, and its
context, "I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom
shall I send, and who will go for us ? Then said Ir
(Isaiah,) Here am I, send me. And he said, Go and tell
this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not ; and
see ye indeed, but perceive not." This censure has
original reference to the conduct of the people to whopi
 
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