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Rh Compare St. John i. 3, with Heb. i. 2, by which it appears that the Word and the Son equally made the world.

Prove that He was "begotten from everlasting of the Father."

St. John i. 1; Col. i. 15-17; Micah v. 2.

He was "in the beginning with God," "before all things that were created:" and "His goings forth have been of old, from everlasting."

What do you mean by saying that He is "very God?"

That He is God in the fullest sense.

Prove it from Scripture.

Col. i. 16, 17; Heb. i. 3; Rev. xxii. 13. He is "before all things, and by Him all things consist; all things were created by Him and for Him;" "He upholdeth all things by the word of His power;" He is "the beginning and the ending, the first and the last."

Prove that He is "eternal God."

Rev. i. 17, 18; xxii. 13.

Prove that He is "of one substance with the Father."

It would follow from His being the Son.

Prove it from Holy Scripture.

Col. i. 15; Heb. i. 3; St. John x. 30; xiv. 9-11.

He is "the image of the invisible God," "the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person;" he that hath seen Him hath seen the Father; He and the Father are one.