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 is true and perfect God, he is for time, co-eternal; for nature, co-eential; for dignity, co-equal with his Father.

Firt, for time, co-eternal, John xvii. 3. O Father, glorify thou me with thy elf, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. You ee here, irs, Chrit was before the world was, Chrit was from everlating, from the beginning, Pro. viii. 23. Speaking con cerning Chrit, 'I was et up from everlating, from the beginning, be fore ever the earth was.' And there fore Chrit is called 'the everlating Father.' Ia. ix. 6. So in Rev. i. 8. Chrit there peaking of himelf, faith, 'I am Alpha and Omega, the begin ning and the ending, which was, and is, and is to come, the Almighty.' Mark, irs, Chrit is the ame before time, in time, and after time; which was, and is, and is to come.———Now beloved, none can be eternal but God; but Chrit is eternal, and therefore he is God, and co-eternal with his father.

Secondly, He is for nature co-eential; 'I and my Father are one,' faith Chrift, John x. 30. 'There are three that bear record in heaven, the Fa- ther, the Word, and the Spirit, and