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 the Word which judges; thus plainly showing that the title, Son of man, embraces within its signification the idea, of the Word. It is in reference to the Word that the Lord always assumed this name; and hence it was that the prophets by whose instrumentality so much of it has been delivered, are so frequently spoken of under the title, "Son of man." It was, as we have said, under this title that the Lord promised to execute judgment and to come again; and, in reference to those events, it is declared that the Son of man shall be revealed, which, doubtless, means that the Word should be made clear; that the sense of it should be manifest. And lest there should be any doubt upon this point, it is written in the Book of the Revelation, where this judgment and consequent coming are treated of, that His name on that occasion "is called the Word of God."

Other evidences in illustration could easily be adduced; but these are sufficient for our purpose: we see from them that besides the Divine Personal idea included in the two titles, Son of God, and Son of man, they also reveal the Lord to us as the Word. It is only by the Word that we can know Him; He is "the Truth," which it contains. It is as the Word that He is to come to execute judgment, and carry on the purposes of His second advent. He is eminently present in His Word. It is by the laws of His Word that the wicked are condemned, and that the faithful are saved. It is through the Word that the Lord communicates his saving blessing to the world: that is the medium which He has mercifully provided for sustaining a mental connection between Himself and man, and of that Word He is the Spirit and the life. As the Judge of all the earth, He always judges by His Word: He comes to