Selected quad for the lemma: glory_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A47328
|
A demonstration of the Messias. Part I in which the truth of the Christian religion is proved, especially against the Jews / by Richard Kidder.
|
Kidder, Richard, 1633-1703.
|
1684
(1684)
|
Wing K402; ESTC R19346
|
212,427
|
527
|
into Heaven and to be concerned there in behalf of his people Secondly that our Jesus did ascend into Heaven and is there concerned on the behalf of his people Thirdly I shall shew that the divine Authour of the Epistle to the Hebrews does chap. 9.24 and elsewhere infer this truth from the avowed principles of the Jewish Writers Fourthly I shall make it appear from the effects following upon the exaltation of Jesus in Heaven that he did ascend thither and was there concerned on our behalf and that therefore our Jesus is the Christ I shall shew that the Messias was to ascend into Heaven and to be concerned there in behalf of his people This was foretold in the Old Testament Thou hast ascended on high thou hast led captivity captive thou hast received gifts for men Psalm 68.18 These words are not onely applied by St. Paul to this purpose Eph. 4.8 but with great reason they are so applied The occasion of that Psalm was the removal of the Ark Psal 68.1 1 Chron. 13.5 which of a long time had been separated from the Tabernacle of the congregation which Moses had made for it And as this Ark was an eminent type of the Messias so the place assigned both by Moses and afterward by Solomon for the reception thereof was a type of Heaven as shall be shewed afterwards And therefore it shall not need to seem strange to any man that those words which were at first used with reference to the Ark should be applied to the ascension of the Messias And this may be the more reasonably presumed to be implied in those words of the Psalmist if we compare them with the words of another Psalm relating to this matter Psal 24. where we find the Ark the symbol of God's special presence called the King of glory and it's reception into the place prepared for it represented in such words as do serve to express the reception of a glorious King into his Palace and Throne Lift up your heads Vid. The Dean of Peterburgh's Argument to Ps 24. O ye gates even lift them up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in Who is this King of glory The Lord of hosts he is the King of glory Besides what hath been said to justifie the Apostle's application of those words to the Ascension of the Messias into Heaven I may add farther that the words themselves cannot so properly be applied to any person as to the Messias when he did ascend up into Heaven Psal 7.8.93.4.71.19 For what we render on high is observed in the Psalmist's phrase to signifie Heaven and to be applied unto God And the following words thou hast led Captivity Captive c. do very fitly agree with the conquest which Christ obtained over death and over the Devil whom he triumphantly led Captive when he went up into Heaven and he did as those who triumphed were wont to doe upon this Ascension of his into Heaven bestow great gifts upon mankind the bestowing of which was an argument that when he was exalted into Heaven himself he did not forget his followers but did by the gifts which he bestowed make it appear that he was concerned there in behalf of his people Another prophecy to this purpose we find in Micah Mic. 2.13 The breaker is come up before them They have broken up and have passed through the gate and are gone out by it and their King shall pass before them and the Lord on the head of them I will by no means enter into a particular explication of this place See Raimund Pug fidei par 3. dist 3. c. 18. and D. Pocock on Micah 2.13 nor shall I need to prove that it belongs to this matter for which it is produced because the Jews themselves grant that these words are to be understood of the Messias and the latter Jews confess that this was the opinion of their Ancient writers I shall name but one more but that is a very eminent and conspicuous one The Lord said unto my Lord Ps 110.1 sit thou at my right hand untill I make thine enemies thy footstool Now these words do so belong to the Messias that they cannot be applied to any other person And whereas several predictions which concern the Messias had also a reference first to some other eminent person who was a type of him The words of this Psalm throughout do immediately belong to him and cannot in any tolerable sense be applied to Abraham or David Ezekiah or Zorobabel or any other person whatsoever And though the Jews have exercised their wits in perverting the sense of this Psalm and applying it to some other person P. Galatin de arcan Cathol veritat is l. 8. c. 24. yet as they have been very unhappy in it so several of them have been forced to confess that these words are to be understood of the Messias And without all doubt the ancient Jews did with one consent interpret this Psalm of the Messias who is said not onely to sit at God's right hand but also to be a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedeck which words can not be with truth affirmed of any other person whatsoever And Jesus did apply these words to the Messias and so far stopped the mouths of the Pharisees that they were not able to reply Matt. 22. v. 42 43 44 45. What think ye says Jesus to them of Christ Whose Son is he They say unto him the Son of David He saith unto them how then doth David in Spirit call him Lord saying the Lord said unto my Lord sit thou on my right hand till I make thine eâ—emies thy footstool If David then call him Lord how is he his Son This put them to silence which it would not have done if these words had not been confessed to belong to the Messias Had it not been the sense of the whole Nation that the Psalm belongs to him they could soon have answered our Saviour in this place And as this place was made use of by Jesus so it was by his followers also to the same purpose and to the same persons viz. the Jews also Act. 2.34 St. Peter tells them that David is not ascended into the heavens but he saith himself The Lord said unto my Lord sit thou on my right hand c. To the same purpose are these words justly applied by St. Paul 1 Cor. 15.25 in his Epistle to the Corinthians and the Authour of the Epistle to the Hebrews mentions this as a peculiar belonging to the Messias and not to the Angels those excellent Ministers of God To which of the Angels said he at any time sit on my right hand untill I make thine enemies thy footstool Heb. 1.13 with ch 5.6.10.12 13. Now this sitting on the right hand of God does denote the exaltation of the Messias and not onely that but his great power and authority and his being concerned
School-master to bring us unto Christ that we might be justified by faith Whoever duly considers what hath been said above of the nature of many of the Mosaical precepts which were of their own nature things very minute of their symbolicalness and reference to better things to come of the malediction to which the transgressours of the Law were subject and the defectiveness of the Legal Sacrifices and the slender hope of pardon which that Law afforded will easily understand that the Law was a School-master to bring men to Christ The Law shewed men their disease but did not cure and heal them but referred them to some better provision which our Lord hath made for us in the Gospel What hath been said does sufficiently prove that the Christian Religion does very much surpass that of the Jews And also that our Jesus is that very Christ who was promised from the beginning and was the hope and expectation of the faithfull in the Old Testament FINIS Places of Scripture Explained Chap. Ver. GEnesis IX 6. Whoso sheddeth man's bloud by man shall his bloud be shed for in the image of God c. Page p. 400 Chap. Ver. XII 3. with XXII 18. And in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed And in thy seed shall the Nations c. Page 51 52 Chap. Ver. XXII 4. And on the third day Abraham lift up his eyes c. Page 300 Chap. Ver. XXXV 21. And Israel journeyed and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar Page 63 64 Chap. Ver. XLIX 10. The sceptre shall not depart from Judah nor a lawgiver from between his feet untill Shiloh come and unto him shall the gathering of the people be Page 74 75 82 Chap. Ver. Ib. 18. I have waited for thy salvation O Lord. Page 14 15 Chap. Ver. Exodus XII 6. And the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening Page 214 Chap. Ver. Numbers XIII 16. And. Moses called Oshea the Son of Nun Jehoshua Page 11 Chap. Ver. XVI 5. And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company saying even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his and who is holy and will cause him to come near unto him even him c. Page 136 Chap. Ver. XXI 9. And Moses made a Serpent of brass and put it upon a pole and it came to pass that if a Serpent had bitten any man when he beheld the Serpent of brass he lived Page 210 Chap. Ver. Deuteronomy XVI 6. But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in there thou shalt Sacrifice the Passeover at even at the going down of the Sun at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt Page 222. Chap. Ver. XVIII 18. I will raise them up a Prophet from among their Brethren like unto thee and will put my words in his mouth and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him Page 87 88 Chap. Ver. XXIII II. But it shall be when evening cometh on he shall wash himself with water and when the Sun is down he shall come into the camp again Page 217 Chap. Ver. 2 Samuel II. 4. And the men of Judah came and there they anointed David King over the house of Judah c. Page 38 Chap. Ver. XI 2. And it came to pass in an evening-tide that David arose from off his bed and walked upon the roof of the King 's House c. Page 217 218 Chap. Ver. 1 King XIX 16. And Jehu the Son Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be King over Israel and Elisha the Son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah shalt thou anoint c. Page 31 32 Chap. Ver. Job I. 21. And said Naked came I out of my Mothers Womb and naked shall I return thither c. Page 287 Chap. Ver. Psalms II. 7. with Act. XIII 33 Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee Page 285 Chap. Ver. XIX 7. The law of the Lord is perfect c. Page 404 Chap. Ver. XXIV 9. Lift up your heads O ye Gates even lift them up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in Page 309 Chap. Ver. LI. 16. For thou desirest not Sacrifice else would I give it thou delightest not in burnt-offering Page 28 Chap. Ver. LXXXIX 30. to 37. If his children forsake my law c. Page 60 Chap. Ver. CX 1. The Lord said unto my Lord c. Page 311 Chap. Ver. CXLVII 19. He sheweth his word unto Jacob his statutes and his judgments unto Israel Page 407 Chap. Ver. Isaiah VII 14. Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign Behold a Virgin shall conceive c. Page 70 Chap. Ver. IX 1 2 3. Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation c. Page 95 96 Chap. Ver. LIII 9. And he made his grave c. Page 260 Chap. Ver. LXI 3. To preach good tidings unto the meek Page 104 112 Chap. Ver. Joel II. 28. I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh c. Page 129 Chap. Ver. Micah V. 2. But thou Bethlehem Ephratah c. Page 78 Chap. Ver. Ib. 9. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former c. Page 83 84 Chap. Ver. Zechariah IX 9. Rejoice greatly O daughter of Zion shout O daughter of Jerusalem c. Page 203 204 Chap. Ver. Malachi III. 1. Behold I will send my Messenger c. Page 100 Chap. Ver. St. Matthew I. 23. Behold a Virgin shall be with Child and shall bring forth a Son and they shall call his name Emanuel c. Page 7 8 Chap. Ver. II. 5 6. And they said unto him In Bethlehem of Judaea for thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethlehem in the land of Judah c. Page 66 67 Chap. Ver. IV. 14 15 16. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet saying The land of Zabulon c. Page 98 99 Chap. Ver. XI 4 5. Jesus answered and said unto them Goe and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see The blind receive their sight and the lame walk c. Page 106 107 Chap. Ver. XII 31. Wherefore I say unto you all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men but c. Page 461 c Chap. Ver. Ib. 32. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall be forgiven him but c. Page 461 463 Chap. Ver. Ib. 39 40. But he answered and said unto them An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign c. Page 293 Chap. Ver. Ib. 40. with Chap. XXVII 63. For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whales belly so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth Page 30â— Chap. Ver. XXVII 51. And behold the veil of the Temple was rent in twain c. Page 333 Chap. Ver. Ib. 63. After three days I