St.  Paul  tells  us,  ^^  there  be  gods  many  and  lords
many,''  but  that  ^^  to  us  there  is  but  one  Gt)d,  the
Father,  and  one  Lord  Jesus  Christ]:."  Again,
others  have  made  objection  that  wherever  "  Go(P*  is
used  absolutely y  as  the  subject  of  any  proposition,  it
is  not  to  be  understood  of  Christ;  and  that  where
the  name  God  is  applied  to  Him  it  is  in  an  inferior
sense.  To  this  we  quote  St.  Paul,  ^'  God  was  ma-
nifested in  the  flesh,  justified  in  Spirit,  seen  of  an-


*  Compare  Isai.  vi.  1. 3.  et  seq.  with  John  xiL  36,  et  seq.
t  Psahnzao.  t  1  Cor.  viii  6,  &


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gels,  preached  unto  the  Gentiles,  believed  on  in  the
world,  received  up  into  glory*."  And  this  God
must  be  understood  of  Christ,  because  each  one  of
these  propositions  is  true  of  Hiniy  and  all  of  them
are  true  of  none  but  Him ;  not  of  the  Holy  Ghost j
as  being  justified  by  the  Spirit,  nor  of  the  Father  as
being  manifested  in  the  flesh;  therefore  only  of
Christ.  St.  Paul  again  says,  "  the  Church  of  God,
which  He  has  pui'chased  with  His  own  blood  t  ;**
which  cannot  be  understood  of  any  but  Christ.
