Whatever is true either of the soul or body may be predicated of a man as a person ; and whatever is true of either the di- vine or human nature of Christ may be predicated of Christ as a person. We need not hesitate therefore to say with Paul, the Lord of glory was crucified ; or even, in accordance with the received text in Acts 20, 28, "God purchased the church with his blood." The person who died was truly God, al- though the divine nature no more died than the soul of man does when the breath leaves his body.
9. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
The meaning of this verse is plain, although there are sev- eral difficulties connected with it. Paul had said, he preached the hidden wisdom of God, which none of the princes of this world knew ; he taught what no eye hath seen, nor ear heard, nor heart conceived. That is, he preached truth undiscover- able by human reason. To e7iter into the heart means to occur to the mind. Compare in the Hebrew, Isaiah 65, 17.
The first difficulty connected with this verse is a gram- matical one, which does not appear in our version because of the freedom of the translation. Literally the passage reads, * What no eye saw, and no ear heard, and no heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him — .' The sen- tence is incomplete. This difficulty may be met either by a reference to the usage referred to in the note on the last verse of the preceding chapter, v. 31, the custom of the apostles to quote passages from the Old Testament without weaving them grammatically into their own discourses. Or, we may supply, as many do, the word (XaXov/Acv) ' we speak what God hath prepared for those who love him.' Or this verse may be con- nected with what follows :' ' What eye hath not seen — what (namely) God hath prepared for his people, he hath revealed to us by his Spirit.' — ^The first of these explanations is gener- ally adopted and is the most satisfactory.
The second difficulty relates to the passage quoted. As the formula, " As it is written," is never used by the apostles except in the citation of the canonical books of the Old Testament, it cannot be admitted that Paul intended to quote either some book now lost, or some apocryphal writing. If it be assumed