z Some take this particle ;/atively, connoting the conſequent of Chriſt's Exaltation, upon his antecedent humiliation, as elſewhere, Fobn 10. 17. Afs 20. 26. Heb. 3.7. 2 P:t. 1. 10. The Apoſtle ſhewing the ſequel of his Sufferings to be Glory according to that of Luke 24. 26. This the Ethiopic Verſion favours, Chriſt reſpe&ing not himſelf, but us, and our good, the Glory that he had eternally, but vailed for a time, emerging (as the Sun out of a Cloud) up- on his finiſhing the work his Father gave hin to do, Fobn 17. 55 Am. 9.5. Others take the particle caſually intimating Chrift's meriting his own Fxaltation and our Salvation, and his accepting of ſuperexcellent Glory as a Reward of his unparalleFd obedience, though he might have challeng'd it by virtue of the perſona! union, Zeb. 13. 20, with 12. 2. Obedience ſuperiour to Angels, required a recompence ſuperiour to their Glory, and Chriſt might upon his exquiſite obedience, demand his own mediatory Glory as being our Head, and that being the beginning and cauſe of ours. However, whether the particle of order note that of conſe- quence, or cauſality, or both, there is no need of controvertie (be- cauſe of the: Communication of Properties) fith the Perſon of Chriſt, as God-man was glorified, þ The Greek elegancy imports ſuperexalted, or exalted with all exaltation, anſwering to his gra- dual humiliation above the Grave in his Reſurrettion, the Earth in his aſcention, and above the Heavens, at his Father's right hand, upon the Throne of his Glory, to judge the world, Eph. 1. 20, 2t. & 4. 10. 15Some take name literally reſtraining it to F. ſus, but thoſe Letters and Syllables are not above every name, Ezra. 2. 2+ & 10. 18. Hag. 1. 1. Affs 7. 45. C0. 4. 11. Hb, 4. $. it being com»
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10 * Jhat at mz the name of jelus 7, every knee ſhould bow o, of thizgs in heaven p, and things in earth 9, and rhi7gs under the earth 7.
1 In the Old Tranſlation by Biſhops in Queen El:3abeth's time, (and ſome ſay in the Manuſcripts of this) it is zz the Name. How- ever, in ours now, it is not appoſitively at the name Feſus, 2 but conftructively of Jeſus, intimating, that the Power, Glory and Majeſty of kim who hath that Name, unto which every knee is. bowed, is that name which is above every name; which would not hold true, if the name were took for the very word Feſus, (that as before) being common to others in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, yea, and Fngliſh. Befides, neither in Letters, nor Syllables, nor Sound, nor Time, hath that word any thing above other words, o Bowing of the knze, is meant Mero::ymically, and Metaphorically, becauſe ſome of thoſe hereafter named, from whom the Homage is due, have n2ither Knees nor Tongues, yet muſt cither willingly, or by con- ſtraint, yield ſubje&ion and obedience to the Sovereign Authority
of Chriſt here, and hereafter, Mat. 11. 27. and 28. Fon 5, 22,þ