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LXXI.

V. 1.-In thee, O JEHOVAH, do I put my trust, let me never be put to confusion. 4. Deliver me, O God, out of the hand of the wicked. 5. For thou art my hope, O ADONI JEHOVAH; thou art my trust from my youth. 10. Mine enemies speak against me, 11. Saying, ELOHIM hath forsaken him, persecute him and take him, for there is none to deliver him. 12. O ELOHIM, be not far from me, O my God; make haste for my help. 17. O ELOHIM, thou hast taught me from my youth up; 18. And now also, when I am old, O ELOHIM, forsake me not. 19. Thy righteousness, O ELOHIM, is very high, who hast done great things. O ELOHIM, who is like unto thee? 22. I will also praise thy truth, O my GoD; unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.

The Psalmists so very frequently address each person of the Trinity separately, and then the united Godhead ELOHIM, that the Book of Psalms alone would be sufficient to establish the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

XC.

V. 1. O ELOHIM ADONI, Thou hast been our dwelling-place in all generations. 2. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting Thou art GOD.

I quote these verses that I may again fix on the mind of the reader the everlasting existence of the ADONI. This is so frequently asserted by the inspired writers, that it is wonderful how the learned Socinian can continue in his error. We are often told that ADONI is Judge of all the world; and the writers of the New Testament repeatedly tell us that JESUS was the ADONI JEHOVAH who led the Jews out of Egypt, and was personally present with them in their trials and afflictions; thus proving that both the portions of scripture accord with and confirm the doctrine

of our Church, concerning the divinity of our blessed Saviour, who, at the time appointed, abode on earth to bring life and immortality to light.

X CIV.

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V. 1. O JEHOVAH GOD, to whom vengeance belongeth! JEHOVAH, to whom vengeance belongeth, show thyself! 2. Lift up thyself, thou Judge of the earth, render a reward to the proud. Here JEHOVAH is addressed as the Judge of the earth.

XCVI.

V. 11.—Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof, 13. Before JEHOVAH, for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

XCVIII.

V. 8. Let the floods clap their hands, let the hills be joyful together before JEHOVAH, for he cometh to judge the earth; with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

The extracts from Psalms xciv., xcvi., xcviii., confirm the judgeship of JEHOVAH. In the original Scriptures it will clearly be seen that ADONI and JEHOVAH are used to denote the same Divine Being; and to the reader of our English translation, it will be equally evident, when he is told that, with few exceptions, whenever he reads that "the LORD GOD" spake or acted, it is almost always "JEHOVAH ADONI" in the original Hebrew, and the same epithets and offices are equally applied to both. Thus Zechariah says, (chap. vi.) These are the four spirits of heaven, which go forth from standing before the ADONI of all the earth. And thus I think my interpretation of the word Adoni, as meaning Judge, is greatly confirmed.

PROVERBS-ECCLESIASTES.

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PROVERBS.

CHAP. II.

V. 5.-Then shalt thou understand the fear of JEHOVAH, and find the knowledge of ELOHIM. 6. For JEHOVAH giveth wisdom; out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

CHAP. III.

V. 4. So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of ELOHIM and man. 5. Trust in JEHOVAH with all thy heart. 7. Fear JEHOVAH, and depart from evil. 9. Honour JEHOVAH With thy substance.

CHAP. XXX.

V. 5.-Every word of God is pure. He is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. 8. Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me. 9. Lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is JEHOVAH? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. These extracts from the Proverbs show that its author addressed and spoke of the Deity by the usual distinctive appellations.

ECCLESIASTES.

CHAP. V.

V. 1.-Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of ELOHIM Be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they consider not that they do evil. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before ELOHIM; for ELOHIM is in heaven and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. 7. For in the multitude of dreams and many words, there are always also divers vanities. But fear thou ELOHIM.

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CHAP. XI.

V. 9. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth; but know, that for all these things ELOHIM will bring thee into judgment.

CHAP. XII.

V. 7. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to ELOHIM who gave it. 13. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear ELOHIM, and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. 14. For ELOHIM will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether it be evil.

These few extracts from Ecclesiastes will be sufficient to prove that its author observed also the distinctive names of the Godhead; and observe that in Gen., chap. ii. v. 7, it is JEHOVAH ELOHIM who is said to have breathed into the nostrils of man the breath of life. Compare this with the 7th verse in the foregoing extract, and you will perceive how accurately the author of Ecclesiastes preserves the appropriate name of that person of the Godhead who made man a living soul.

In the SONG OF SOLOMON the name of God does not occur once.

ISAIAH.

CHAP. XII.

V. 1.—And in that day thou shalt say, O JEHOVAH, I will praise thee. 3. Behold, GOD is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid; for JAH JEHOVAH is my strength and my song, he is also become

my salvation. 4. Praise JEHOVAH, call upon his name. 5. Sing unto JEHOVAH, for he hath done excellent things. 6. Cry and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee.

Here JEHOVAH is called the GOD of salvation, which clearly identifies him with CHRIST our Saviour. And remember that these titles are very frequently assigned both to JEHOVAH and to CHRIST; and moreover the inhabitant of Zion is commanded to shout and cry aloud, because this JEHOVAH, this Saviour, is in the midst of it. Surely this indicates a more immediate presence than the generally understood ubiquity of God.

CHAP. XXV.

V. 1.-O JEHOVAH, thou art my God, I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name. 6. And in this mountain (Zion) shall JEHOVAH of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things. (And JEHOVAH of hosts) 7. will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. 8. He will swallow up death in victory, and ADONI JEHOVAH will wipe away tears from off all faces, and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth, for JEHOVAH hath spoken it. 9. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us. This is JEHOVAH, we have waited for him; we will be glad, and rejoice in his salvation.

It is surely not possible to read this beautiful quotation without recognising a clear prophecy of the events that took place in Jerusalem. At the crucifixion, the vail of the temple, which screened the Holy of Holies, was rent in twain, from the top to the bottom, typical of the future dispersion of the true religion throughout all the world; and Christ indeed swallowed up death in victory, for he rose triumphant

from the grave.

Can we then resist identifying

ADONI JEHOVAH with JESUS CHRIST, who was thus

anxiously waited for and expected?

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