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Minifter, Great Counsellor." Among the Arabians " Kabin, a Diviner, a Prophet, an Aftrologer, a Cafter of Nativities." And as it was alfo ufed at the inftituting of a Prophet, whofe Office was to foretel Things to come in this World or the next, and direct People how to behave in refpect thereof, it alfo includes that Office. But as Christ begun as a Prophet, then acted as a Priest, and laftly as a King, great Contests arife about the Predictions of him, and of his Speeches and Actions in each of those respective Offices, for want of diftinguifhing them, This Name is cited John i. 41. We have found the Meffias, which is, being interpreted, the Chrift (the Anointed.) So Ibid. iv. 25, &c. This Word does not only take in the Offices, or Actions in those Offices, but every thing attributed to them the Things which were typically exprefs'd.. by their Habits, Ornaments, &c.

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This Word is not only found with Jehovah, but with Aleim, Glory, Hofts, Living, Name, Eternity, &c. but was used for a defcriptive Name of Chrift, who was to come. Exod. xv. 18. Jebovah fhall reign for ever and ever. Ibid. xix. 6. And ye shall be to me nap a Kingdom. 1 Sam. ii. 10. Jehovah -and be fall give Strength to bis King.

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Ibid. xii. 12. And Jehovah your Aleim was your King. 1 Chron. xvi. 36. And let them fay among the Nations Jehovah his King. Pfal. v. 3. Hearken unto the Voice of my Cry, my King and my Alei. This is one of the Places where an Addrefs is made to one of the Aleim, which David calls his King, elsewhere Lord, &c. Ibid. x. 16. Jehovah is King for ever and ever. xxiv. 8. Who is the King of Glory? Jehovah of Hofts. xcv. 3. For Jehovah is a great God, and a great King over all Aleim. Ifa. vi. 5. The King Jehovah of Hofts Ib. xxiv. 23. Jehovah of Hofts fhall reign. Jer. x. 7. O King of the Nations- none like unto thee. Ver. 10. Jehovah is a God of Truth; be is the living God, an everlasting King. xlvi. 18. As I live, faith the King Jehovah. Ib. xlviii. 15. The King Jehovah of Hofts his Name. Dan. ii. 47. Your God he is Aleim of Aleim and Lord of Kings. Ib. vi. 26. And his Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his Dominion shall be unto the End. The Shadows were all to cease before the King came. Gen. xlix. 10. So Hof. i. 4. And will caufe to cease the Kingdom of the Houfe of Ifrael. Lam. ii. 6. The Lord hath caufed the folemn Feafts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and bath defpifed in the Indignation of his Angeṛ,

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the King and the Priest. Hof. iii. 4. For the Childreu of Ifrael fhall abide many Days without a King, and without a Prince, and without a Sacrifice, &c.— Afterwards the Children of Ifrael fhall return, and feek n Jehovah their Aleim, and n David their King. So Jer. xxxv. 5. Ibid. xxx. 9. So Ezek. xxxiv. 23. Ibid. xxxvii. 24. So Ifa. vi. 9. The Prince of Peace upon the Throne of David, and upon his Kingdom. So Ifa. Ixii. 11. Behold thy Salvation cometh. Zach. ix. 9. Behold thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having Salvation, lowly, and riding upon an Afs, &c. cited Mat. xxi. 5. Mark xi. 2. John xii. 15, &c. I fhall only fhew, that the Heathens joined with their Aleim, and, as aforefaid, not only offered common Sacrifices, but their Firft-born Sons and Daughters, fwore by it, &c. Lev. xviii. 21. And thou shalt not let any of thy Seed pass through the Fire to the King. Ibid. xx. 2, 3, 4. So 2 Reg. xxiii. 10. Jer. xxxii. 35. To caufe their Sons and their Daughters to pass through the Fire to the King. So Levit. xx. 5. To commit Whoredom with the King. 1 Reg. xi. vii. 33. 2 Reg. xxiii. 13. The King, the Abomination of the Children of Ammon. Ifa. viii. 21. And curfe their King, and their Aleim, and look upward. Ibid. x. 10.

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As my Hand bath found the Kingdoms of the Idols. Zeph. i. 5. And that fwear by Jehovah, and that fear by their King. So Jer. vii. 18.- To make Cakes ♫abah to the Queen of Heaven.

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HERE is another Word, or Name, viz. 1. It has no Verb in the Hebrew; fo it is doubtful whether it be of that Language. I think it is a defcriptive Name of Office, taken from the Heavens, used by the Heathens frequently in their Writing, hinted at once in the Bible, Ezek. viii. 14. by the Name on, as all agree. It may be used for the Light, as it is fhewed, p. 37. because the whole, or that Part, directs or regulates the Motion of inanimate Things, and fome animated ones. It is applied downwards to Sockets, Hinges of Doors, which the Tranflators make Bafis's to fupport, but I think to direct the Motion of the refpective Parts, dependant on them; it is carried to Men who rule or direct the Motions or Actions of others, and as an original or reclaimed Name, is applied in a fpiritual

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Senfe; it is found both fingular for the Efence, or that Perfon in it defcribed by the Name of Life, Glory, &c. This Name was known to Abraham, and he in his Difcourfe joins it with Jehovah, not as a perfonal, but a Name of Power, Gen. xv. 2, 8. It was not ufed to the Patriarchs nor by Mofes, till he had been in the Mount. I muft obferve, each of them was then in the Covenant; whether the Word implies that, may be confidered. However, Mofes introduces this Word in renewing the Law, joined with the Effence-existing. Exod. xxiii. 17. Three Times in a Year all thy Males fhall appear before ; and with the Addition of Aleim of Ifrael, Exod. xxxiv. 23. So Deut. x. 17. For Jehovahyour Aleim he is Aleim of Aleim, and Adoni of Adonim, Al, &c. So Pfal. cxxxvi, 2, 3. It is not only joined with Jehovah.. and with Aleim, but with Attributes of Power ; and fometimes applied to the Perfon aforefaid, alone. This is the Word which the Chaldee Jews fubftituted, inftead of Jehovah; for what Reafons is not eafily known; I think, only he who knew their Hearts, knows. The Word does not come up fully to what we mean byLord, abfolute Proprietor, and poffeft of defpotick Power. There is no fuch Word ufed in the Bible to Perfons in the Covenant.