The Doctrine Of The Trinity, by Dr. John Gill

60 CHAPTER 6 Concerning The Deity Of The Word. on their account; calls for, and demands the blessings of grace for them, as the fruit of his death; pleads their cause, and answers all charges and accusations exhibited against them. So that upon there considerations, he may be properly called the Word, and Word of God. CHAPTER 6 Concerning The Deity Of The Word.

Having considered the character of the Logov, or Word, (Logos), I shall now proceed: II. To give proof of his proper deity, which I shall do in the following method: First, I shall endeavour to prove it from the divine names, which are given to him.

Secondly, From the divine perfections, which he is possessed of.

Thirdly, From the divine works, which are ascribed to him. And, Fourthly, From the divine worship, which is due unto him.

First, I shall endeavour to prove the proper Deity of Christ, from the divine names which are given to him; such as, 1. Jehovah, which is a name expressive of the divine essence, being well explained by I AM THAT I AM, in Exodus 3:14. And it is truly deciphered

by John, in Revelation 1:4. By “him which is, and which was, and which is to come”. This is the name by which God made himself known to Moses, and by him, to the people of Israel; by which he had not made himself known to their fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; that is, so fully and largely as he had to them; which name has always been had in great esteem among the Jews; and has been highly revered by them, even to a superstitious abstinence from the pronunciation of it71, which arose from a mistaken sense of Leviticus 24:16. It is indeed that glorious and fearful name which ought to be feared and reverenced by us; it being proper and peculiar to the divine 71