...is, justification,) "and sanctificaiion, and redemption." (1 Cor. i. 30.) " For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell ; and having...of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself. — And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now...

...the head of the Ijody, the Church ; who is the beginning, the first born from the dead ; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence. For it pleased the Father, that in him. should all fulness dwell." Compare these representations of the person, character, and offices...

...Lord pitieth them that fear him." And, lastly, " The Prince of Peace." " For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell ; and having made peace through the Wood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself." " He came and preached peace to you...

...in which his redeemed shall have part through him, and thus Lord of the church above, "that in all things he might have the pre-eminence; for it pleased the Father that in hirn should all fulness dwell;" all fulness of power to create, to redeem, to preserve, to govern,...

...w;ox^ra» «Wui. i. 26. i Titus, i. 2. ' Epb. i. 9. ning, the first-born from the dead ; that in all things He might have the pre-eminence. For it pleased...reconcile all things unto Himself; by Him, whether things in earth, or things in heaven r." Christ, then, created, not only this world, but also " all...

...reconciliation of a disturbed and disquieted universe, through Jesus Christ. " For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness dwell : and, having...all things unto Himself; by Him... whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven." 1 Reconciliation begins with the individual, and in the heart....

...ii. 13. t Ephes. iii. 21. heaven, and which are on earth, even in him.* Again ; It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; and (having...him to reconcile all things unto himself, by him, I say, whether things in heaven.] The language here used, supposes that the introduction of sin has...

...compared with the following passages of Scripture : " For it pleased the Father that in him, (Christ,) should all fulness dwell. And having made peace through...him to reconcile all things unto himself. By him, I say, whether they be things in earth or things in heaven. And you that were sometime alienated and...

...which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in him." And again he says, "It pleased the father, that in him should all fulness dwell, and having made peace through the blood of the cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself; by him, I say, whether they be things on earth...

...the head of the body, the church : who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead ; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence. For it pleased the Father, that in him should all fulness dwell.' In this passage Christ is declared to be the ' image,' or manifest representative,...