Philippians 2

(Philippians 2:9) Therefore God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name above every name, &c. Before we have spoken of Christ's Humiliation, now of his Exaltation: Before you saw the Sun of Righteousness in the eclipse, now you shall see it coming out of the eclipse, a…

Christ did humble himself more in lying in the Virgin's womb, than in hanging upon the cross. It was not so much for man to die, but for God to become man, that was the wonder of humility (Philippians 2:7). He was made in the likeness of men.

Quest. In what way does the greatness of Christ's sufferings appear? Resp. In the sufferings of his body, he suffered truly, not only a [⟨ in non-Latin alphabet ⟩], an appearance; the Apostle calls it Mors Crucis, The Death of the Cross, (Philippians 2:8). Tully when he speaks o…

There are indentures drawn in baptism, and in the Lord's Supper: the indentures are renewed and sealed on our part, that we will be faithful and constant in our obedience. Therefore we must imitate Christ, who became obedient to the death (Philippians 2:8). The crown is set upon…

Response. Beg the Spirit of God. We cannot do it in our own strength; the Spirit must work in us both the [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉] and [〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉], to will and to do (Philippians 2:13). When the lodestone draws, the iron moves; when God's Spirit draws, then we…

1. God's covenant people are a humble people (1 Peter 5:5): be clothed with humility. God's people esteem others better than themselves; they shrink into nothing in their own thoughts (Philippians 2:3). David cries out, I am a worm, and no man (Psalm 22:6) — though a saint, thou…

4. To have grace increasing is suitable to Christianity: Christians are called trees of righteousness (Isaiah 61:3). The saints are not only jewels for sparkling luster, but trees for growth, they are called the lights of the world (Philippians 2:15). Light is still increasing.

Aaron had Holiness to the Lord written upon his golden plate. Where there is sanctity in the soul, there Holiness to the Lord is engraved upon our life; we are adorned with patience, humility, good works, and shine as lights in the world (Philippians 2:15). We carry Christ's pic…

The will hangs forth a flag of defiance against God. Such as speak of the sovereign power of the will, forget Philippians 2:13: It is God that works in you [in non-Latin alphabet], both to will and to do. If the power be in the will of man, then what needs God to work in us to w…

Works are required in the Covenant of Grace, not so much in our own strength, as in the strength of another. It is God which works in you (Philippians 2:13). As the scrivener guides the child's hand, and helps him to form his letters, so that it is not so much the child's writin…

If to oppose Christ's members be such a sin, what is it to oppose Christ himself? 1. Jesus Christ is coequal with God the Father (Philippians 2:6). He thought it no robbery to be equal with God.

God sent forth his Son made of a Woman; he was his Son, and was made of a woman; according as he expresses it (Hebrews 10:5), A body have you prepared Me; as also (Romans 8:3). Philippians 2:5, 6, 7. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, who being in the form…

As 1. What was done in this matter, was from the will, purpose, and love of God the Father (Psalm 40:6, 7, 8; Hebrews 10:5, 6, 7; Acts 4:28; John 3:16; Romans 8:3). 2. It was also done by his own voluntary consent (Philippians 2:6, 7, 8). 3. He was substituted, and did substitut…

1 Corinthians 10:9. Neither let us also tempt Christ as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents; compared with (Numbers 21:6). Phil. 2:5, 6. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus; who being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal…

It was indeed suited in the dispensation of God, to the work that the Lord Jesus had to fulfill in the world, that before his passion and resurrection, the knowledge of his divine nature as to his individual person, should be concealed from the most of men. For this cause, altho…

2. What was done by Jesus Christ in the performance of it; and that was, he both undertook the work, and went through with it: he accepted the offer and condition that was proposed to him, and did all that was required on his part for the purchasing of this benefit (Psalm 40:7,…

(8) To attend with diligence, skill and wisdom to the discharge of that authority which in the rule of the Church is committed to them. (1) 1 Timothy 3:10, 11, 13; chap. 4.12; 2 Timothy 2:3; Colossians 1:24; Philippians 2:17; chap. 3.17. (2) Hebrews 13:17; Acts 20:28.

Quest. 24. Wherein consists the general duty of the whole Church, and every member thereof in their proper station and condition? Answ. In performing, doing, and keeping inviolate all the commands and institutions of Jesus Christ, walking unblameably and fruitfully in the World,…

There is among the members of the Church one faith (Ephesians 4:5): the common faith, the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 3), which is the sound doctrine (1 Timothy 1:10), which those that will not endure, must be turned from (2 Timothy 4:3); the faithful word that is t…

Q. How may it be proved that Christ is God? A. By sundry places of Scripture, wherein he is expresly so called (Isaiah 9:6; John 1:1; Romans 9:5; Philippians 2:6; 1 John 5:20). Q. How else?

Q. Who gave Christ this great authority thus to sit at the right hand of God? A. He did not come to it by any unjust usurpation, but it was given to him by God (Ephesians 1:20; Philippians 2:10; John 5:22, 27; and 17:2). Q. And why did God give this great advancement to Christ?

Furthermore, if this power were common to all and to each person, faith were common to all. For the will and the deed flows from one and the self same grace (Philippians 2:13). It is God who works in you the will and the deed, even of his good pleasure.

And he bids godly wives so walk, that their husbands may be won without the word, by beholding their pure conversation which is with fear. 1 Peter 3:1-2. And Paul bids the Philippians, to walk blameless in the middle of a wicked and crooked nation, as lights in the middle of the…

And had he not been Man, he could not have represented him to us. Nor can any thing be more mysteriously glorious, than the furniture of his person as Mediator, with all fullness of power, wisdom and grace for the accomplishment of his work (John 1:16; Colossians 1:18, 19; Chapt…

And in this sense by the heavens, than which Christ is made higher, exalted above, the angels the sacred inhabitants of those heavenly places are intended. And this our Apostle in other places often insists upon, as a great manifestation of the glory of Christ: See (Ephesians 1:…

For he did in a peculiar way and manner for a season, forego and leave his glory as to the manifestation of it. For being (essentially) in the form of God, and counting it no robbery to be equal with God, yet he made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a serv…

Yet being thus rich, this was his grace, that for our sakes he became poor. This ineffable grace and love of Christ is the principal object of our faith and admiration, as it is declared by the Apostle (Philippians 2:6, 7, 8, 9). And as he emptied himself and laid aside his glor…

The condescension of the Son of God to undertake the office of the ministry on our behalf, is unspeakable, and for ever to be admired. Especially will it appear so to be, when we consider who it was who undertook it, what it cost him, what he did and underwent in the pursuance a…

For as the virtue of his offering depends principally on the dignity of his Person, so his humane soul, his mind, will and affections, with the fullness of the graces of the Spirit resident and acting in them did concur to the efficacy of his offering, and were necessary to rend…

For had it not been so, the human nature of Christ had not been immediately exalted into the highest glory that it was capable of. See (Ephesians 5:1, 2; Philippians 2:7, 8, 9). (2.) That he had by his offering perfectly expiated the sin of the world, so as that there was no nee…

Without this a triumphant entrance into Heaven had not been granted to him. (2) God's blessed approbation of all that he had done here below (Isaiah 53:11, 12; Philippians 2:7, 8, 9, 10, 11). 2. With respect to what he has yet to do for us.

And it is the word which our Apostle uses when he enjoins us to try and search ourselves as to our sincerity in faith and obedience (2 Corinthians 13:5; Galatians 6:4), as also to make a due enquiry into the true nature of spiritual things (Romans 12:2; Ephesians 5:10), not cont…

He will up, and be doing. That he may mortify his lust; he must work (Philippians 2:12). And not only so, but it teaches him, as to work, so to look beyond all his own works, and doings and to own himself to be a poor nothing: else it is but (as I may call it) a legal faith.

Hence it follows necessarily, that Jesus Christ is true God: and the whole tenor of the Scriptures confirms it sufficiently. 1. He is made equal to God the Father, who being in the form of God thought it no robbery to be equal with God (Philippians 2:6): again, All things that t…

He is Lord of all (Galatians 4:1; Hebrews 1:2), and the saints are co-heirs, they go sharers with Christ. 9. God calls them the luminaries of the world: they give light by their precepts and example (Philippians 2:15). Among whom you shine as lights in the world: Lot was a brigh…

So if you want any thing, holiness, comfort, grace, pardon, reflect not only upon the fullness of Christ's merit but the freeness of the Father's love: you deal with a God of bowels and bounty; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, all are yours. There is a fond affectation in some, to c…

Now to be born again, is a work of no less importance than our first creation; and therefore wholly to be ascribed to God as our creation is. Indeed Paul (Philippians 2:12-13) bids the Philippians work out their salvation with fear and trembling: not meaning to ascribe to them a…

It will never be proved that any such thing is intended in that place, as may warrant this argumentation: There is such a particular corruption in one mans heart, for instance, Ambition, which makes him unfit to be trusted with Government; therefore the same corruption is in all…

V. Bowing at the Name of Iesus. A most vile piece of syllabical idolatry grounded upon a very gross and carnal mistaking, and wresting of that text (Philippians 2:9, 10). 1. It is but oddly and untowardly translated at, for in, for the word is [in non-Latin alphabet] and it is c…

There is a parallel expression in (Proverbs 2:19), None that go to her return again, that is, very, very few, not one of a thousand, but some there are; as Mary Magdalene out of whom Christ did cast seven unclean devils, but where will you find such another? So when Paul says of…

But how few such public spirits appear even among professors in this selfish generation? May we not with the Apostle complain (Philippians 2:21), All seek their own, and not the things that are of Christ. Few men have any great cares or designs lying beyond the bounds of their o…

It is not lawful to make such a Covenant as the Church-Covenant, because it is not in our power to keep it, and we do not know whether God will give us power. This ground is very true, that no man has power of himself to anything that good is, but all a man's power and ability m…

[in non-Latin alphabet], To you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira: as if he would say, says Pareus, Tibi [illegible]spicopo cum collegis & reliquo coetui dico. Paul writeth to the Bishop at Philippi (Philippians 1:1), and notwithstanding that there was already a certaine number…

Christ lives in us and works in us (Galatians 2:20): It is not that live, but Christ lives in me. The same mind will be in us that was in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5). Now if you desire to know whether Christ live in you or no, or whether you are in an estate of death, you mus…

Oh! 'tis fit to wait upon God for our time, and if God gives us time take heed we do not trifle and say, we shall have time hereafter. Therefore in Philippians 2:12 the Apostle says, Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling: (and it follows) for it is God that works i…

For that promise is what the Apostle is speaking of: which shows, that God has appointed Christ to be the heir of the world in his kingdom of grace, and to possess and reign over all nations, through the propagation of his Gospel, and the power of his Spirit communicating the bl…

And so those terms, as far as the sacred Scripture is concerned, are unwritten (agrapha). Indeed, evangelical doctrine is called "the word of life" (Philippians 2:16), "the word of the cross" (1 Corinthians 1:18), "the word of faith" (1 Timothy 4:6), "the word of Christ" (Coloss…

Practice is the following or flying of the thing known to be commanded or forbidden. It has, inward feeling (Philippians 1:9; Philippians 2:13); outward works (Ephesians 5:10). By feeling of the heart, we choose, love, desire, delight, are zealous in the good thing itself, that…

In the saints' prayers (as Psalm 51) it's called even as to further degrees of this work, or restoring of lost degrees, creating of a clean heart, and renewing a right spirit within; and many more the like expressions there are, which show not only man's impotency and inability…

The soul may answer, it was not external preaching, nor my own free will, nor anything in me, but the power of God's grace, I have nothing but what I have received. It is on this ground that the Apostle (Philippians 2:12-13) presses and encourages Christians to their great work,…