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Dem. 40. Thus then the Word of God in all things hath the pre-eminence; for that He is true man and Wonderful Counsellor
[sic] and Mighty God; calling men anew to fellowship with God. . . . Son of the Father of all; He from whom all things
are. . . . generated from God by the Holy Spirit. . . . Jesus the Anointed of God. . .
Dem. 41. . . . declaring that He was the Christ, on whom the Spirit of God rested. . . . which Holy Spirit they [apostles] had
received of the Lord. . . . the God of all had promised to grant eternal life by the resurrection of the dead; through Him
who died and rose again, Jesus Christ, to whom He has delivered over the kingdom of all existing things, and the rule of
quick and dead, and also the judgment.
Dem. 42. . . . the Holy Spirit, who was given by Him in baptism. . . . Spirit of God . . .
Dem. 43. . . . Now that there was a Son of God, and that He existed not only before He appeared in the world, but also before
the world was made. . . . Because, for God, the Son was [as] the beginning before the creation of the world; but for us
[He was] then, when He appeared; and before that He was not for us, who knew Him not. . . . the Son of God, who was
with the Father before the world was made, and that all the things that were made were made by Him. . . . showing with
certainty that the Word, who was in the beginning with the Father, and by whom all things were made, this is His Son.
Dem. 44. . . . Son of God . . . Son of God . . . . the Son, who spake with Abraham, being Lord, received power to punish the
men of Sodom from the Lord out of heaven, even from the Father who rules over all. . . . Son of God. . . . should bring in
the judgment from the Father, having received from Him who rules over all the power to punish the men of Sodom.
Dem. 45. . . . Son of God . . . . For it was not the Father of all, who is not seen by the world, the Maker of all who said . . . . it
was not He that came and stood in a very small space and spake with Abraham; but the Word of God, who was ever with
mankind, and made known beforehand what should come to pass in the future, and taught men the things of God.
Dem. 46. . . . Word of God . . .
Dem. 47. So then the Father is Lord and the Son is Lord, and the Father is God and the Son is God; for that which is begotten
of God is God. And so in the substance and power of His being there is shown forth one God; but there is also according
to the economy of our redemption both Son and Father. Because to created things the Father of all is invisible and
unapproachable, therefore those who are to draw near to God must have their access to the Father through the Son. And
yet more plainly and evidently does David speak concerning the Father and the Son as follows: Thy throne, O God, is for
ever and ever: thou hast loved righteousness and hated unrighteousness: therefore God hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows. For the Son, as being God, receives from the Father, that is, from God, the throne of the
everlasting kingdom, and the oil of anointing above His fellows. The oil of anointing is the Spirit, wherewith He has
been anointed; and His fellows are prophets and righteous men and apostles, and all who receive the fellowship of His
kingdom, that is to say, His disciples.
Dem. 48. . . . Now hereby he proclaimed that He came into being before all, and that He rules over the Gentiles and judges all
mankind and the kings who now hate Him and persecute His name. . . .
Dem. 49. . . . Son of God . . . . Son of God . . . . Son of God . . . . For he means [in Psalm 110:1] that the Father speaks with
the Son. . . . Son of God . . . for it is not a man who speaks the prophecies; but the Spirit of God, assimilating and
likening Himself to the persons represented, speaks in the prophets, and utters the words sometimes from Christ and
sometimes from the Father.
Dem. 50. So then right fitly Christ says through David that He converses with the Father. . . .
Dem. 51. Here [in Isaiah 49:56], first of all, is seen that the Son of God pre-existed, from the fact that the Father spake with
Him, and before He was born revealed Him to men: and next, that He must needs be born a man among men; and that
the same God forms Him from the womb, that is, that or the Spirit of God He should be born; and that He is Lord of all
men. . . . And that the Son of the Father calls Himself servant, [this is] on account of His subjection to the Father: for
among men also every son is the servant of his father.
Dem. 52. That Christ, then, being Son of God before all the world, is with the Father; and being with the Father is also nigh
and close and joined unto mankind; and is King of all, because the Father has subjected all things unto Him. . . .
Dem. 53. And that this Christ, who was with the Father, being the Word of the Father. . . . the Father of all bringing about His
incarnation. . . . For he was named Christ, because through Him the Father anointed and adorned all things; and because
on His coming as man He was anointed with the Spirit of God and His Father. . . .
Dem. 54. For this cause then is He Saviour. Now Emmanuel is, being interpreted, With you God. . . . and He, being God, is to
be with us.
Dem. 55. He calls Him Wonderful Counsellor [sic], meaning of the Father: whereby it is declared that the Father works all
things together with Him. . . . For there [Genesis 1:26] is seen in this place the Father speaking to the Son, the Wonderful
Counsellor [sic] of the Father. Moreover He is also our Counsellor [sic], giving advice; not compelling as God, even
though He is Mighty God. . . .
Dem. 56. . . . Son of God . . . . Son of God . . . . Spirit of God . . . . And, Angel of great counsel, he says [Isaiah 9:46]; that is,
of the Father whom He hath declared unto us.
Dem. 57. . . . Son of God . . . . The Lord Himself gave the sign of the virgin, even that Emmanuel which was from the virgin;
who also maketh glad them that drink of Him, that is to say, who receive His Spirit. . . .
Dem. 58. . . . Son of God . . .
Dem. 59. . . . for from spirit it [the flesh in the incarnation] budded forth, as we have said before.
Dem. 60. . . . he [Isaiah 11:34] the more establishes and declares His godhead. For to judge without respect of persons and
partiality, and not as favouring the illustrious, but affording to the humble worthy and like and equal treatment, accords