...ascended far above all heavens, that he might fill all things." He then "led captivity captive, and received gifts for men, yea, for the rebellious also; that the Lord God might dwell among them." (Ps. Ixviii. 18. Efih. iv. 7—16.) "For the heavens must receive him, until the restitution...

...feathers with ye/low gold. The Lord gave the word; great was the company of those thatpublished it. Thou hast ascended on high-, thou hast led captivity captive;...rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits ; even the God of our salvation. Sing...

...God to mount Zion in this triumphal strain; " Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led cap" tivity captive; thou hast received gifts for men, " yea,...rebellious also, that the Lord God " might dwell among them." (Ps. Ixviii. 18. Comp. Eph. iv. 8.) On the same occasion and with a similar reference to Christ,...

...Rebellious. Psal. Ixviii. 18. 'ikiu. hast ascended on high, thou /nut led captivity captive : than host received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them, 324 SERMON XXX. The Publication of the Gospel. Psal. Ixviii. 11. The Lord g(ttte the vtord, great...

...xii. 31. The signal promise of the communication of these gifts is recorded, Ps. Ixviii. 18. ' Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive, thou hast received gifts for me n ;'—and these words are applied by the apostle to that communication of spiritual gifts from...

...chariots of GOD are twenty thousand, even thousands of Angels : the LORD is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. THOU hast ascended on high, THOU hast led captivity captive, &c. XLVI!. ; Heb. ix. 20. This is the blood of the TESTAMENT which GOD hath enjoined you. Ibid. v....

...from the dead a glorious Conqueror, " ascends up on high, leading capti" vity captive, and receiving gifts for men; yea, for " the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell ; ' among them."* Now " he receives to himself a " kingdom," " All power in heaven and earth...

...eyes." David saw him ascend, after he had captured the devil, sin, death, and the world; saying, " Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive,...rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them." David also saw him enter the royal pavilions of heaven, when he says, " Lift up your heads,...

...shadow of death. ' You are rebellious and stubborn.' This is the case of all by nature; but Christ "received gifts for men, yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them." And, as for thy native stubbornness, every beam of hope, and every discovery or apprehension...

...even thousands of angels ; the Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the holy place, ver. 18. Thou feast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive, thou hast received gifts for men," &c. And now, who was this ? * God the Father "is nerer called the angel of Gad. But the Gad of Bethel...