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Psalm 89:27Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
Torrey's Topical TextbookRomans 8:29
For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
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Colossians 1:18
And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
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Whether Christ's Mother Remained a virgin after his Birth?
... that the Lord of angels shall be born of her ... For, in the first place, this is derogatory
to Christ's ... Thirdly, this is derogatory to the dignity and holiness of ...
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The Sacrifice of Purification, and the Ransom of the First-Born ...
... had to be paid for other first-born sons, in ... it, simply and unostentatiously, the
high dignity and destiny ... we of course believe that Christ strictly fulfilled ...
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Whether Christ was the First to Rise from the Dead?
... says the gloss, "He rose first in point of time and dignity.". ... their bodies, it remains
to be seen how Christ can be understood to be 'the first-born of the ...
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The Priesthood of Christ
... act of consecration, therefore, was performed by Christ, as the ... us partners with
him of that dignity in such ... of his body the Church, the first-born among many ...
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Christ Clothed with the True Substance of Human Nature.
... Had he said at first that believers are of God ... any ground for being ashamed of persons
possessing such dignity? ... that the children of God are not born of flesh ...
/.../the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 13 christ clothed with.htm
Whether the Mother of God was a virgin in Conceiving Christ?
... is fitting for four reasons that Christ should be born of a virgin. First, in order
to maintain the dignity or the Father Who sent Him. For since Christ is the ...
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Whether Christ's Birth Should have Been Made Known to Some?
... 3: The very disturbance that arose when it was known that Christ was born was becoming
to His birth. First, because thus the heavenly dignity of Christ is made ...
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Matthew's Genealogy of Jesus Christ
... He was regarded as His reputed father's first-born child, and ... He is thought of as
the first King, for ... at the very outset, His Messianic, regal dignity, as the ...
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Once More He Challenges Him to the Profession of the Creed of ...
... office, the height of the presbyterate, the dignity of the ... and invisible; and in
the Lord Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, the first-born of every ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter vi once more he.htm
Christ, to Perform the Office of Mediator, Behoved to Become Man.
... both of men and angels, so the dignity which was ... what no rational person will grant,
that Christ could have ... eternal Word of God, he is the first-born of every ...
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