Onhisreturntohisnativeskies，hereceivedtheimmenserewardofhisobedience；theeverlastingkingdomoftheMessiah，whichhadbeendarklyforetoldbytheprophets，underthecarnalimagesofpeace，ofconquest，andofdominion。OmnipotencecouldenlargethehumanfacultiesofChristtotheextendofiscelestialoffice。Inthelanguageofantiquity，thetitleofGodhasnotbeenseverelyconfinedtothefirstparent，andhisincomparableminister，hisonly—begottenson，mightclaim，withoutpresumption，thereligious，thoughsecondary，worshipofasubjectofasubjectworld。
[Footnote4:ThetwofirstchaptersofSt。MatthewdidnotexistintheEbionitecopies，Epiphan。Haeres。xxx。13；andthemiraculousconceptionisoneofthelastarticleswhichDr。
Priestleyhascurtailedfromhisscantycreed。
Note:ThedistinctallusiontothefactsrelatedinthetwofirstchaptersoftheGospel，inaworkevidentlywrittenabouttheendofthereignofNero，theAscensioIsaiae，editedbyArchbishopLawrence，seemsconvincingevidencethattheyareintegralpartsoftheauthenticChristianhistory。—M。]
[Footnote5:ItisprobableenoughthatthefirstoftheGospelsfortheuseoftheJewishconvertswascomposedintheHebreworSyriacidiom:thefactisattestedbyachainoffathers—