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    only 5 unenlightened by any rays of spiritual light i * aa < J tfeere fore he * conscious , no doubt , * of spiritual light and heavenly wisdom , feels himself disposed to reject them as false anduri scriptural /* And the spiritual light with which this gentleaian is gifted , leads him to the discovery of occult meanings in the sacred text which men of plain common sense would never

    have thought of , and which indeed they can never be ihduced to admit , till their natural understanding is superseded by this inward and supernatural light . With the assistance of this extraordinary guide , my reverend opponent c * trusts , p . 25 ^ that he can plainly demonstrate that Jesus Christ is not a human being only , but that he is the only God of heaven and earth : the Jehovah , in whom centres the divine trinity , not of persons , but of person ; that he is the Father , the Son , and Holy Spirit , God and man in one divine person , the only object of all worship . And for the further explanation of this great mystery to those whose spiritual understandings are of an inferior order , he adds , p . 35 , 6 C that the three essentials of one God did and do exist in the Lord . God , and Saviour . Thedi *

    vkiity is the first essential , the Son is the body in diviae form , which is the second essential , and divine operation constitutes the third es&entiah" What right an advocate for this inexplicable mystery has to arraign the Athanasian doctrine of a trinity of persons in the Godhead cc as an absurdity of all absurdities ^ and most gratin g eve n to common sense , " p , 6 , is not easy to conceive *

    Taking leave , therefore , of rny worthy opponent , who , to do him justice , appears to be a good-tempered man , and not destitute of natural understanding , when he ventures to make use of it , I shall now , with your permission , Sir , proceed to make a few remarks upon some of this author ' s objections and ccm * cessions , which may be of use to such purblind mortals as my * Sfelf , who have no other guide to a knowledge of the Scriptures than natural reason , aided by a little human learning and r > atient inquirv .

    1 . This reverend gentleman , in perfect consistency with his claim to spiritual light and celestial wisdom , pommonly disdains to produce any thing like argument , which might be adapted to make an impression upon the natural understanding but contents himself with multiplying texts upon texts in the usual mode , without stopping to inquire what their true meaning is * or whether they are relevant to the subject o ? x \ oU But , in p . 6 , of his Preface , he inadvertently sHdes iutR ¦ $ sort of language which bears the semblance of reasoning . * + ¦ We , savs he , believe Jesus Christ to U the Lord Jehovah , the Almighty , the Supreme God , God and inau in ope ( Jivip ^

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    5 S 6 Remarks on Mr . Proud * s Pamphlet *

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1806, page 586, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1730/page/26/