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John , in the following places ; and it appears to me * that in every instance it is applied to him on account of his exaltation and high dignity . John i . 14 . and v . 18 .
The words in both these passages are Evidently the language of the tvritcr , at the time of writing , which was years after the exaltation of his master : for he does not
state them as the language of any one during Christ ' s personal ministry . The glory of the only begotten of tht Father ' , \\ 14 . unquestionabl y means that glory to which Christ was exalted after his
resurrection . The revelation of the Father , mentioned in v . 18 , seems to be the same which Jesus promised to his disciples , John xvi . 25 ; and both these passages appear to relate to the plain manifestations afforded to the Apostles after the exaltation of Christ .
£ ohn iii . 16 . and 18 . seems to be , not the language of Christ , but of the writer concerning him ; for Christ did not speak of himself b y those titles which were most
expressive of dignity , but by those which most discovered humility , unless the passages ^ referred to be an exception , and no reason can
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To the Editor of the Monthly Repository .
Hackney , Nov . 14 , 1809 . SIK j In my Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind , p . 253 , I have expressed , perhaps
rather too strongly , considering the difficulty of the subject , and the singularity of tjie opinion , my conviction that the Supreme Being possesses , what philosophers call , the Liberty of Indifference , or tiie power of choosing otit of
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be given why they should be regarded as such ; besides , the gift of Christ most likely includes his death , and , if so , the wordo could not so properly be used until that
event had taken place ; for it is said , ** he gave his only begotten son : " hence we may conclude it was not before , but after his exaltation , he was called the onl y-begotten , and that he was called so
to express his high dignity . The same remark applies to 1 John iv . 9 . for Christ was certainly exalted long before John wrote that Epistle , The foregoing are-, I believe , all the places in which Christ is
called only begotten ^ and no proof can be produced that he was ever so called prior to his exaltation . That the phrase only-begotten is used figuratively , is clear from Heb . xi . 17- where Isaac is called
the only-begot ten son of Abraham ^ though Abraham had another son born before Isaac , and living at the time . The insertion of these brief
remarks in your valuable Reposi - tofy , will gratify your constant reader , A Plain Christian ,
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equal objects . To this hypothesis , your correspondents A . and Y . in the Repository for September , p . 498 . object : " How is this liberty consistent with perfect
prescience ? " and ' they express a desire to know my thoughts upon the subject . The , difficulty appears to me to arise from your correspondents' not distingu ishing sufficiently between the prescience of the spectator ^ qnd tne p resci *
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662 Mr . Belsham on Liberty of Indifference in the Deity .
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MR . BELSHAM ON LIBERTY OF INDIFFERENCE IN TIIE DEITY .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 662, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/12/
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