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jptn on ifi the trinity has been fi ** lfc eternity , and will be to eterwiy , generating the second per--son , wilf it not follow , that the son never had , or ever will have * ny real , distinct , personal existence ? It by it be meant that
the son , the second person , was ftegotten and brought forth from eternity v then that begetting and bringing forth mast' be either by * necessity of nature , or by an * &t © f'tto * divine will * If by a necessity of nature , then the divme nature , which is immutable ,
jnust produce divine persons in the Godhead ad infinitum . If by a voluntary act , then the second person cannot be coexistent and co equal with the first , but dei rived from him and dependent
upon him . It would be a laboriU ous ta $ k ^ U > point out all the absurditiesflfivtflved in this doctrine . I would only ask , can the words goings forth , in the passage under consideration , mean generation f Surely it will require the toast violent torture to extract
* uch a meaning from them . Let ih « reader , then , judge to whom the charge of torturing scripture if-most applicable , whether to trinitariam * 6 r to Unitarians . I Aad said , that " the person men& tioqed in the prophecy was to come forth to Jehovah , <\ and therefore was not Jehovah . ' * 4 l
/ JHere , " says , the Clergyman , is ty cur iou * instance oft hit begging the question . " If the subject of the prophecy was to corner forth -to Jehovaby to be ruler over Isrwel v the conclusion that he could XQt tetkWJehbwto i * « o *
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cides it . But he says , ^ Olet Kim jprOve that Christ is not Jehoyah ^ It does not lie with me to prove a negative . It is enough for * me to tlcny that be i * Jehovahy till some
direct evidence . be pr ^ d oced € il the contrary . Let him prove th « positive } he would no doubt have done so , had it been in his power : ^ 3 . M . >? the Clergyman adds , ' ^ dogmatically asserts , that the
scriptures know no > such coift * pound being : as the G 4 S ) d-man Jfp ^ sus Christ , Let him prove his assertion . * Here I am again called : upon to prove a negative . If the scriptures have any . whfere
so represented Jesus Christ , why has he not referred to the passkges ? Where do they contain such phrases as the following : the divinit y yqf ? 6 hrisfh * i tJte * Jm
manity . yf Christ , the God-man * the hwnano + dvvine nature , hyp& > statical union ,, persons in the trfa , nity , 8 fc . Spc . %€ *> 0 Alt this inajr be safely called senseless Jurgo ?* , consistently with the highest v ^ w neration fo ^ the holy scripture ' s , however it ipay ' irritate * bi gots ^ into whose creed it essent / ally eiiters . But doe $ < ithe Caergyinlili make any attempt to j ^ roye l ^ h « Jesus Christ is such a compound i > ein ^? Yes i in the folio Wing Words ; : *? the ver ^ r same scripture © that < speak of the man Jesu ^
Christ , speak likewise of the tford being with God , and : being Gof , and that by this word i ^ meaift J ^ iis Ch rim , J . M . dws ^ bt , dif ^ niy ^ What theii ? : Will thit prbve Jesus ; ChriBt to be a c <> m > i pcund being , CJrid-ma ^ i ^ Ifv Mfc
tviil / i ti will equally pix > vc lil ^^ L ^^ ge l s * and magistrates , to hej ^ ol ^^ e ^ fm % f ^ iMm M sSP «| fe 0 oin ^ iPW . m& ! m < iWWYjfeg ,, ~ TJ V . '
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« 0 J > M / s lUply to tA * Clergyman on fa
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1808, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2388/page/20/
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