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Mr . W ^ ardraw in his first Discourse ^ n Xh € tttt hy of OtaJ aAd ^ H ^ THrnH ' of Persons M ^ lfft ? C ? bc 1 ft « "t *; " ¦ *«"« I > eutV vi . " * , ; < * ptimSp ] lsre } i > feyie * L , orc £ otir Go < F % s oke / Jprd ^ ' a < uflices thfe feUoWing evidenceVfhat ttx ^ Ki v > )> ornesrs he maintains is indeed the clbcVririe of-Scriptiire :
* IwmSlrf first df all observe that while the text as it stands iii our English translation , appears simply * to affirm the unify tar" G ^ d , " ft affirms it according- to the Jfroper Import of the words in' the original
latigifoge , in connAction with the plurality of persons in the ( Godhead . —Hear , O Israel / W&n&VAtiy ovn Got > s ( Aleim ) is cVne Jehovah . Tfnity and plurality aH ^ . IVH e b'dffi ' Etsserted , and the plurality &Tiy to be
1 $ em ^ rtiatfc declared consistent wit 6 the trnity .- The use of a friural nourf fdfr'Goti , in the Hebrew language , atrd the ebn sfeructidn of that noun with ^ tlier * nouns and witfi vei'bs and pronouns , ^ omfctrm es in the singul ar number and sonietirnes in t'fie plural , have often been irbticed as remarkable anomalies , and these Wi 8 mkUes ibr irregularities are at the sanke time et > nnected 6 n some occaof
sions with ^ atfticxtl modes expression , sucifi as seem tu be utterly unaccountable ^ xV'kri ^ otnrr principle tlian that of a pliifafety ^ dr ^ ersoiis in the Divine Unity . Foi- ' ^ example : in Gen . i . " , Jehovah is rtjtf ^ stentfed as saying , with regard to the creatiori' of man . * Let us make mart in
crton image * after our likeness . It is wortlfy of Tiotfce , that while in the declaration ' of the Divine purpose , God said let tr 5 r * Dake iuain in our imagr , ' terms are employed expressive of plurality , the style of unity is resumed , in tl ) e record of the execution of the purpose , 4 Sp Gqd
created man in his image ; in the image of God-treated he him . * Not tin / re ' qiienrly , however , this name itself in the plural , is associated ^ in syntax with , verbs , adjectives and pronouns in the same tfumtaer .
For example : ' V . e canimt sery ^ Jehofyjih . for he is n . holy Gad '* ilie adjective holy As well as the name of , Gq < L < is in the original in the plural number . * Keiuoiuoer now thy Creator in the days of thy youth / In the Hebrew * thy Creators /
* Thy maker is thy husband ' , Jehovah of hosts is his name . ' Both the nouns maker land husband are plural thy makers , tfoy husbandsy &c . ' *—Pp . 11 , 12 . 14 , 15 . n Then after stating that a variety of
Other proofs might be adduced , $ iich as , — f < And now the Lord God an 4 iJ ^ S Spirit h ath sent nie " ., V Seek y $ o \} i o / j ^ the book pjf die J ^ rd , and reu < i , far typ ijiiQiit ^ it hath ^ ou ^ Tiaiided and Ills spirit it hath gathered them , "
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and givipg up y / ithout hesitathpn . the vc \ mtfMKa&a&hi'iJmn \ : i ; Mi . WarcHbw proceeds— ' < ; ; € ( I shall confine i ? ayself at preseqt to a , few remarks on twp . passages only . The first is tHe form of tjaptisn > prescri&ed by our Lord , tq fiis apos . t {^ s , ijiimedi ^ teiy before he le ^ t the wpr ) d ^ an ^| wjric b JX > & Wfill
find ia the nineteen , ^ ye rp e of . the tweotyeigh , tli chapter of $ hp . Gospel jvccordjng , to iVIatthew ;— Go ^ tea ^ h all nations , baptizing them iu the name of the Patbe . r ^ and of the Son , su ^ cl qf the Holy Spiral / On the very first aspect of this , jtext , ft
seems most unreasonable to suppose that the One true &o 4 ^ s here . associHted . " jyitfr two of his creatures : pr with one of ( IjJl ^ creatures a >> d an attribute < pr energy , pr mode of operatiop ., , tt appears to ^ nie tnajt the simple statement of sucU an Joterprer tation should be sufficient to ( ensure Us immediate and unqualified rejcctioD ^ -r ?"
V y . 16 , 17 . . , ¦ . -. -: ' The second passage is thp ; fbr * r " ii of apostolical benediction used [ ti tfie conclusion of the second Kpisile of the Corinthians ^— f * Xhe ^ Qf ^ qe , pjrouT Lord Jesus Christ and ilje tovqgLGpg and the coiniiiunion of . thf ^ ^ rfj ^ Ghost , he with you ail I . AFB ^ V ' That , this fojrm of blessiug incUiiiigftiw
it a prayer , it would be a 'vvapjeiidf words to prove . To ^ vhonr ^ tiaei ^ T'i s this . prayer addressed ? Had it * be « TJ simply said , the love of God ^ btf'wiih yoa-a ! M Amen , no otic' 11 afur ipds'e w ould have hesitated to say thatwften the apostle thus expressed , himselfi ; he presented in his heart " a pebitioflf to
the Father of mercies for . the a ^ ani ; festatious of his love to tbe > holieY © rf at Corinth . On what principle of critiqisin then are , we to ipterffift the expression l * the grace or JUiM > S £ r * qf tqip
JLojd , Jesus . Christy' an e $ {> u : $ & ^ jrt , $£ > ]> reciseiy the pame in U \ nnp io P different sen ^ e ? in a sense that * daas not i « iply Jeans Christ ' s beiiig . jiie . ^ ilty ject of a similar inward as , ]> irotil > fT ^ And the same ouestioiV ' mig ht 7 3 i > t asked , with regard to the ^ pen ^ fh l ^ jg phrase , (< the communion of t ! Ve Hb 4 y Spirit . "—P . 18 . " ¦? * ¦ "' *
Such are the praofs 6 h which" Mr . Wardlaw > ests the' doctViile > if ilk rimty ; and considering ; what tnaj doctrine really . is , namely ; tb ^ ^ cf ^ ^ re iiv ^ e £ JoO |\ ea < J [ , " ) iwz Uinincjtj a }^ i p ^ fi i ^ iMin cIs axvX JfawfPW t h ^^ f ,, 0 | jh tjUict pi ersons ; t \\ at t \ ups& l \\ xz * 4 \*\ ik > v 4 P ^ icifipite uiind s © e ^ perwab ^ nrti ^ cTKtto truly and propedv God , acid \ trtx t&ot
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Jtcview . — XJnitarian Controversy in Scotland- 205
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1817, page 295, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2464/page/39/
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