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claretf ^ f . John , i . 1 , to beOod . M % § . * S # &e of thfe beat comriientatorstipdii | that passajeffc are of opinibii ; thkt fclie term Xb ^ $ is not there iritended to expfre&s # distinct person , but kfteirely mereivspn , j ^ dwer or Wfedom < rf God ; a ^ ee&bfy to the phraseology of the JeWs , atod' to the nie that is made of the t £ rm in' other parts of Scripture : as -wh £ n it is said of t €€
Samuel , that the word of the Lord wa / not yet revealed unto him /* ( 1 Sam . iii . 7 , ) or that , "by the word of the Lord the heavens were made , and all the hosts of them by the breath of his mouth /* ( Psalm xxxvi . 7 . ) For
if we make a distinct person of the word of God , we may just as well make a distinct person of his power or wisdom or knowledge , or of the word of Christ . The sacred writers must be allowed the same latitude in the use of figurative language as other writers , and indeed , they have used it
freely . Now when Milton says , " the might of Gabriel fought , ** no one infers that he intend ! to designate a person differe ^^ from Gabriel himself , if the ApostilrWohn , then , has said that the word was with God , and was
God * we ought not to infer that the wofdJB&iL distinct person ; but merely an attrilrate of the Divine Being , oiKan energy of the Divine Will . Oaron . But it is said that * ' he catne to his own , and his own received him
not y how then can it be otherwise than a distinct person ? Med . The answe ^ is , that the word of Gftd eanae to mankind in general , and to the Jews m particular , by th ^ man Christ Jes ' us , ' a # it had formerly come Iby * Mo » sesr ;^ fett « we * must iidt thence ^ infefr that Christ is himself Oawh . You Will , r '< Ml least ; allow some weight to thd argument that is deduced from % mWfhM ¥ ^ &tmtMf& ttie
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NeWiTestamenJ ; that seem to'Ss $ Sl ? £ w tcj' ttet ,. m ^ mim ^ ai ^ f ^ km that : iMtffigM 1 regarded ^ W ^ S" ^^^ Gbd /^ t least m earl ^^ ni ^ Y as ra pMn from the wor ^ % O ^ Wk /^^ s % ^ ^ 3 h >^ sfy im < M M ^ WtW ^ any «' ttl ^ d ! d !« iiii ^ ^' Wi ^ ^^^ in 0 ilF id We ^^ rie ^^ iaod ^ o ^^ ^^ !^^^^ ceitaln / that tMfc ftfeKif tif ^ buf ^ K ^ iffi ^ beiiig ^ make * of the # drj [ tfi W ^ Sf no means universal arfioii ^ JmhwffiWg Ohr istians , as is plaah fWfea the A ^^ ities' Creed , as well as mm "JwtM
Miartyr , who beEelrecl Chfist , for ptBfet * reasons , to be justly c ^ Bed Gdd J aSitf Lord ^ , but not the hwJfcr * tf k ffithiii Owbri . If I prbdfe ^ a passage from Scriptwe , iii whidh the te&rm God fe dir ^ tl y ascribed to € hrist , I liope I shall tnen have given-you a ^ atisfectory proof of his divinity , and as such r will quote for your consideration the words of St . Paul , ( Acts xx . 28 , )
" Take heed , therefore , tmtb your selves , and to all the flock over th ^ f which the Holy Ghost hath made v < fri overseers , tj ^^ y the church of Gfod , which he ha ^^ Mrchased with his own D 1 OOQ .
Med . The text you have quoted i « certainly very strong if we allow thfe Received Version to g ive the rigtttf reading * . But ^ a majority of the-peSt biblical epties have proved the received reading of the * t&ct in question to bte corrupt . So that , beside ^ the abs&r ^
dity of supposing G 6 d to be made' up of flesh and blood , still the passage is to be taken in cOnrie ^ oh widi lh& many other texts in wnfch Chrfet is explicitly decla red to be a mere man . " There is but one GocL aariPdfcf
Mediator between God and xnien ^ Wie M # Christ Jesiis . " ( 1 Tim . ii . 5 i > Oaon . We do not deny that Jesus was a man ; but we maintain that he was also God >—the diving and human
natures being united in his mdividual persons - : ¦ " ' -- - : - ' \ H * " - Med . ^ s . the ^ tedHvT ^ rk U ^ m ,,. Whfetfe ^ M * h * t Ctaist ^^ . ; MpPll ' ^ ; mto in •^ pemtmM SS
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 399, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/19/
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