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Scriptures have come down to us vyitfau out - any 7 very « material corruptions And although the first Christians had tct &&ieffijfaemnelve&against tie charge of wpi $ fc ] $ iga crucified man ; yet we do not find them advancing any other ground for their practice , but that he was the Son of God . till towards the
close of the second century , or beginning o £ the third , when Clemens Alexandrinus and his pupils first represented Christ as being both God and man . But whatever might have been the
practice of the primitive Fathers with regard to the worship , it is certain that they were by no means agreed with regard to the divinity of Christ . * If some of them believed him to be the
great God over all , others evidently did not , as maybe proved both from Justin Martyr and from Origen . Oaton . Still we can adduce the miracles which Christ performed in proof of his divinity ; but especially the nu ^
thoritative manner im which he performed them , indicating the operation of the very finger of God , fifed , Tjie working of miracles could be no proof to the Jews that Christ was God , even in ti ^ e authoritative manner which he assumed ; because the man Moses had worked many
inland authoritative , though Elisha was only a prophet . Besides , Christ does not claim the power of working niira- >>
racles , ana * because the Messias or Christ iv ^ s expected to be able to do all things , though not supposed to be God . Neither could it have been any pro ( of of his divinity even to the Gentiles ; for Naanaan expected that Elisha ' d care would have been sudden
cles as belonging to himself , but always ascribes it to bis Father ^ " The Father which dwelleth in me , he doeth the works . " ( John xiv . 10 . ) Oqtan , There is one argument
reinauung for the divinity pf ChrisJ , to which I cannot foresee any jpoasible objec (; ion ~ iiajpaeijr , th ^ t w ) uch i $ 4 ffrwnj from the fact of his forgiving sins ., It ; is thus spaced pp NovatLan : If only God ca ^ remit sins , md GlMfot , < f& ? Kitfqd mp ^ ^ mm ^ dhrim («* ^ ufirrQmi 0 hfipow P ^? j ffi ^ Mif -ffl mm ^« p ?» ww % wa ^ legi ^ n 3 ^ i ^ c » wi » w « i ? % w . -, « ^© t ^» fp MdlMtan ^ XjigPt wwtdm WffiP ^ mjj -jlpt Jw ^ jrp 4 * e $ ^^ WWm ^ W ^*« W ^ CW ; ^^ f tSMfc ; NMJU ; UMtMNNtlt
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tbjat , resides , i no doubt ,, origipaljy in Gpd ^ Bm it W-. b p > d | jM ^^ fM we Know that it has been q ^ fgatw . Chr ^ t ^ end ^ itl y received t % PQWW oi forming jans from b |» Father ^ and conferred it in like manner upon ^ the apostles . v 1 " . ^ 8 r
Oxon . If t ^ e syllogism of Npvatiaw should be but a sophism , still there is abundance of proof in my other argu ^ meats , when taken in their aggreg ^^ amount , to satisfy the candid i ^ Quirer of the divinity of Christ ; an 4 the
divinity of the Holy Ghost rests on the same firm and irrefragable basis <> f scriptural argument , as I am now ready to shew from the tides , attributes i * ud offices , by which he is designated in scripture . , ; , . Med . If these are the only grcMiads to
upon whiah -you m ^ an rest your argument for the divinity of the Holy Gh 6 st I will spare you the trouble of entering into any thing of detail , as I presume they cannot be very different from thpse you have already offered m the case or Christ . But I shall be
glad to kmw ) £ you have a ^ iy example of the offering of religious homage to the Holy Ghopt \ or even any decisive proof of its being a distinct person I Owon . There is , I believe , no scriptural example of the offering of religious homage to the Holy Ghost- But the proof of his distinct and divine personality is evident from the offices which he performs , ox from the manner in which he as spoken of by Christ ; " . I will send ypu the comforter , whi ^ h
is the Holy Ghost ^ -he wiM teach ypu all things . " ^ , r ? r v Med . Jf the mere perwmficafip ^^ f
any quality or attribute ^ y > (^ hri $ t or his apostles is a proof that it ia thus exalted to the rank of a real pe ^ on , then we must make a real p ^ i ^ o ^ of charity , because it is kind and rejoiceth in tljie truth , as also of t ^ vvwd of
, Christ , because it dwells i # # m h ^ i ^ rftl of the just . Put ; th ^ is ^ ^> fB ^ oi operation that ; is ascri ^ d ^ o ih ^^ m Ghost , which m&y wft * fi V ^^^ m equally well t \> $ jit , though mwftl y ^ attribute ypC t ^ , rtrae ^ pd , fflmmtiM d ^ Uxmt ^ rsoa , W ® s MPlkdi | fore , k « ivc our assent to -the dpctm ^ # w * klii $ ^ SfflWB tPfy ^^
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The tHctrine ^ of the Trinity debated . 40
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 401, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/21/
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