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Natural inferiority of the Son to the Father.
In endeavouring to prove what he represents as " the
most abstruse, and yet the most important of doctrines*
the Deity of Jesus Christ," the Reverend Editor advances
seven positions— 1st, That Jesus was possessed of ubi-
quity, an attribute peculiar to God along. 2ndly, That
he declared that a knowledge of his nature was equally
incomprehensible with that of the nature of God. 3rdly»
That he exercised the power of forgiving sins, the peculiar
prerogative of God. 4-thly, That ne claimed almighty
power, " in the most unequivocal manner." Sthly, That
his heavenly Father had committed to him the final
judgment of all who- have lived since the creation. 6thl)rt
That he received worship due to God alone. 7thly, That
he associated his own name with that of God the Father
in the sacred rite of baptism.—-The facts on which the
Editor labours to establish these positions, however, seem
to me, upon an impartial examination, not only unfavouf'
able to his inference, but even confirmatory of the opposite
opinion.—For, admitting for a moment, that the position5
'of the Editor are well founded, and that the Saviour was
in pessession of attributes and powers ascribed to God »
have we not his own express and often repeated avowal)
that all the power* he manifested, were committed to hin1
as the Son by the Father of the Universe ? Axd doe5
not reason force us to infer, that a Being who owes to
another all his power and authority, however extensive
In endeavouring to prove what he represents as " the
most abstruse, and yet the most important of doctrines*
the Deity of Jesus Christ," the Reverend Editor advances
seven positions— 1st, That Jesus was possessed of ubi-
quity, an attribute peculiar to God along. 2ndly, That
he declared that a knowledge of his nature was equally
incomprehensible with that of the nature of God. 3rdly»
That he exercised the power of forgiving sins, the peculiar
prerogative of God. 4-thly, That ne claimed almighty
power, " in the most unequivocal manner." Sthly, That
his heavenly Father had committed to him the final
judgment of all who- have lived since the creation. 6thl)rt
That he received worship due to God alone. 7thly, That
he associated his own name with that of God the Father
in the sacred rite of baptism.—-The facts on which the
Editor labours to establish these positions, however, seem
to me, upon an impartial examination, not only unfavouf'
able to his inference, but even confirmatory of the opposite
opinion.—For, admitting for a moment, that the position5
'of the Editor are well founded, and that the Saviour was
in pessession of attributes and powers ascribed to God »
have we not his own express and often repeated avowal)
that all the power* he manifested, were committed to hin1
as the Son by the Father of the Universe ? Axd doe5
not reason force us to infer, that a Being who owes to
another all his power and authority, however extensive