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204 SECOND APPEAL
and so obvious, that several Trinitarian Editors ai1^
Commentators of the Bible, such as Griesbach
Michaelis, (who never allowed their zeal for their sect &
overcome the prudence and candour with which th^
were endowed,) have omitted to insert it in their
works on the New Testament ; knowing, perhaps,
such an interpolation, so far from strengthening tl^
doctrine they maintain, has excited great doubts as l"
the accuracy of other passages generally relied upon
its support.
a
We have already, I trust, seen ditinctly that noi1
of the lessons taught by Christ to his disciples teach ■!
to believe in him as God ; but as most Trinitarian autho^
assert that his doctrine was fully revealed by hlS
Apostles speaking under the inspiration of the Hoi)
Ghost, it may be worth while to examine whether it ^
included by them amongst the doctrines of the Christia11
religion. This question may be immediately determine^
by referring to the history of the Acts of the Apostles >
for if the doctrine of the Trinity had been considered by
them as an essential part of what they were command^
to teach, we should certainly find it insisted upon in
discourses they addressed to their converts. But ^
shall look in vain for any expressoin amongst those re'
ported by Luke, that indicates the profession of such 3
belief by the Apostles themselves ; far less that the)'
exacted an acknowledgment of its truth from tho^
whom they admitted by the rite of Baptism into th6
*aith of Christianity.
Acts, ch. ii. ver. 22 : "Ye men of Israel, hear theS^
words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God amofli»
you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did b)
and so obvious, that several Trinitarian Editors ai1^
Commentators of the Bible, such as Griesbach
Michaelis, (who never allowed their zeal for their sect &
overcome the prudence and candour with which th^
were endowed,) have omitted to insert it in their
works on the New Testament ; knowing, perhaps,
such an interpolation, so far from strengthening tl^
doctrine they maintain, has excited great doubts as l"
the accuracy of other passages generally relied upon
its support.
a
We have already, I trust, seen ditinctly that noi1
of the lessons taught by Christ to his disciples teach ■!
to believe in him as God ; but as most Trinitarian autho^
assert that his doctrine was fully revealed by hlS
Apostles speaking under the inspiration of the Hoi)
Ghost, it may be worth while to examine whether it ^
included by them amongst the doctrines of the Christia11
religion. This question may be immediately determine^
by referring to the history of the Acts of the Apostles >
for if the doctrine of the Trinity had been considered by
them as an essential part of what they were command^
to teach, we should certainly find it insisted upon in
discourses they addressed to their converts. But ^
shall look in vain for any expressoin amongst those re'
ported by Luke, that indicates the profession of such 3
belief by the Apostles themselves ; far less that the)'
exacted an acknowledgment of its truth from tho^
whom they admitted by the rite of Baptism into th6
*aith of Christianity.
Acts, ch. ii. ver. 22 : "Ye men of Israel, hear theS^
words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God amofli»
you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did b)