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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.
the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession
to the Lord of Hosts," &c. Deut. ch. v. ver. 5: "I
( Moses) stood between the Lord and you at that time,
to shew you the word of the Lord." I regret very
much that a sect generally so enlightened, should, on
the one hand, have supposed the divine and human
natures to be so diametrically opposed to each other,
that it is morally impossible for God even to accept inter-
cession from a mere human being in behalf of the human
race, and, on the other hand, should have advanced that
the Deity joined to his own nature that of man, and was
made flesh, possessing all the members and exercising all
the functions of man—propositions which are morally
inconsistent with each other.
To avoid the supposed dishonour attached to the
-appointment of a mediator less than divine, the Deity
is declared by them to have assumed the human shape,
and to have subjected himself to the feelings and incli-
nations natural to the human species ; which is not only
inconsistent with the immutable nature of God, but
highly derogatory to the honour and glory which we are
taught to ascribe to him.
Other arguments of the same nature are frequently
advanced, but they are altogether much fewer in num-
her, and far less convincing, than those which are
•commonly brought forward by Hindoos to support their
polytheism. Since, then, in evincing the truth and
excellence of the Precepts of Jesus, there is no need of
the aid of metaphysical arguments, and since, as a last
resource, they do not depend for their support on the
ground of mystery, the Compiler has, in the discharge
of his duty towards his countrymen, properly introduced
them as a Guide to Peace and Happiness.
the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession
to the Lord of Hosts," &c. Deut. ch. v. ver. 5: "I
( Moses) stood between the Lord and you at that time,
to shew you the word of the Lord." I regret very
much that a sect generally so enlightened, should, on
the one hand, have supposed the divine and human
natures to be so diametrically opposed to each other,
that it is morally impossible for God even to accept inter-
cession from a mere human being in behalf of the human
race, and, on the other hand, should have advanced that
the Deity joined to his own nature that of man, and was
made flesh, possessing all the members and exercising all
the functions of man—propositions which are morally
inconsistent with each other.
To avoid the supposed dishonour attached to the
-appointment of a mediator less than divine, the Deity
is declared by them to have assumed the human shape,
and to have subjected himself to the feelings and incli-
nations natural to the human species ; which is not only
inconsistent with the immutable nature of God, but
highly derogatory to the honour and glory which we are
taught to ascribe to him.
Other arguments of the same nature are frequently
advanced, but they are altogether much fewer in num-
her, and far less convincing, than those which are
•commonly brought forward by Hindoos to support their
polytheism. Since, then, in evincing the truth and
excellence of the Precepts of Jesus, there is no need of
the aid of metaphysical arguments, and since, as a last
resource, they do not depend for their support on the
ground of mystery, the Compiler has, in the discharge
of his duty towards his countrymen, properly introduced
them as a Guide to Peace and Happiness.