Rāmamohana Rāẏa; Ghose, Jogendra Chunder [Editor]: The English works of Raja Rammohun Roy (Band 3) (1901)

228 SECOND APPEAL TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.

me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel
to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the broken-heart-
ed, to preach deliverance to the captive, and recovering
of sight to the blind; to set at liberty them that are
bruised ; to preach the acceptable year of the Lord "—
compared with Isaiah Ixi. I, 2 : "The spirit of the Lord
God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me
to preach good tidings unto the meek : he hath sent me
to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to
the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that
are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord."

Now I beg the attention of my readers to these
quotations ascribed to Jesus himself, and appeal to them
whether he assumed in any of these references the
character of the Deity, or even equality with him. I am
certain that they will find nothing of the kind : Jesus
declared himself in these instances entirely subordinate
to the Almighty God, and subject to his authority^
and frequently compared himself to David or some of
the other prophets.