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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC.
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e is Lord, which office confession of his dignity is to
the glory of God the Father. 9. " Wherefore God also
hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is
above every name ; 10. That at the name of Jesus
every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in
earth, and things under the earth ; I I. And that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father."
Some have adopted a most extraordinary way of
establishing the deity of Jesus. Any epithet or act,
however common it may be, ascribed to God in the
Sacred Writings, and also to Christ in the New Testament
is adduced by them as a proof of his deity; and I
observe with the utmost surprise, that the prejudice of
many Christians in favour of the doctrine of the Trinity
induces them to lay stress upon such sophisms. For
instance, Isaiah xliii. 3 : " For I am the Lord thy God,
the Holy one of Israel, thy Saviour," compared with
2 Peter iii. 18, " Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
The conclusion they draw from these passages is, that
unless Jesus were God, he could not be a Saviour : but
how futile this reasoning is will clearly appear from the
following passages : Nchemiah ix. 27 : " Thou gavest
them saviours, who saved them." Obad. 27 : " And
saviours shall come upon Mount Zion." 2 Kings xiii. 5 :
" And the Lord ga\ e Israel a saviour, so they went out
from under the hand of the Syrians : and the children
of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime." Isaiah
xix. 19, 20 : " In that day shall there be an altar to the
Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at
the border thereof to the Lord. And it shall be for a
sign and for a witness unto the "Lord of hosts in the land
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e is Lord, which office confession of his dignity is to
the glory of God the Father. 9. " Wherefore God also
hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is
above every name ; 10. That at the name of Jesus
every knee shall bow, of things in heaven, and things in
earth, and things under the earth ; I I. And that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father."
Some have adopted a most extraordinary way of
establishing the deity of Jesus. Any epithet or act,
however common it may be, ascribed to God in the
Sacred Writings, and also to Christ in the New Testament
is adduced by them as a proof of his deity; and I
observe with the utmost surprise, that the prejudice of
many Christians in favour of the doctrine of the Trinity
induces them to lay stress upon such sophisms. For
instance, Isaiah xliii. 3 : " For I am the Lord thy God,
the Holy one of Israel, thy Saviour," compared with
2 Peter iii. 18, " Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."
The conclusion they draw from these passages is, that
unless Jesus were God, he could not be a Saviour : but
how futile this reasoning is will clearly appear from the
following passages : Nchemiah ix. 27 : " Thou gavest
them saviours, who saved them." Obad. 27 : " And
saviours shall come upon Mount Zion." 2 Kings xiii. 5 :
" And the Lord ga\ e Israel a saviour, so they went out
from under the hand of the Syrians : and the children
of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime." Isaiah
xix. 19, 20 : " In that day shall there be an altar to the
Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at
the border thereof to the Lord. And it shall be for a
sign and for a witness unto the "Lord of hosts in the land