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of their opinions to the circular, or rather perhaps to the
globular figure, in which is to be found an infinity of
circles, formed each of an infinite number of sides.
As I was concluding this Appendix, a firiend to the
•doctrine of the Trinity kindly lent me Serle's " Horse
solitaries." I confine here my attention only to four
or Ave arguments, which the author has adduced in the
begining of his work, and that for several reasons. 1st,
Because a deliberate attention to the nature of the first-
mentioned arguments may furnish the reader with a
general idea of the rest, and justify me in neglecting
them. 2ndly, Because such of the others as seem to me
at all worthy of notice have been already considered and
replied to ; and, 3rdly, Because I am unwilling to pro-
tract further discussion, which has already grown to a
length far beyond my original intention.
At page 10, Mr. Serle alleges, that " God says by
Moses in the book of Genesis, In the beginning God
■created the heaven and the earth ; and then just after-
wards, the Spirit moved upon the face of the waters.
Here are thee persons in one power ; the Beginning, God,
and the Spirit." If a bare mention of the word " begin-
ning "and "spirit," (or properly speaking "wind,") in the
first two verses of Genesis, justifies the numbering of
them as two persons of God, how can we conscientiously
omit the " water " mentioned in the same verse as coexis-
tent with " spirit," making it the fourth person, and
F darkness" which is mentioned before Spirit, as a fifth per-
son of God : and if under any pretence we are justified in
classing ''beginning," an abstract relation, as a person of
God, how can we deny the same dignity to the " end,
which is equally an ~1 ' let relation ? Nay, the very
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of their opinions to the circular, or rather perhaps to the
globular figure, in which is to be found an infinity of
circles, formed each of an infinite number of sides.
As I was concluding this Appendix, a firiend to the
•doctrine of the Trinity kindly lent me Serle's " Horse
solitaries." I confine here my attention only to four
or Ave arguments, which the author has adduced in the
begining of his work, and that for several reasons. 1st,
Because a deliberate attention to the nature of the first-
mentioned arguments may furnish the reader with a
general idea of the rest, and justify me in neglecting
them. 2ndly, Because such of the others as seem to me
at all worthy of notice have been already considered and
replied to ; and, 3rdly, Because I am unwilling to pro-
tract further discussion, which has already grown to a
length far beyond my original intention.
At page 10, Mr. Serle alleges, that " God says by
Moses in the book of Genesis, In the beginning God
■created the heaven and the earth ; and then just after-
wards, the Spirit moved upon the face of the waters.
Here are thee persons in one power ; the Beginning, God,
and the Spirit." If a bare mention of the word " begin-
ning "and "spirit," (or properly speaking "wind,") in the
first two verses of Genesis, justifies the numbering of
them as two persons of God, how can we conscientiously
omit the " water " mentioned in the same verse as coexis-
tent with " spirit," making it the fourth person, and
F darkness" which is mentioned before Spirit, as a fifth per-
son of God : and if under any pretence we are justified in
classing ''beginning," an abstract relation, as a person of
God, how can we deny the same dignity to the " end,
which is equally an ~1 ' let relation ? Nay, the very