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TO THE CHRISTIAN' PUBLIC. 8<
^°ssible not to notice,) and to understand the passage as it
^ands in the orthodox translation, we should esteem Jesus
^s the cause of all created things. But we should be in
lhis casa. naturally inclined to ascertain whether Jesus
^Vas an efficient or an instrumental cause of those things ;
J*lce the preposition " by," found in the verse, signifies
either a principal agent of an action, or an instrument
'■herein. We find Heb. i. 2, (as it stands in the English
Version,) deciding the question beyond a doubt ; " (God
^th in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom
^e hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he
1n«de the worlds." Eph. iii. 9 : " Who (God ) created all
things by Jesus Christ." Here all the worlds are repre-
Sented as made by Jesus as an instrument in the hands
°f God. It is hoped that after reflecting upon this
^ecision, by the author of these epistles, the Editor may,
^erhaps, retract his assertion, that " in creating power,
^hrist is equal to Jehovah," and be of opinion that the
Xv°rid was made by the will of one being. Could not
Jehovah, to whom the Editor ascribes omnipotence,
Create this world independently of another omnipotent
^eing, equal to him " in creating power "? If not, the world
^Ust be, in this case, the joint production of Jehovah and
^hrist, as well as of the Holy Ghost, (whom the Editor
here omits to notice,) and each of them must depend
^Pon the others in creation, like joint managers of a
c°ricern. Can the Editor point out any set of men,
°r any nation professing a grosser polytheism than
^att. v. 18 ; vi, 8 ; xxi, 42 ; xxvi, 6. All things in the Christian
^Pensation were done by Christ " i, e, by his authority, and according
^° his direction ; and in the ministry committed to his apostles, nothing
lls been done without his warrant. See John xv, 4, 5: "Without me
^ can do nothing," Compare vers, 7, 10, 16 ; John xvii, 8 ? Col; i. 16,
7 j Cappe, ibid, ( Improved Version.)
^°ssible not to notice,) and to understand the passage as it
^ands in the orthodox translation, we should esteem Jesus
^s the cause of all created things. But we should be in
lhis casa. naturally inclined to ascertain whether Jesus
^Vas an efficient or an instrumental cause of those things ;
J*lce the preposition " by," found in the verse, signifies
either a principal agent of an action, or an instrument
'■herein. We find Heb. i. 2, (as it stands in the English
Version,) deciding the question beyond a doubt ; " (God
^th in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom
^e hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he
1n«de the worlds." Eph. iii. 9 : " Who (God ) created all
things by Jesus Christ." Here all the worlds are repre-
Sented as made by Jesus as an instrument in the hands
°f God. It is hoped that after reflecting upon this
^ecision, by the author of these epistles, the Editor may,
^erhaps, retract his assertion, that " in creating power,
^hrist is equal to Jehovah," and be of opinion that the
Xv°rid was made by the will of one being. Could not
Jehovah, to whom the Editor ascribes omnipotence,
Create this world independently of another omnipotent
^eing, equal to him " in creating power "? If not, the world
^Ust be, in this case, the joint production of Jehovah and
^hrist, as well as of the Holy Ghost, (whom the Editor
here omits to notice,) and each of them must depend
^Pon the others in creation, like joint managers of a
c°ricern. Can the Editor point out any set of men,
°r any nation professing a grosser polytheism than
^att. v. 18 ; vi, 8 ; xxi, 42 ; xxvi, 6. All things in the Christian
^Pensation were done by Christ " i, e, by his authority, and according
^° his direction ; and in the ministry committed to his apostles, nothing
lls been done without his warrant. See John xv, 4, 5: "Without me
^ can do nothing," Compare vers, 7, 10, 16 ; John xvii, 8 ? Col; i. 16,
7 j Cappe, ibid, ( Improved Version.)