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already shewn to possess." I therefore take upon myself
to point out a few instances which I hope will convince
the Editor that the peculiar attributes of God were never
ascribed to Jesus, nor to any other human being who
may have been, like Jesus, figuratively called >gods in
scriptural language. In the first place, the attribute of
being the " Most High " or \Vh]), by which the supreme
Deity is distinguished above all gods, is not found once
ascribed to Jesus, though invariably applied to the Father
throughout the scriptural writings. 2ndly. Jesus was
never called almighty, or a term peculiarly used for
the Deity. Nay, moreover, he expressly denies being
possessed of almighty power. Matt. xx. 23 :" But to
sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to
give, but to them for whom it is prepared of my
Father." Ch. xxvi. 53 : " Thinkest thou that I cannot
now pray to my father, and he shall presently give me
more than twelve legions of angels?" John xi. 41:.
" Then they took away the stone from the place where
the dead was laid ; and Jesus lifted up his eyes, and saidr
Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me." He also
denies his omniscience, Mark xiii. 32 : "But of that day
and that hour knoweth no man ; no, not the angels which
are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." Any
being, if not supreme, almighty, and omniscient, and
more especially, one subjected to the transitions of birth
and death, must, however highly exalted, even by the
title of a god, and though for ages endowed with all
power in heaven and in earth, be considered a created
being, and like all creatures, be in the end, as the apostle
declares, subject to the Creator of all things. Besides,
in the creed which the generality of Trinitarians profess,
to point out a few instances which I hope will convince
the Editor that the peculiar attributes of God were never
ascribed to Jesus, nor to any other human being who
may have been, like Jesus, figuratively called >gods in
scriptural language. In the first place, the attribute of
being the " Most High " or \Vh]), by which the supreme
Deity is distinguished above all gods, is not found once
ascribed to Jesus, though invariably applied to the Father
throughout the scriptural writings. 2ndly. Jesus was
never called almighty, or a term peculiarly used for
the Deity. Nay, moreover, he expressly denies being
possessed of almighty power. Matt. xx. 23 :" But to
sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to
give, but to them for whom it is prepared of my
Father." Ch. xxvi. 53 : " Thinkest thou that I cannot
now pray to my father, and he shall presently give me
more than twelve legions of angels?" John xi. 41:.
" Then they took away the stone from the place where
the dead was laid ; and Jesus lifted up his eyes, and saidr
Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me." He also
denies his omniscience, Mark xiii. 32 : "But of that day
and that hour knoweth no man ; no, not the angels which
are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." Any
being, if not supreme, almighty, and omniscient, and
more especially, one subjected to the transitions of birth
and death, must, however highly exalted, even by the
title of a god, and though for ages endowed with all
power in heaven and in earth, be considered a created
being, and like all creatures, be in the end, as the apostle
declares, subject to the Creator of all things. Besides,
in the creed which the generality of Trinitarians profess,