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FINAL APPEAL.
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verse in either of these two chapters containing a proo
of the equality of Jesus Christ with God, setting in de
fiance all the phrases I have now quoted from these ver
chapters. After reflecting upon the above-cited phrases
the Editor will, I hope, spare the charge, that Jesus " a
length prevaricates and retracts for fear of death; " for
his disavowal of deity in ch. x. 36, was quite consisten
with all the doctrines and precepts that he taught in th
evangelical writings, (Vide the whole of the four
Gospels.
The Editor then adds, that " the confession, (in x. 34
36,) which our author terms a disavowal of deity, was the
verv confession for which they sought again to take him,
because they still thought he made himself God." I am,
therefore, under the necessity of quoting the context, to
shew that the Jews seemed appeased at the explanation
given by Jesus himself, as to their misunderstanding of
him, and that they sought again to take him on account
of another subsequent assertion of his. The context is,
(32) " Many good works have I shewed you from my
Father •, for which of those works do ye stone me ? (33)
The Jews answered him, ■ saying, For a good work we
stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that
thou, being a man, makest thyself God. (34) Jesus
answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said ye
are gods ? (35) If he called them gods unto whom the
word of God came, (and the scripture cannot be broken,)
(36) Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and
sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said
I am the Son of God ? (37) If I do not the works of my
Father, believe me not : (38) but if I do, though ye
believe not me, believe the works •, that ye may know and
FINAL APPEAL.
lUl"
verse in either of these two chapters containing a proo
of the equality of Jesus Christ with God, setting in de
fiance all the phrases I have now quoted from these ver
chapters. After reflecting upon the above-cited phrases
the Editor will, I hope, spare the charge, that Jesus " a
length prevaricates and retracts for fear of death; " for
his disavowal of deity in ch. x. 36, was quite consisten
with all the doctrines and precepts that he taught in th
evangelical writings, (Vide the whole of the four
Gospels.
The Editor then adds, that " the confession, (in x. 34
36,) which our author terms a disavowal of deity, was the
verv confession for which they sought again to take him,
because they still thought he made himself God." I am,
therefore, under the necessity of quoting the context, to
shew that the Jews seemed appeased at the explanation
given by Jesus himself, as to their misunderstanding of
him, and that they sought again to take him on account
of another subsequent assertion of his. The context is,
(32) " Many good works have I shewed you from my
Father •, for which of those works do ye stone me ? (33)
The Jews answered him, ■ saying, For a good work we
stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that
thou, being a man, makest thyself God. (34) Jesus
answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said ye
are gods ? (35) If he called them gods unto whom the
word of God came, (and the scripture cannot be broken,)
(36) Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and
sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said
I am the Son of God ? (37) If I do not the works of my
Father, believe me not : (38) but if I do, though ye
believe not me, believe the works •, that ye may know and