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FINAL APPEAL
God, but the former generally implying only such main-
festation of reverence as one may bestow on his father, or
on another worthy of respect. Mai. i. 6 : "A son honoureth
his father,and a servant his master: if then I be a FatherT
where is mine honour ?" &c. Here God requires the
same kind of honour to be paid him as is due to a father.
Does God here bring himself, in consequence, to a level
with a parent ? 1 Sam. ii. 30 : "But now the Lord saithr
Be it far from me : for them that honour me, I will
honour."—Here the manifestation of honour between
God and men is reciprocal; but in any sense whatsoever,
no worship can be reciprocally offered by God and his
creatures. The Editor again advances, that "the fact is,
that this phrase ' as' really refers to degree as well as to
nature ; see Matt. xx. 14 : 'I will give unto this last even
as unto thee,' that is, precisely as much as one penny.''
I deny the accuracy of this rule of the Editor, since
" as," in almost all instances, refers either to degree or
nature, or to some kind of resemblance, a few of which
I shall here notice. Gal. iv. 14, Paul says to the
Galatians, " But received me as an angel of God, even
as Christ Jesus'' Did Paul permit the Galatians to
receive him with precisely the same kind of honour,
both in kind and degree, as was due to Christ Jesus ?
Matt. x. 25 : "It is enough for the disciple that he be as
his master, and the servant as his Lord," &c. Did Matthew
mean here precise equality in kind and degree, between
a disciple and his master, and a servant and his Lord ?
xix. 19: ''Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
Did the Saviour mean here, that precisely the same quality
and degree of love, which one entertains towards himself,
should be entertained towards others? Gen. iii. 22 ::
FINAL APPEAL
God, but the former generally implying only such main-
festation of reverence as one may bestow on his father, or
on another worthy of respect. Mai. i. 6 : "A son honoureth
his father,and a servant his master: if then I be a FatherT
where is mine honour ?" &c. Here God requires the
same kind of honour to be paid him as is due to a father.
Does God here bring himself, in consequence, to a level
with a parent ? 1 Sam. ii. 30 : "But now the Lord saithr
Be it far from me : for them that honour me, I will
honour."—Here the manifestation of honour between
God and men is reciprocal; but in any sense whatsoever,
no worship can be reciprocally offered by God and his
creatures. The Editor again advances, that "the fact is,
that this phrase ' as' really refers to degree as well as to
nature ; see Matt. xx. 14 : 'I will give unto this last even
as unto thee,' that is, precisely as much as one penny.''
I deny the accuracy of this rule of the Editor, since
" as," in almost all instances, refers either to degree or
nature, or to some kind of resemblance, a few of which
I shall here notice. Gal. iv. 14, Paul says to the
Galatians, " But received me as an angel of God, even
as Christ Jesus'' Did Paul permit the Galatians to
receive him with precisely the same kind of honour,
both in kind and degree, as was due to Christ Jesus ?
Matt. x. 25 : "It is enough for the disciple that he be as
his master, and the servant as his Lord," &c. Did Matthew
mean here precise equality in kind and degree, between
a disciple and his master, and a servant and his Lord ?
xix. 19: ''Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself."
Did the Saviour mean here, that precisely the same quality
and degree of love, which one entertains towards himself,
should be entertained towards others? Gen. iii. 22 ::