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TO THE CHRISTIAN PUBLIC
<( Behold the man is become as one of us." Did Adam
then become, both in nature and degree, equally wise
with the Omniscient God ? Now, my readers will judge
whether or not such a phrase as " men should, or may,
honour the Son as they honour the Father," equalizes
the Son, in nature and degree, with the father. As to the
verse above-quoted, (Matt. xx. 14), it implies sameness in
degree, and not necessarily sameness in kind, for the
same sum may be given in different currency. The
Editor quotes Heb. iii. 3, 4, in order to shew "in what
sense the Prophet to be sent was like Moses." As I
examined already this verse, I will not recur to it
again. I only remind the Editor of Deut. xviii. 15, iS,
where he will perceive in what sense Jehovah himself drew
a likeness between the Saviour and Moses, which passage
is repeated in Acts iii. 22, and also of St. Matthew xvii.
3, as well as of Mark ix. 4, wherein they express a wish
to manifest the same reverence to the Saviour as to Moses
and Elias ; but ii is quite optional with the Editor to treat
Moses in any manner he pleases.
In answer to his inquiry, " Why should it offend our
author, that when the Son, for the suffering of death, took
upon him the form of a servant ?" &c, my reply is, that
it does not offend me in the least; but I must confess, that
such an expression as " when God. for the suffering of
death, took upon him the form of a servant,'' seems to me
very extraordinary, as my idea of God is quite at variance
with that of a being subjected to death and servitude.
The Editor overlooked several other passages, quoted
by me, among which there was Matt. xx. 23 : " To sit on
on my right hand, and on my.left, is not mine to give,
but to them for0whom it is prepared of my Father." 1
<( Behold the man is become as one of us." Did Adam
then become, both in nature and degree, equally wise
with the Omniscient God ? Now, my readers will judge
whether or not such a phrase as " men should, or may,
honour the Son as they honour the Father," equalizes
the Son, in nature and degree, with the father. As to the
verse above-quoted, (Matt. xx. 14), it implies sameness in
degree, and not necessarily sameness in kind, for the
same sum may be given in different currency. The
Editor quotes Heb. iii. 3, 4, in order to shew "in what
sense the Prophet to be sent was like Moses." As I
examined already this verse, I will not recur to it
again. I only remind the Editor of Deut. xviii. 15, iS,
where he will perceive in what sense Jehovah himself drew
a likeness between the Saviour and Moses, which passage
is repeated in Acts iii. 22, and also of St. Matthew xvii.
3, as well as of Mark ix. 4, wherein they express a wish
to manifest the same reverence to the Saviour as to Moses
and Elias ; but ii is quite optional with the Editor to treat
Moses in any manner he pleases.
In answer to his inquiry, " Why should it offend our
author, that when the Son, for the suffering of death, took
upon him the form of a servant ?" &c, my reply is, that
it does not offend me in the least; but I must confess, that
such an expression as " when God. for the suffering of
death, took upon him the form of a servant,'' seems to me
very extraordinary, as my idea of God is quite at variance
with that of a being subjected to death and servitude.
The Editor overlooked several other passages, quoted
by me, among which there was Matt. xx. 23 : " To sit on
on my right hand, and on my.left, is not mine to give,
but to them for0whom it is prepared of my Father." 1