Matt. xxvi. 42; Luke xxii. 32; John xii. 27, separately ex plained .... Page 188 Matt. x. 40; John v. 23, separately explained... 189 Matt. v. 48 ... ib. The fifth position of the Editor, respecting the judgment of the world by Jesus Matt. iii. 9; Luke i. 37 ib. .... 190 From this the Editor infers his omniscience ib. Mark xiii. 32, considered .... ib. John v. 26, 27, 30, considered 191 The sixth position of the Editor, respecting the worship ib. accepted by Jesus Daniel ii. 46; Matt. xviii. 26, considered. 192 ib. .. 193 194 Luke xvii. 15, 16; Matt. xiv. 33, xv. 25; Mark viii. 29 ; Luke xxiv. 19 John vi. 69, xx. 31; Matt. viii. 2 ..... 195 The worship paid to Jesus inferior to divine .................. 191-195 The seventh position of the Editor, respecting the form of Synonymous expressions employed by Mohummud and Jesus 199 Mussulmans notwithstanding remain strict Monotheists.... 200 CHAPTER IV. Texts adduced in support of the atonement, explained...... 201 Luke iv. 43, ii. 47-49; John xvii. 8 Whether Jesus suffered as God or as Man for mankind The first inconsistent with the nature of God The last inconsistent with justice.. Jesus averse to the death of the cross ib. Matthew xxvi. 37, 39, 42, 43; Mark xiv. 36, considered ... 207 208 Obadiah 21; Nehemiah ix. 27; 2 Kings xiii. 5, considered ib. Jesus is a Saviour from inculcating the word of God ...... 209 John xv. 3, v. 24, vi. 63, considered .... God declares Christ a Prophet equal to Moses xxiii. 2, 3 Jesus was a perfect teacher of the divine will Matthew v. 21, 22 ib. ib. ib. 210 ib. ib. v. 27, 28, 31, 32, 38, 39, 43-45, considered.... 211 The term "Lamb of God" explained Genesis xxx. 27; Jeremiah xxvii. 18; Genesis xlviii. 16; Exodus xxiii. 20, 21................... The Author offers no opinion on this doctrine ib. Disputes ascribed to the different interpretations of the Illiberality in supposing that the primitive Christians shed 215 each other's blood from worldly motives 216 Mosheim's Authority, Vol. I. pp. 419, 420 ... ib. Illiberal remarks may be equally applied to the Apostles and Martyrs 217 Page .... 217 The cause of the final success of Alexandrians (afterwards the tenet of the existence of God The miracles quoted by the Reviewer to shew their importance, considered 221 222 Matthew xi. 2—4 ib. John x. 37, 38, xiv. 11; Matthew xii. 39; John xx. 29, considered 223 The arguments adduced by the Reviewer in support of Christian miracles are equally applicable to Hindoo miracles .. 224 And also to the miraculous narrations of Mussulmans••••• ..... 225 Superior excellence of the Precepts of Jesus. • 226 CHAPTER VI. Only one circumstance adduced in support of the Deity of the Spirit as a distinct person... 227 The association of the name of the Spirit with that of the Father and Son inadequate to prove this doctrine........ 228 Prophets associated with God. 2 Chron. xx. 20; Jeremiah xxx. 9; Luke iii. 16 ... The Holy Spirit explained to be the guiding influence of God, ib. 229 230 .... 231 232 The Jews accuse Jesus of employing diabolical influence ... Matt. xii. 24, 37, with context; and Mark iii. 29, 30, explained The Spirit of God was bestowed before the coming of Jesus, Luke i. 15, 41, 67, ii. 25, 26; Mark xii. 36; Matt. xxii. 43; Luke iv. 1 Acts v. 3, 4; John xv. 26, explained Page 234 ib. 237, 238 .. 239 The plural number of nouns and pronouns in Hebrew, &c. is often used for a singular agent or object. Gen. i. 26; Deut. iv. 4; Exod. xxi. 4, 6; Isaiah vi. 8.................... 240—242 The same rule observed in Arabic; of which an example from the Qoran ... 242 The thrice repeated term "holy" in Isaiah vi. 3, noticed.. 243 The verse which has been introduced as John v. 7, noticed.. ib. The Trinity not taught by the Apostles 244 245, 246 This proved by Acts ii. 22, 32, 36, iii. 22, 23, iv. 12, 26, 27, v. 31, 7, [vii. 56,] viii. 37, 38, x. 38, 42, xiii. 38, xvii. 3 Extracts from Mosheim, Vol. I. pp. 100, 411, 412, 414, shewing that so late as the year 314 the Deity of the Son was not considered a fundamental article of faith....247, 249 Reason why Trinitarians prevailed at the Council of Nice.. 250 Another extract from Mosheim, p. 25. Acts xxviii. 6, and .......250, 251 xiv. 11, quoted Other extracts from Mosheim, shewing that Polytheism was familiar to the Christian converts of the first ages, (pp. 65, 66) 251 The prevalence of the Trinity attributable only to the prejudices of education 252 The alleged two-fold consciousness of Jesus Christ consi dered... .... ib. Moses might also be said to have a two-fold consciousness 253 ib. The argument drawn from the analogy of the soul, will, and perception, to the Trinity, considered 255 ... Page .... 256 The argument drawn from the analogy of the sun, light, and On the argument which represents God as a compound sub stance 257 ib. 258 ib. John xvii. 3; 1 Cor. xv. 24, viii. 6; Ephes. iv. 5, 6, quoted 259 Alleged necessity of the Deity of Jesus to his mediatorial character This opposed to common sense ib. .... 260 Opposed also to scripture; Numbers xi. 1, 2, xiv. 19, 20, xxi. 7, xxxii. 30; Gen. xviii. 32; Jeremiah xxvii. 18; Deuteronomy v. 5 260, 261 .. 262 The arguments of Hindoos for Polytheism more powerful than those of Christians for the Trinity APPENDIX. No. I. On the Quotations from the Old Testament contained in the New. |