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By Andrew McCam^jiidge . «^^c,» C^yt-f^ceJ^. *^-0#^5^^^^* " If, by the advice cf a certain poor man, groaning truth sbonld be deliver- ed from under the bondage of vaunting error, lei no one despise Ui&t same poor man." QUEBEC: Printed by T. Gary, jr. iS;- Co. Free-Masons' Hall: 1820. ^^^l^ilf^P>\ >^/ ^ y^j^Lo -^ ,^,, * . 't ■ '»11* mmmm ^""^mmmmmm PREFACE. JLT may be necessary to remark, that, wlien I first saw Afr. Watson B pamphlet, nothing was more remote from my views and intentions than that of becoming author, but, when I be- held the effects it produced on a Gentleman, in whom sinceri- ty and literaiy attainments are combined ; I immediately re- solved to peruse it with assiduity. Having obtained the work, 1 commenced reading it ; and was astonished at seeing some passages of Scripture obviously wrested to a wrong meaning. This, I communicated to an intimate, acquaintance, whd earnestly desired me to note down my remarks on the doctrine in dispute. No sooner had I complied with his request, than, considering that the boldness of assertion with which Mr. Watson has written, and the extent of influence which his work possesses, tend greatly to establish an error which must gradually divest the mind of a doctrine which lays deep at the foundation of religion ; I have, (not without hopes of success) endeavoured to shew, that the passages of Scripture quoted in that work, have no tendency to prove the disputed doctrine. A. McC. A 2 ERRATA. -' * line 2— for person!, read ptrton. .^ 23 line 2— for persons rrau ^» • og' ne 1-hea her read heathen. E' i\ne W-for Apostles read ApobUe. ZI iW— iKe note, 2d line, reaJ "who at sundry timet and in divers inannen. My Dear Sib, « y man deny, that Son implies a Father ? or that Father ini.. te "nitrn: ': '\-P'--»--y of existence es a perlon ? 11 laese questions must be aiiaweiea n the nerative il.on ;. i..cont,overt,bly follow,, that as Fathor in^efeence o S„,^ m.p les precedency of existence, so Son in "rerenco to Father' be olde . L„ 1,P iT °'^t""|'l.l>'''-»onttl existence, necessarilv prec,se?i,„ifiXnt™lhMU i;\;atdeH^^^^^^^^^ xr r n's-; zztA ---^^^^^^ „r ,!,„ .;.!„ It. '. ?."^ ""'■ The impropriety, theielbir, of the title F.er,„I s t " impropriety, therefoio, „;« J ■ *"'*' °°"' ""'St be obvous. Eternal si.-I i);"!„P:n ">",' «°"' '" '•rf''--ence to Father, implies ..ubs^uency of person;7e;i.'e;;:e aXon eV er,:;' ;Z^ r, er that'iher'l"' ""'' ^ ?'"""'• T'-^efoic'jvhon. ? assert that t lie two firet persons n the Trinity are co-existeiu pre'cJd nJTt V^ '" .'"T "'""* '"^-o-trblT unpi; pieceaency in the one and subsequency in the other we pI m ZTe two""" ^'^ '""°"^"^^ ?^*P^^'^ contra'SnTv niat these two persons are co-existent and not co-exist^nt nr we totally pervert the established meaninn of"Se terms Ind use ot7e::er"l?ef '-'^"^''^'"^ 'Z -in'tain air^i/dlr rrcVof thisir^-^?'*''^""' ^?'^°'''* ^'^" has written in Se- lence ot this title, informs us that, " it would be difficult if • The Editor of Doddridge's Lecture, published in 1801. 6 but as co-iclalivc ana • . . . „ .nan before «« Mulcrd;' continuefl Ut , *--^, ,„^ . y conceive «* One may nulcca, ^^^^^^ ^ ,^,, .V \vhei\»cr one be a dangerous ^'^^^ ; ^uich taken ni beuf e^i ^^^y^'^:^ onvey idca« ^>-f J^^d to acVnowled- meaning, ^^^"aUY J ^^^^^^^. j^^t »»"^' ^ ' •^9tence pvior le present subject. ^^^ ^^ ^ ,^,^^^ ,vUo b:, tbe abuse of wo.ds ^ ^. confusion, w.U sink m >• y^^_ Thus even reason exposes <»>« »^,f,XvoS«' - def-* .J.'^r^mnot iguovan. tVmlson^ baveen ", ien only with nronfctl,- .Li:. ' .': ""°'' """"'I' '•"m sno- cited the,,, in r& n'f, ' ^;;'L^ "'"' '" """ »<'"'*. St. pLi " we declare .m,< T oo I i^';?'^"^ " ^"'"^ " which wa. ,„ade ,2 tl.e h hi f-rrK"',"' ."T P"-"-"!'-' " 8"ne unto ,» their Chi LnA',.,' "l"''' '"'""'''l "'» " '"y Son, this day have lte;m.',;ti::c.:" '■''"'"'' ^'''"" «" The proS,ise, the-ifov ; t 'fi ,;; ]^°;'\r"" '"^iS" f- «ve^ Cliiist, who was ihwbv mil ■ 1- '^ ''" r<'''"iwctio„ of .nd who is co„se<,3y^;:■ ;';/ti-^-- «- ">« C^d. 4°:n:utt:::':c^^^tij::]ia']rw7 h't'-'" ""-' begotten, the li, le " Son " Z, !,' ,? l , "'"?.'' '"' "'"' """ Therefore, the Boval Pro, W. ,'j' »?!'""''''«' "> hin,. ference to that eyent J\°r ' .' ''''™I""S of hin. with re- the Eternal G„5arisin"tl',r,;f|l'"' '" ^H^^'^^' ^'P'^"^ my Son; th,s day havf belt ei"rf..'"';r^ "nouan aJdress was then only in thturitv veM; "",' "'°"?'' "»» Prophet, as actually Listi„r Lfwl w 7^1'°''™ »% •'>« with prophetic reference to a ii«„ s ^ Because he spake tion of tfat God, wl» ^ei^en w" caH^h th'« "1^^ '"^P'™"- be not, as though they we?e." ^ '"°** '*""g' which ,,^,,!^'t^0^- 8 lie sUH contlaued G-},,,tuWnotha«--''^„,dJ ofKmgs and bo.d ^^^^^ ^^g, And ^_^_j • '^'^ thruBt it into my Bide . ami .equosted to beheve " inmseir tbu. addvessed and^^^^^^^^^^ ,,,«edvately Heaving tnmsc ^^ ^^^^^, ^f uis on t\ie evidciice ^^^^^^^ i, , » hutian nature, thai >>- not n butnan P^-^^^'V; Sl'e Eternal ^onsh-P- the opinion ^^'^^ i •*;., inued n, in .en of, itauce,^ t\\vis." Siself to known, V/vit- iie King yah. from St. and was eav not I nas. We 2SsedLord convinced ,vit\\ t\iem. of joyfaj^^ eLord." imony, a"^ fingev ^n|o nd mto t\ie ce these, he even days he anxiety, at- esus standing Reach hithet Lher thyhandj 5Utbt ^vmg. ,sted to beVieve le immediately hat 6 answered i,i a transport of jov « M. T a ^ Here u undeniably appears tS r.= ^ i^"' ' ^"^ '"X G^od." the Jews had treaWas a m tefl^^^^^^^^^^^ the Apo tie to be truly ^^^^[""''^^'^^tor, was acknowledged by But, did the Apostle apply this tuU • , • nor to a natur4 infinifdy below r'o 'iTJ'"" ^'^^"^ ^^' decidedly, No. Jt may indeed b7ni"S ' ^"'^^^- "^^st be justified in acknoJledg^^^^^^^ then, can he "Lord and h s GolI"? r :.° '"**., *^rucihed master to be his ^eath init. most^lus tll^^^cTnta^odS'^ ^'° '''^^^ pe^I^t'^Sl'iJlS^ttt^^ - a nature alone, is the real objt of rw'"* ""'"'T' ^h.cb the names and titles of thf eti bL spH r"i ''"^ ^" ^^ich pnety ascribed. But, let us c^nsicLr thil' ' '''^ ^'^^ P^°- Whatever names and titles ar.n^ •^*' ™^^'^ at length, ^ituting a person, mt' brSTrerar " "^'":^ ^-- the person whom that nature cons Wnfi xt *PP''op»'iate to ed, thar in Jesus, the divZ -"TllZit ?^°^ '^'' ^' ^"«^^- as to constitute bin one comDrex n.. "^L"'^' ""'^ '^""^d, so the nanies and titles whira elf. "^^^' " *°»«ws, that niustbeconsideredasr;^^^^^^^^ ^o those natures whom those united nat, 4s ?on^rl,?/ '^''^^^^P^^^^P^rsonage! ing of Jesus, as an ind StT n ." ' ^'' '^'^'^^ore, in speA' ca?l him'* Godr because twr'S.Tr/ ^'"*^ P''«Priety [ture, towhich\lmt title is apXabr'^^^ hthe Son of God" becanse iK ..' T TS^^^^^^^ ^^" *»n^ hhichthattifleisappJicabL Vrm 'V"'' "^^"^ the nature, to N obvious, to every^Ln^r^diLd peitr tt. ^^^" ^"^^' " "'^^ ■^uch miprcpriety, in supposinff fa i?.'- '^ /¥'*^ ^^"^^ he as „^od,' Vith absoluteand abst act rpi^^^^ *'^".^^i. " ^^^^ ^on of |-^uded in hnn, as ti^^'^^t^")^ ^^^ '^e Eternal Word, ^ God," . appued to ^^,^:s.:[:^zl:'::l^ B >fm* 10 t' Pod " ^^ ^^^ ^* V •n«n\red peninen, ^^^^'^Zo.e Wt they uppUed Do not t^^^,\T Rut >ve cannot s»PPf^^' ' Reason itselt ;SonVo»W contain. ^,_^ No. f- cW^™o.en. >nj-^^ -hSiTtCX are appropviate, tAie ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ Ve ^oa, ^^ ^ ^^, ' tSe is^appropviate. ^. th^ r Wrist ; and wnicn, " u t\>e 14* 'ei-se in *« "■], „i. and Ave\l understood as liavin^ nat^^®* , .ca^Wp^eed of tUe woman; ^^''ZXr^'''^ol^7r,,^^^jir^A7^^ that in tins respect he .^ »'« ""'^ .,,j i„ aVimm', ed be tlu pel ins se-i the thu thci the But imiTi corrij as aj If pi*OV( wriit prieti is plai Oil suitaL the p suitab conipi thus Ci ^ hie to plex J sufficie with pi jif, ther designs [that is, was sui and hu ties CO passage Igotten ( pivine i #ssertioi ^1 ell ft» pplied itselt' a sup- above- sonage, se titles It 13 )pVied to as a per- ^Son ot as a pev- lich that 3 fiom the of God,"' nature ot etation 'fm* 2i*pr' apter of St. , and dwelt of the only As the dis- 3age he has i to prove, pretation be ; the divine the woman ; \^ It we turn rv manner in that in tins in a Virgin's ^vaseverform- n ^J^ lI;r:^I?f;,::;,'Tr"^^^""^^"^•^'--- thus th^se respects, he i t ! Jn v ""llr'^'^^r" W^^^°"^' '^^' i« persons who dilJer f'orn ,fe on .^^^ ^'' '^'^ instance, tendin.- to pmve tl . '"' P?'"^' .^^^uce a single se-.se, the bogottl^n of n^ti^Z.!^'"'^'' '"" '^ i» this then, Jesus n?ust, inivspSet to d -. f, /''"'^^"'^^^^ were another, thus begotten, be tiuMmlv b^Jlr human nature therefor?, tha tius t e i^ S 'T "" f'^' ^f'"'- ^o say thedivin'e nature of Chst Hi? '^"'^l^ ^"^ exdusively to But to proceed, if the tit^Tn'a.V? ^'"frad.ct matter of fact, immaculate human na ^w^ chis"« ,^^ '-^Pi^-^P^'i^te to tlmt complex personage, culled jrsnsi.n """^^aent part of the as appropriate to^that person ' ' ^''" ^" considered If the arguments ad \'anr#»H \n tu ,. prove this,^hey proveTothi 1''"^! h"^ P^"^^' ^« '-^ , suSb '^^tluJj;tE^^^ ^^'"^'■^' ^'-^ 'f -^^tever is I the person ^holl^h^^^'' ^^^'^ ^^^^l ^^ ^^i^^le io I suitable to the united Zu^e^whi^:^^'"^ tint whatever is I complex personage, mustT „ U-S'' J""'''^"^^^ •^^^"s a I thus constituted." i conclucL;ti^^te t vu h" T'^^^^^ I b^e to the divine nature, must ai^o I p' ! f " ^^""'y '""t^" iplex personage, in whom ZfT^ ^ -"^'^^^^ to the com- I sufficiently pFo^ed, That the J "'^ is.mduded. I have ! with propriety ent tied " tL Tf "?'^^'" J"^' mentioned is , If, the^n, The iisciple saw hill<^"^^t i;'^'"'!;i"^.^^^ ^^^^^^'' ' designate it, " the abryas o thrnnl P """"'"^ with propriety Ithat is, such as wal s i tlb e to tru^lf,!^^^"^ of the fattier : '^ 1 was suitable to the comolp/np ^ ^ '"''" ' such a glory as :and human „atui;:aTu&';":JT^^ '"1"'^"'! ^''^ ^'^^"^ ' ft.es conjointly belonrr. Mr wlt ' '''''''"' '''"»• P'°P«r. •passage, proceeds on the suDnositi;.tT' fgument on this tor if*e(i*«n'l"*Yw applied solely an . ^^p^ ", -.-u ^cn nrj)?/ suit hi v^hich have been adducea, v the second passage, vhicl* solely > suit- ?s iro- led, a* Jesus. iitipliefli lat bad e cruci' an idea »ply xMr. L have to ed solely ,use, un- rhich c^n e name of ive pierc- hn, says ; wasaeau. tnder titlesy I yet, such ire. Now, plied solely nature only ^ as applwd onclusion b« of scripture, o which Mr. ,, But, those fficient clear- 13 declared ^^-nl^^ ll^^^^^^^^^ Father he hat J -theve.ejuste.p,ainea, tHn^trc^^is X'^f ^"' gotten 8on," is witrpVopSr^!^^^^^^^^^ "only be- personage. ^ F'^^^iy 'ippiied to Inm as a complex called J«„s, „,„s,also beT' ib /,o hL.TP'? P^™""^-. hiin«-lf, It follows, that omnisdenop ,. f '^"'"P''''' person4^ ■san attribute ,lmt .n,,s KS«? . i"'''"^''"''*''^, -m ,„„t „e hath know,. G„i' Thi/SeluT;:!; f/S th:5;,:'Lf:';riS':^;" .tf^is ^a ,He., that co^ci„d., if^4t„t''o'h';>rcrpa"toft'''r ■"■"■ "'« wh.ch this passage ,s taken, we sha 1 h'nH ?^ . . "^ -P'^''' ««■» man, spraking WMlh reference to l„,j' ^•'" '''o inspired pen- the actWincLationTd^ orap^i; t^Jlie" ^s"'' P^^^^^ to tiio divine nature. On tliP ccrttKJ i ' ^^" of God," -1-h has no relatio; e tt ^ Z"t7'or?r "" ^^''-^io;, ^nce ; and in so doing, we belK f^ ^^!fr ^""^ ^^^^ist- tion of that Being, wl o tiom hi Jn^^^^ Hicapable of eno?. '" ^^"^ '"*«"»bihty of his nature, is Mr. Watson has been eau^Hv ^^r.e , thad proof; y^\nch\.jZfSZ^Z^^^^ so loved the world, that he /ve fc^^^^ '^^'^ " ^«d Mr. Watson's argument on r!.:. ^ begotten Son, 8cc.'» the suppo«ition,Xt"L tit "u!:r°^^ T^ ^«"nded on made must be 'considered Is aooll^ ^' ",^^^ ^". '-^^^ertion i. to the nature to which the alseu^^' '""'"'-^ ^"^ ^'^^'"^i^^^^ .^-duyofsuchasupposit^'l;--^-^^^ 14 , , 1 „a Mr W. examined tW 13tl. verse of thu V assertion « ma^^^. ^^ i,a, •''='; ''"-". L dW»e nature. Must^M^™ .'^.^i^n mustbean- :fagica^:tthedivinenau,re^^^^ ,,evlastmg Ute. _j „ ^ho .isii'f t£S5is ass Is be not the o«jy Pf '°en for tbls very P"^\P"^^^^;e evevUstlng veined? Wa^henotgiv^^^^^^^^^ .^^^b^^^^^^^ ^^^ er beWeve b .n\nn^^ ^^ ^^^, on V o«^^^^^° person av\io ib iUe ? A«^^ ^^^"y' ,« \ie not be t\ie identical pei . Cross ; ^nd by laitu ^^ ^^ in.eaw.e a;^-- ".e^rst^totXiW, by .-h sutute^bat complex P^^"^ c iei\ jn- can itle an- lety ade, the inex- i per- 5on, >nt in lanbe pevvsh, lUal^e n bini, whom, [I Son." led "p) )ut Viave , aWwho Jesus ?" an be ob- L SAfliosoe- vevl»sung ever given rv Av\io is J Again, ho is this ? up on the tained ? ) as to con- by which i 15 nalld'E/f ^'^^^^^^^^^^^ be a subject of eter- age -i..p..p.^.,;tulS;?r^:^;i!-st^^^^ But to return, in the course of \fr W. passage, Ifi„d the following quotatbn-Tc'T^.'::""^^"^«" this ^on .n whom I am wellpleased '^ M^tt 3 i^ V^ ^'^"""'^ be fairly interpreted it canm,V K ^^^^"••^' ^V " this passage and exclusive!? rppled ^^thp J ""'^''■''°°^' ^' being solely su., tlie suppoLXn o JoLnf^^^ nature We find, tliat jl unto Joh„r^o be ba^tiLt^^'jira^'a^-rfiSt^'^^K*'^^^^^ were open°e.T unto &m jtu ^,^"' ""^ "'f ™'^'' ""-^ Heavens' v.neand ImUn nafuks. n irLTcLwe, ofS,^^ pel, we may see themeaninn- ;„i,-uP U" *"•'"'"> sGos- |hU dcchJdon. WTZ efe "n W 1^ '^?"" »'■''-'■«"««' that nature :. but on he comfit, "''''^''"'' exclusively to »ona«e who™ he ■e^liy^ar^dTo'/^^J^r''"''' '° '"^P- ^T'^^raV^-rbLS-^rd itt^^^r^^^ °^ cl««ons,atc„« the ™os. n.onsr„sl'/S;.|j/-; ,'^™- r„ the P»'f f j;T» to «nto''"l:'dealu of the coss A"^; shudder at sucU ,bove-quoied s\iv«ds are ^■'"8'^'Slent«nto death, eve« fo^„fGod, t«e,«V.cU'»»" -hose blood was shed LZ re£;^o^r^ ^^^^^^ '''^^ «"^ ofpplrvt «"^^^^^^^^ f om the authorized for. debate is, whether the title « gon '' ,.c i -^T '^^ Poi"' in tism ,3 exclusively applied to the Z'^''''^^^ovmofb^p, complex personage whTwas ciudfied If • "^',"''"' ^^ *« ^h^t Apostles hadno'authority tXSin!L''^"^^^^^*hat the son, not mentioned in the ThnTi- " ^^l^n"*'"^ of any per! proved that, consistenVwitf tTp i°h'"- '^V therefore, ItX ttzed ,n the name of that Je„' whn 77k '^^"'^' ^^iy bap! taust, without doubt, acknnwri , M^^^'* Crucified, we mentioned in thatfo m ^^5^^^ name, we have the most decisive evld^^e:!'^'' ''P^^^^^^" "^'^ ers!'rifaJV^X'dl'aTtl^^^ °[^'« -rmon informed hishear both "Lord and E"S"utn\T:-'^^ should do,-.,h, desired them tXm Tn^\^"l""^ ^^^^ ^% n^me ut the very same Jesus t? / 'r ^^ baptized in the baptized in the Lme of ! "e " Wd Y'"''? ^' ^""^"a. -ere discples at Ephesus. It Is wo.H Tl ^' ""^'^ ^Isi, the crucified Jesus, bein^malLTl? ^7°^ °^«*»'^ation, that the times called [he *?Lord ji J'^I^h'"^ ^*^"^^^^^^ ^b"8t." •" .'esub, and sometimes "Jesug * that v/as \ 18 , u it not thai <>l " Son '" title. i» w"-^'» "■ '""' ''""" " , ^ ,„a atle, whichare ,,ith cxf «« a»^ JiSe? tU-'l "^^"^ f Ta» a complex v^^on- :SnZiconstit«te. Hie F-1'- , - » ii,etU and «»» "'" person, wl>o ^^ ^^^ ,, „„ ture ofJ^'^^'^^^TiL t^^e ^u^«!^^„ "X Fa'^er of that Mr. W^^^°" , o^^rtlie first person l^"^'^^ '^eUeve that Jesus, ^ Father, ^^^ that %v ^^ ^^ consistent ^eU«^^^ ^^ ^^,. „g nature, he must, in ^ ^e, w^s^H ^^ "A,^. tXxeiirstper' ««« i« ^^."^^^'a^^^^^^^ "*?'f the sacred vohime. In- ^K'' 'I'^r i/2 Crftosi in any par of the sacie ^^ ^^^^^^ ^p. P^"^"^ '^ ' l^fj/nd 35th verses ^^^^^^^^Vf^e Father of the na- tare in question, li ^e t 19 person^ was heard tio.n lleavcr. sav?n'rr"'''}v'^-'''''''/T ''''^/"•*' in whom Jam wci/ p!casrd^^ 'l 7 ^\^^ ^'''''''^^'''^^^^^ tizecl, and whom he sa v li f P"'"?" ^''"'» »'« «^'^^ bap- ter. " ''^^^ Somg up straightway out ol" the ^^L anS^^i^ ^: 'Se ' Z^-Mir^TT ^^ -'-^ ^^'^1"^ -^ conclude, that the .Mo ,o s ' i°^ *'''"^' "'"^' ^^«^ "" the Fatlier of that ntu!^ " ^ ''*•" ^-ve the testiuiouy, is fom;.'vers::i'f:^ the third and as an express proofoi the i^'; fed do "^^ y^}^^^^ ^^<^ views form his principal fbrt I ,h«l i ?u i^ "''• "^ ^»'^^^' -"^eem to "Concernni^ his Son T rT- "^ q^'ote the.nat leu..^erf(aslm7ai;eadv"h ^ V^^*^ P«^^r with fording to the spirit of Vrne ^ .'hT °^^^''^^^^>) was ac shews that though Jesus wLs n.ade ^f T"''^^ ^^^^veUe, .-ding to the &sh, yet thal^ ^J^^t^^^. C 2 20 r/^.wl" But l\^««g^ . declared to be the "Son of OmL » the resurrection pov "* '^ "f \\'' wVivine na had he asserted a talhcuooa, from the dead. opposition trast in the text, i j'^.^i^ction, and ^^/J\ ' i/^ffirmed ofChriatare paced »'. mature, ^^ ib expressly and of the highei m "»^„ that it is the Son of God. ,f hoUne^' l,im from the dead And ^_^^, ^^^ d.« raising^ ^^J„^J; " ^ ,.cU T„c-V «■ that phra« does not. gniiy,<.-d.«g.. To conci 1 i ** ^^ * 21 Views of .nen, cH^bmte' 1 b Lm ^I "'"' ^^ ^^'^^''^^^''eeing depends on a i,l„ast. il... Jf^ • '" ^ivomof that contrast Aga.n asthr doctrine of t^l K ."l!."^ '"^-'ontrovortible hopH.ndKtatcsofreasortwesLud^^^^^^^^ 'ng the cLirostanJ most o^k v oev^,." '^'^T'' "^"""^"t hav- -a consequently, ^ cioe:^;^;:-;^!;::,^ V^^^::^^l^i^^ !>.•. Clarke, nara. Avas considered a synony r of h'^V^.'''" " ^«" «^ <^od" t^ie first disciples of Je^^ f„ .^^ ^ellatjon Messiah, among Priests and Kulers. ' """^ *"™°"& ^he Jews ^yith their the course of the examinrtT^lTavelo^ ^ '* ^ ^'^' '^''^ '" dortrine against which 1 com^d Th. 2'^""'^ ^° »^''«^^ ^^e thanael's acknowledoement of r . ^?' quotation is Na- ^^^n of God, thouart^TKinijfe;, ;^^^^'''*-"^^^ the hat the person whom NatlS Z7 I' ."'"^' ^' ^'^owed ledged to be the Son ./rVor fiL I w T/^ '' ^''^ ^<^know. henot«c/^r.„,he.ewordH to fCll't^ «^'"o„sIy ask, did -^ .e was in the ver^lyj^^^ ^t^ ¥ -^/ ...a. „8 propriety depended. "^ ' . c c t^iat " when Jesus came into God " Tlie evangelistmfonns n^, tna ^ Disciples, sayintf, U^ecoa^ts of Ceserea Plf J?P;Oj^^ ^f^, am ? And they said vl om do men sav that I, ^"/bV ^^ ; «o«^^ ^Uas -and come say ihat thou art John UieD^^^ ;thers,j'eremiah,oroneoni^.P>"^^^^^^ d and but whom say ^,e that lam. x ^^^ Q^d. Mr- said, « Thou art Christ, thej'on o ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^j^g, Wa son intimates, there. s an m^^^^"^.. ^„d that here, as )'stn of Man,^' and ''^^^.^Vrom the first tiile .veil as in tUe passage ^"Xhnran nature, and stands for tlie designation ^^l^J^;^"^,^ ^r^ W. more careful m for that of a higher nature. Bf J^^^^^^d that Peter's con- s"ml ing the sacred volume he won a ^^^^^ ^^.^^ ^l,, t^Ue S ion, wa. not an answer to the je^^^^^ ^^ ., , agon of Man" occur.; ^^^^j/.^R^t ^hom say ye that I answer to a subsequent «"/';^^-^^J,^ion, lam really unable ami" As for the pretended ^WP^^^"' age. Is not the rdiscover any i"\""^^T/limsdf he " S^ of Man," de- Uientical person >vho stiled ^ ^^^^^^^^ ? If under these rlS^dbYPeiertobethesonoftheUvin ^ j wrtitlL the very ^a- person be a^^^^^^^^ .^^^^ ,,, indeed quire, is the IJ^-^^^-^Kp^e'lto the very same person, ,,..i.conau^nheadmU.^^ =i::at:«i^^ that sufleving Jesus whom he a J ^^ ^,,„ i^ the very iderable time ; and whom l^^^^^^^^^ act of pevtbrming- those stjen^ous n ^^^^^^^^^^ ^,th the in- liVained the propliecies ; and wlucn ^ ^^^^ ^^^^ Cceof Aod, ^l^^^'^^lTZhtlngGoA:^ thus Peter, formed, to be - 7/.. ^^^« J^f^f ,, ^ supposed eternal gene- far from speaking with ix^feieicet^ all^d under yed, spake -i:n.;^r;^nLtfpSX*"^^^ addressed. ,r v, • the 1* ch. c>a \tr. v^^ ^ ► ^ 23 this man out : " and when l,eZ,l f j" ' •'»"'«3 had cast replied, "who is he. Lord thf^t I • ? , ^^ *'"s tlie .nan Our blessed Saviour hen s;idL!r ^'^^'"^^ onhim}-! l\f he that MeM r./M ?aS ''' iji?" ^^^^-^ ^°^^ ^^^^ him, and title "son of God" wL „red a/ if! J' •' °^"^°"^' ^^a the person whom the man in Testion W ^^r^'''^" ^^^he very to say that the title ^' Son^of God'- .^ '''''' Therefore, ference to the invisible natur^tflarl"''^^'^^^ exclusive re-' t ve assertion of our Lord Th: .^ ^'^ contradict the nosi- s-tible, if we keep in mind t latX '"^"" "^' ' ^^ ^^""d^- " who IS he, Lord, that T mH 1 L """'T-' '° '^^^ question, hast both ...;. /./4.> (//e^^'i.^g'^;^ °? ^'^r was; - tho" etk with thee.'' ^ ^*^"'^ and it is //e that /«/A- tli':::^? i^XoJl^^S-'^'"^^^ '« ^^ --%Ped • human natures, he was coSi uted^""^ ""'^ °^.^'^^ ^^^'^^^ an^i «nd consequently, the wol-h nW T "^"'"'P'^^'^ Personage • due to thatVersonaor Je ,« ' if"" ''•" '""'"^ "^^"'•^. wa^ pause in his person, Vas ncludeH?.'' """T'"^ '''" worship, be! IS the real object' of ado Si '''| ""^^^^-^ nature, l^iX that person is entitled, " The Son ^f V". PJ^P^^'y with which, noticed. ' iueoonof God," we have already posit.ons may be fbund : " Tlia 2 V'''''"?^^^^' ^^^ ft>Howin« Jmn to ho the Messiasand /hetn r^f^f ^'^ ed..^H.thor hewcrethe Mossja: Tn H' '^' '^^^,' ^^e Jewsdoubr- ed whether hewcrethe Mossiafrn fL ' '^'^/ '^'-^^ewsdoubf- to obta.a evidence of it ; that occ' ion-'^f "'-^^ '''^'^'^ to him they prof ssed ,o be convinced h"'^' '" ^''^^^ ""^hers, claun to thai cbaractev ; (on o,: ^ "^ ^^'^veringly, of Jii,' proc^Bi„u.d l.im h.g;, buHln .r>f;""' ^'^^^ ^^^^Id hate -Bted his claim to g;^hr ^ll Vg^ "5 'i^^steadll, .:^ ^»<>«, nii claim tljat God HRHPH^^««n f 24 f /!.««. ." nrr.ised him of blasphemy tor thU Was hU " P'-^P'"'/''^^'' \,^^^^!^^^^^ and at last brought .dCtaistasappy-ngthaa^. «fe.oh^^^^ ^„^ , d at- ;::;E";o«;-toU:'t;erson.ho.asbvo.ghUo« bri'htnSs Wl thtngs by the wor^of h^^' f"' P"'°''> and upfoWiZ ^''/purged our sins, satl-Tj^I''- r*""'" *" had bv S Ztt' t'^-'S "»de »*tcrbet'te?V '"'".^ of the^.j^T; hath by inheritance obtained a, „,.!*' 'I^n the Angels, as he Fcruntpwhichof theAtiSebsaW 1?."';""''"? name than "hey! Son, this day have I beXuen tl J P ' ?"^."'"*- *hoa aA my h,m a Father, and he bShZ-J^'^ZL S^"*^ T'"' ' '^"'h "» therefore God, even thy God^te"'"'''' ^"^ h^^ed iniquity^ 5-^«^«m a^o^e %/e//ol'.'' ' ^"^^' ^nointtdthee with the oil of I remark, that the titlp « c „ • l^Tson, who having by\-,^^^^^^ » j»^'e applied to the «n the right hand of the Maf£/""^?'. ^""^ ««,, sat down Hon was ,,„,ifi^^ ,j^; Majesty on Wh. No^, that ^ inH^^^'^f" ' *"^ ^« therefore no n/f, ^^^'^'f ^"^ received un entitled the '^ Son of God •» IT^V '^'*" ^*^«"-^» ^ho isiust"? lay his head. Wlu,ever read; thp f^^^'" ^"*^^ ^^^^ "ot wheie t? quotation, must see thLt ThV^ ^'^'' ^^^^^ ^'oses the aLv^ '^^P^^e^entation cannot sui, the D 26 divine nature. Neither angelic nor human beings^ are fellows of that nature. Could we persuade ourselves that the^r»< and third persons in the Trinity are the fellows intended, yet, we could not suppose thatthe divine nature o£ J esmvf&aanomted with the oil of gladness above them. We cannot then suppose, that the anointing spoken of, had any reference to the divine natureof our Lord. But, why is the person who was thus anointed, entitled God? Because the divine and human natures are united so as to con- stitute that complex personage; and consequently, the names and titles of those natures are appropriate to that person. 1 h\* mvsteriouB union, points out the propriety with which he is called « God,"* and " Son of God." It is then, only in view- ing Christ as a complex personage, that we can ever discover the propriety of this sacred address. He was called ^orf, be- cause an underived nature to which that title belongs, is includ- ed in him ; and he is said to be anointed with the od of glad- ness above /ris Moa?s , because the nature which was Mt/5 a- nointed, forms a constituent part of him. On the address: « Thou art my Son,this day have I begotten thee, see page 7. Mr. Watson closes the argument from Scripture, by a slight examination of another passage. It occurs m Hebrew's, 5 c. 8v. After quoting this verse he immediately alludes to the preceding one, part of which he also quotes. It is, therefore, necessary to present you with both verses. The Apostles having made seveml observations on the nature of the Hiffh-Pri^thood, proceeds to notice Christ s super-emi- nent call to that office ; and to represent him ab a priest tor ever after the order of Melchisadec. He then commences his observations on the qualifications of that glorious oersonage, in the following words : « Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up pmyers and supplications, with strong cry- ing and tears, unto him that was able to save htm from death, anil was heard in that he feared ; though he were a son, yet learned he obedience by the things that he suffered. 1 ne very stress of the Apostle's argument," says Mr. Watson, com- * If we can call him God, wo may with equal propriety «^an him, the ex«r«« ma/r/of that Eternal Beinp, who in sundrv times «nd diter* manners spake in imeiipa»t unto the Fathers by the Prophets. I /; u th -r to o« to sup. tuie ^oth "iain ^nd t could %at Jf.o ferdeat nature C/an it Plication, C^,^ deal j;*'"'-e of ( . *^o \{^^^ i'^'^'on that „^ '''"^hichy-ry father, vv// "''P'ayerslT^"'^^^ 28 T hepas&agc will be easily understood , ifwe remember that the divine and human natures were united, so as to constitutelhe complex personage spoken of: and yet, were not confounded. If this, 1 say, be kept in view, every difficulty on the present subject will disappear ; for it will be acknowledged that, m his huniati nature, he could truly suffer. But, if Christ suffered death in his human nature alone, are we therefore, to consider his death as no more the subject of admiration than that of an Apostle ? In an- swer to this enquiry, it will be necessary to Remark : --- First, The death of the Apostles was not attended with an infinite weight of suffering. Secondly, Thouglr they joyj fully suffered, yet it was not their own strength which enabled them thus to suffer ; on the contrary, it was the grace of our Lord Jesus. On the other hand, if we allow Jesus to be but one complex personage, constituted such by the mysterious union of the divine and human natures, it incontrovertably follows that as a human nature, forming a constituent part ot that complex personage, really suffered death, therefore, that personage may be said to have truly suffered death. Again,if that;)cr5ow««-e, by theinfinite powerof his divine na- ture, supported his human nature under an mfinite weight ot suffering, may we not say that he supported himself by his own ^power ? Thus, that complex personage was, by his own power, .supported under an infinite weight of suffering; and conse- quently, his sufferings are a subject of eternal admiration. It then, the sufferings of the Apostles be compared with his, they must sink nearly to insignificancy itself. To conclude, if we turn to Hebrews, 10 c. 10 v. we shall find that by the will ot God, believers under the Gospel are sanctified, through the *' offering of the body of Jesus Christy once for all.'' In the 46th page of Mr. Watson's work, a quotation is made from the 2d chap, of the Phillipians. My observations on that passage, may be seen in page 16, of this Letter. By theSStli verse ofthe 7th chap, of Hebrews, which Mr. W. desires his readers to consult, I am kd to understand, that "the Law maketh men High Priests, which have infirmities," who are weak and sinful ; but the oaih, which was since the Law, maketh the Son a Priest, but one which ai propriat Ken o^ I S9 '''hois consecrated for r..,o continueth ever LI? ^^"^°^^- "This n,„^ r. brews, 7. 24;"'' '""'' - --1-geable pS^tr^flt! J^l' &" t' "*'""''' """ " of ,he ^ vou.stoshewL'^^Tl-l ""' 'he FaeheV .•^'"?" ""■"•« »f first perBonTn the TrT'f •**'• ^- -videntl'v K^,"'* '""»'"' ""^ Chri8t,and as 1..^ T^ " ">« Father of VL n '^'"* '^at the i^the;bov:!J^^e., S''" "-at nature .oteVhes""' "'",'"■« "^ "'Stent, beIievr,W°?hf ^'"'*«'^' ""o must, i„ o, 5°"' T""*" "f spoken of, ,„ th'atVs^f- P-o„ i3 iC^ of tS i' .'fpS,/Xt't tS""-^ <- .ade on that bf'ng there applied no ' , "'^ ""« « So^of ^^^IfS^' serfon? .'^'-W. ,nd,rectly contradict^ wl ^'n"^,! ■Out to return tha c i . quivocally acknowfedsed" P "''."'« '"""»» nature ;» disputed doctrine I? 7 ""«" by those Ji" ?' " ""«- •hat complex nJi^!.™";:«.°SV' forms a ii"."" """^^ £o.iA.hafasr.ir.?'^-!;.^=;-^^^^^^^^^ o '" lutti nar.ure h*»/'i^r>„'j ,' '""ai not thp nonage P If this questfCnnS '' 'T'^P^^^^' follows, that as the titlp " « ^e answered in the affir "'"'• ^'^^'^^ man nature so if jl . ^°""^<^od,"isanni; k, '™*^'^e,it in whom :£ !°.'' ^' «Js« applicable L L^PP''^^>^e to the hu- 'nan natu -e ,0 f • ^"P "S°»«fGod '' fs a" I kT''™^^'^-.''' 'Yhomthat-;;:fcP/'i-^^^^^^^ whichareaTr?n£ ""T'" ^«"ows, thS n ^^^^^stitute 30 This Bhewe why the title <* Son," is frequently applied to that complex personage, even when the passages m which it stands, refer to the divini nature ; and on tlie othe. hand it shews why the titles which necessarily and inevitably imply Deity, are also applied to that person, even when the passages in which they a^e found, pointedly refer to the human nature, behave then, no more rWht to suppose that the title « .Son, is strictly applicable to the divine nature, than we h^ve for supposing, that the titles which properly helpftg to Deity, are strictly applh cable to the human nature. In including, I would observe, that long as this Epistle is. I have been obliged to circumscribe my thoughts t^onsiderably on various passages in debate. I hope that you wjU not be led to suppose, by a^Y /^ j^^f foregoing observations, that I have had a design to satmze or ridicule the Gentleman on whose performance I ^i^ve an"«^d- verted. Satire and ridicule have been the bane of controver^, but sober discussion will always display truth to the greatest ftdvantage. I am, dear Sir, .r' • "'' Your's sincerely, A. McCAMBRIDGE. /i Quebec, 21st Deer. 1819.