THE SUPREME DEEITY OF CHRHTST OflflDGWOQBIOMGDGOOIDGWOOQIQHW ‘THE SUBSTANCE $19’ $21. DELIVERED KIM BATH, (MAINE) JULY 4:, 1822.? ha EBEFOBE ‘EH-E New--E7zgZ'an0l Conference of ZWi7zism*:§l'~‘ It is probable, apart of St. John’s design, in Writing this Gospel, was to oppose these errors. Adtrnitting this supposition, no declarations could be more positive than these in this chapter; nor any less likely to be misunderw stood. A 1 Of the Worcl, it is here aliirmed, He is God. A The Selfifixistent, Eternal, Imrnutable, , ()n"1niscient,‘On1ni- present, Independent, Omnipotent God. ti Tile Creator, Upholder, and Ruler of all other beings in the universe. This Wort! was in the beginning; he existed at the time creation began, and therefore was not created himselfl And as he was not created, he must have existed without beginning. A A t ' A A , ~ ’”‘£5esHaweis’s Cl1urci:h*}Iistory,r Vol. I. page 1558, Ii.1’9,« That the Apostle rneanttpo teach us that the Word was A a Divine Person, and that it/mt Person was united to l rphunian nature, and Was ‘manifested In the flesh, is evident from the following declarations. ./ll/Z tlzixzgs were made /By lzz'm-----In izirn was life-Het was in the world--ffe came amzfo his owmiczrzd his otwz received Mm rzaa‘. But as mrm_z,r as received £5172, to z‘/rem gave /26 power to éecome the’ sons of Gods iiflnd tize }«'-Vord was mocle fies/2, and dweifl’ mmmg aIs,o22ci we befzelo’ his glory. The ideas contained in our text may be comprised‘ in» this proposition, Jesus C/zrist is the SZ¢_f)f‘£’2‘7Z€ Goa’. fl” his proposition I shall now endeavor to prove by A arguments more solid than the pillars of the world 1 Even by 2726 words of Goo.’ /2:.imse[f; co2njJcr7*ing sfliritzcw rzl if/zézzgs war; sjjiritzral, Serijbture suit/2 Servfpzfure. fl 7 By searching; these Sacred Records we shall. fixtdg that the same titles, attributes, and works, which are ascrib- eds topthe God of the Hebrews in the Old Testament, are also ascribed to Christ,% by the Prophets, by the A- posrles, and by C/22~ist /2zTn2.sieZfi And these passages of Scripture can be reconciled no other way, than by ad. ‘mitting what our Lord says, John K. 30. “ I and my Father are one.” Either this must be an etermzzl truth that Father and Son are one Being, or those Scriptures, Which say these ii things of them, must remain eternalr s contraclictions. In support of the proposition contained in the text, I shall endeavor to prove that Jesus Christ is frequently called Grod—-——-Tliattr he is called .}-€3l]0VE1i'lf-7--'1"ilE1‘lZl"l€ is the Eternal Being~é-Tl1at he is the Immutable Being----'I‘hat he is the Orngnisoient Being—++-Tltat he is the Omnipresi rent Beiing---'1"'hatp he is the Omnipotent Bfilllg‘---Tillflt he isithe proper object of Worship-—-i--That he is the Creator of all other beings ibnt himself, and of all things in the ,univ;erse-~A:~;d that he isthe Upholder of the universe. 1, Whore p to prove that Christ A is /reqzzezztly called ptGae’. _And here it may be proper to “observe, that there tislbnt one Cirfld acltnowledged inAthe“Scriptures. Excel. 4 3.5a ; "“V‘V Thou t shalt haveno other gods\*before me.” A Isaiahxlv. 5. ‘i‘ There is no god hesicles rite.” T"Sti1l, "5 fhoxxgh ithese Scriptures declare that there is but None: True God, yeti otliers sufficiently show that Christ is that ’Ii*zw Gad. Isai. ix. 6. “" Fo1"iiunto us a Chiic1..is barn, unto us a Son is given, and the government shali be upon his shoulders; and his name ‘shall be callecii V\’oncierful, Cotmsellar, the Mighty God,theiEverlz1sit»‘ ing Father, the Prince of Peace.” Isai. vii. 14. “Bee hold .21 virgin slmll conceive”, and bear 21 Sean, and .sha1i call his mine I1‘nmanue1.” This text is quoted in M21tt.. i. :23. and expizzixaed to signify, “ God witii us,” and apa plivci to Christ. Campare Psal. XIV; 6. with Haeb. i. 8.» The Ptsahnist says, “ ‘Thy tihroznie, 0 God, is fortever and ew>x~: the smcptre of thy kizxgdom is a right Sceptre.” St. Pam} says, (,}_110ti‘}.'&g‘ the same tcext, “But unto tha Sm: I16: S;.1}it;l‘:, “ 772;; T/M3225, O God,” 39” .. Here you 5683 i the: Szuimii B(.'"i§"!:g‘ whom t;1*“m: P:sa1mi$t aciaxxowiedgaas to 13% his; God, St. Paul (ic:%c:hir<:-5:2. to be 6/26 8072.. This; agrees. ’with 1 John V. 520. “ zimd we :.m:~: in hinithzat isiitrue, czm;-.n in his. Sm .I(*3‘.‘.3lIS Cliirist. Tllis is the True Gmci, «am?! crtmml liiit.” I"i::w' St. Haul aagzmimli, 1 Tim. iii..il6‘., “ Grmat is; thrsr m437St§:j1f‘y of godilineas : Gad" was manifesi in thcsz fle;*sh, jIi.}S3tiifif:{:iii13.th€ sapirit, sflezi of aiigfils, preachmi ed xmto tilt? Gemilats, belirsved on in the wox*1d,i received up into: g1c>ry*.” Col. ii. 9... “For in him A dwellethali the fa1};'i;¢:m~; (If tlm: Goal/zerw? bodily.” Rom... iris, 5 .. “ Ci‘3I*ist (3m“fl@,,iiWi1CJ.iS mreri .2111, God ‘blessed former.” Thi:-:; text slmws us, that Christ is Gad over all;% and if tixwzz Scm i3 God over all, no other being can be God ¢t>vr.:rr: my ; but tlm lizmtlier is Gad over héaivfill camd ereirthi. thc:*rr«E:, Fzither mad Son are om: God. I11 .iudt~: 52.5, J<;::ms. Christ i3 czzailctci “‘ Thee: cmly Wise God our Save» i<;>m*..”’ What otlwr vvcmls could more fully expiress‘ hits Suysmnie Dam/,4 or more p1::1inly e31';0W,i1:hat Atha Father ::m<.1 the Sam am: 111:: One only Wise iGod ‘? ‘That A» pmstlc bcéliicvcitd amcl ackr1owl¢:::dge-d this doctrine, V whw zaaaicl to Jcrsus, Joh11i.:xx. 28.%i“1‘/Iy Lord, and my (inc h?‘,U Ami Christ aCccrptcd% that acikxioxvlcrdgmeait, «or- he wank} have rebxikcd 'TI1omas forz1cidressi11g himin flinch tm*2*z1:s.i iBL1tithzr Lord Jr:suss,i i1'xstc~:-u:1 of rcprcavizxgi % 'I‘11amass'i iivrcgzilixag him God? 01* giving llimiaxiy gm». 6 mation that he was under a Wrong: impression, immecliul ately commencls his faith. “ Thomas, because thou hast seen, me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet i have believed.” And of this ttruth, that Christ is, God, our Saviour directed his 3.. postles to bear zvétizess, that we 7n2'.g*izt believe,- and mat t7)€[i€1’J?i?2g,'ZUt?,, znig/at have life t/zvtoztttrg/2 /2229 name, Onee l more, '"l"'in,,ii. 13. A “ Looking for tlmt blessed hope, tzllld the gglorious, appei:ir_ing of the great God, emtl our S21» vioor Jesus Christ.” So it :;>:ppe:;:rs that, Christ is the gre:.tt Cimd, camel if there be any other god distinct from Christ, he ‘must be 2m i1ili:+1fio1* one. But the F1-Zlilltil‘ and the Son "and the Holy Spirit, are the Oglfi Great (3ot;:l, shcl all be- sides, who p1‘etenc;l to be gods, are 1'10'[l’llll"lg but vayzifzcm , Bot lost it should be ssitil, Christ is God o1'ily by ofiioe sml not by mature, we will now emleavotf to of» fer further evidence {list he is eslletl God in the same ,sense the Father ,is. Phil. ii. 6.. “ ‘W ho being in the form of God, tliowggiit it not robbery to be equal with (god? W/ho was equal with God ? Not any crested being in the universe. But the Divine Person of Jesus Christ was equal with the Divine Person of the Father. Agapizi, John v. 18. “Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because, he not only had” brolteri the Sabbath, , but said also, that God, was his Fatlier, mak... ing himself equal with God.” This text shows that the Jews unclerstootl our Lord to ma/re lzémself equal “wit/2 God ; mid certzainly, if they had itiisuiiclerstood him, he would have informed them better. It is also evident, that the Evangelist l understood him to mean the satne; for be A does not say, the Jews thought he msdehimseli‘ equal with God ;% but plainly declares, he did make himself equal with God, and thit, on tlmt account, the Jews soughtto kill‘ him. Besides, if we eonsicler that St. John was clivinely inspired wlim he Wrote this, we must perceive it is a strong confirmation of the doctrine of our text, that Jesus Christ is the SL1» prefme God. ‘ It is Well known that the :.mci<-mt Proph- ets were inspired by the Spirit of God. Yet in 1 Pet. .51, 11, itris said, “ The Spirit of Chrisgwhich ewes in . "3' them,-—-fesfifiefi bef’o1~eha.nd the sufi°eri1%1gs of Chfist, and flue: gienry that should follow." ' A ciear evidence thzis, that Christ is that Gad, by whese Spirit the ancient prophets were ingpiredg rkgazim cohmpare the 61:11 and 16th wrses ef the 22nd chzxpter of Ravalation. T116 first 321373., “’ The Lord God of the holy Pmphets sent his wage} to Show unto his sesrvanm the things which must shortly be dm;:::a." The smond reada, “I Jemas hzewa sent mine ang«~:l to testify unite you these things iii &h:7:- chur«;:he3s.°’ Hare ynu Qhserve, that in cm:-.~r of these texts it is said. I/ze Lord Gad Q/" if/29 /zoly P‘7“oj)}'2.ezfs sac:-snt his angel, and in the 011161", speaking‘ of the S£§.m€ ;:_mga:*l, sent with the sauna message. I Jesus have sc=7<2t mm? an-» gel. A positive €‘videnc<2 that Jesus Christ is the Lord God of the huiy Prophctts. HOW could the: S<;:ript;u.res speak more plaizfiy th';m they have‘ sspaktm in th<:s<:- passages ? Dces not the voice: of inspimtimlm say enough to convince every one, who is W31» ling to receive truth, when it declares that Christ is the God, the Grezzz‘ Gm", the Tme Gad, the 0:219 }Vz'.s*e God; zmd the Lord God of the holy Prophets ‘W 2. h .73Fza s/am’! cmdeavor to jwove that C/zrisz‘ 225' cailed J9/zovafz... Paar/Zrfzzzsvst defim:3 this xnrard thus: “‘ The pa» c11lia1r%AVand imco11nh*ux1icable lmtne 01" the Divine Essence. He w}§oi.s*, or‘ shugsxsrs, A 3. eminently zmd in 2: manner stagmrior ta all other beings. V Jelzomzz/1 is 3/26 605223‘ nee» €S.S‘C2I?“i[_?/ fixésténg of aim’ fhorn /’zzi772.9eZ’}C 102%. all t2*€1f2d/Z[j)C’7"’~:- ,}‘c*e:r2fi022 02*ég:§22c2[[_z/ iv: I223 «:’.S‘Sé':r_?0¢3'.” But to pmve ta you that Jcéimvzih is the incommLmiczxhh: name which God has apprsopriated to laixnsczhj, and that there is but 0116 Jcimovzxlz, I have £1 l:.)ette[r aauthzerity thgm Pz:rI<.hurst; even God himself. Iixod. V1.3» “Add I appearced unto Abrahzun, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob? by‘ the narné 0f ‘ x God Ahnighty; but hy'111y112m3e JEHOVAH was I not knowxw to t¢hmn..”"" h P3. .b~:.xXiii.18. “'i‘Em men znay know that thou, wlzose name ’:«.ii10iT1(;‘51Sr:$£HOV.A.I{,h artthe Most High over all the =*z1rth.’” 0b&@1‘v'e ha-ms, ourhma» In-shrhclaims this name as pectmlizar to himself, and the Psahnist declares his mum: aiorie is .h31mVah,h that no lath» mi being has a light to that narxm jh‘ flee Note A. 8 Ii-iere it may heproper to remarlr, that though the (trans... llators of our Bible have given us the Hebrew word, Je- ram/2, in a few passages, yet, in general, they have rem» dered it Loan, and printed it in capitals, to tlistioguitslt it from another word translated Lord, signifying a ruler, and printedin small letters. a I use the word .lehovah, because it is not applied to creatures as the word Lord is, and; hecattse it is descriptive of the nature of the True Goclfilt \ A As We have proved that the title lehovah belongs to no other heing but the True God, and that there. is but one Jehovah, if we can prove that Christ is Jehovah, it vvill follow that Father and Son, though distinct in Per.- sori, are the same Being. Jer. iii. 6.. “ And this is his name whereby he shall be called, “ T he Loan,” (Jane-« van) “ our Righteousness.” It is so evident that in this place the prophet speaks of Christ, I need not take up your time to orove it; Isai. raliv. 6. “' Thus saith the Lotto,” (Jehovah) “ the King of Israel, and his Redeem»- er, the Loan of hosts; I am the first and I am the last.” in Rev. i... 17., Jesus Christ says, “I am the first and the last ;.” which he would not do unless he were Jeho-« vah. Indeed, considering that these words had been used by Jehovah to express his sell’—existenoe, and eter-» nal nature, 8.l'l(l that this was perfectly lmovvn to Christ, I cannot understaocl these words of his in any other sense than a direct profession that he was Jehovah. Again, Joel ii. 3:2, “ Whosoever shall call on the name of the Loan,” (Jehovah) “shall be delivered?” See this applied to Christ, Rom... X. 9, l3, “‘” Tl*lat ii’ thou shalt oonfess with thy rrtouth the Lord Jesusg and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the clead, thou shalt be savedf’-»---“ For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall he saved.” Here I thinlt you ail see, that what the Prophet affirms of .lehovah, the‘ Apostle of Christ ; that praying to Christ is praying to .l£?l*tQ?w‘t"‘ttl1 ; and that the same salvation which we receive of Jehovah, we receive of Ch1'iS1:; and also, that the Apostle was taught by Divine inspiratiorz, that Sea Natfliiifln i 9 the Prophet spalte of Christ, and that he called him 33.5 trovaar. Further, Isai. Kl; 3.. “The voice of him that erieth in the wilderness, prepare ye the Way of the Lotto,” (Jehovah) “make straight in the desert a highway for our God.” St. Matthew says, oh. iii. 3, this was the voiceof John the Baptist ; and the Baptist says he came , to prepare the wayof Christ. .lOl1l‘1l. 29----31. “ The next day John seeth Jesus coming onto him, and saith, behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the World. This is he of whom I said, after me com.» eth a,Man which is preferred before me; for he was be» tore me. And I knew him not: but that he shoulclhe made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with Water.” Nothing can be more plain, than that the lhopliet spake of the Baptist as preparing the way of .le» hovah ; and of Christ as that Jehovah whose way was to be prepared. Let us consider Numb. xxi. 5, 6, 7. ‘“ And the people spake against God, and against Moses. Vlfherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness .9 And the Loan sent fiery serpents a- rnong the people, and they hit the people ; and much people of Israel died. Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, we have sinned; for we have Sp0l{4E1‘t against the Loazo,” (Jehovah) “' and against thee.” St. Paul, in allusion, to the same says, 1 Cor. X. 9. “Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted anal were clestroyecl. of serpents.” By eom.par- iog these passages you will observe, that the same Be» ing whom all/loses calls Jehovah, the Apostle calls Christ. If the Hebrews, by spezthixig agai1.1st Jehovah in the wilderness, tempted, Christ, I;/e eertczzkzly is Jan A /zova/(2. This truth furthjer appears from Isaiah, A vi; 1, 3, 5. “I saw also the Lord sitting uporra throne, high and lifted up,-—-—-—-Aticl one cried unto anothet', anti said, Holy, holy, holy, is the ;Lo;alo of hosts; the whole earth is full of:l1isglory.--'I‘her1 said‘ I,~+-«mine eyes have seen the King, the l...oa1:x” (letliovah) “" of hosts.” St. John says, when speaking of Christ, and allucliog to the Words of the Prophet linltliisl chapter, John zrtii. 4,1,, 10* ‘“ These things said Esai-as, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.” These passages show us, that Christ was .lehovah,”Wl1orn Isaiah saw sitting on a throne, and whose glory was to fill the Whole earth. Let us com- pare Isai. Xllil. 8, and Matt. xvi. 27, With Matt. xix. 28. “I am the Loan 3,” (Jehovah) “that is my name :: and my glory will I not give to another.”-—-~“ For the Son of Main shall come in the glory of his Father, with his an»- gels; and then he shall reward every man according to his Worl«:s.”-----“ And Jesus said unto them, verily Iv say uinto you, that ye which have followed me in the regen- eration, when the Son of Man shall sit in the throne. of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.” Here you will rernarlt that in the first of these tests, Jehovah" declares he will not give his glory to another ;' in the second, Christ says he shall come in the glory of his Father, when he comes to judgment; and in the third, our Lord declares, that the glory in which he shall come to judgment will be his own glory. The argument stands thus, .lehovah can» not give his glory to another; but Christ will appear as Judge, in the glory of Jehovah, which glory shall be Christ"s own glory; from which itfollows, that the same glory belongs equally and eternally to Jehovah and to Christ; therefore, the Father and Christ are One Jsnou VAH. Isai. viii, 13, 14. “ Sanctify the I...oa:o'” (Jeho.-. fvah) “of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread; And he shall be for a sianctn» ‘A lla1'S’,i;,i anal for a stone of stumbling, and for a rock of of- fence, to both the houses of Israel.” This passage is quoted in1,_Pet.ltii. 7, 8, and applied to Christ. “The a stone which the builders disallowed, the same is ntacle the head of the corner, and a stone of stumlaling, and a it rock of offence, even to them that stumble at the vvord.” Several other writers l of the Newwiillestament apply this passage to Christ, and make itappear, beyond a doubt, that the Prophet spalte of Christ, vlvihenl he said, .lehovah A "wotild be all mine of .9tlzm2Z)Ziyzg*.i lThis l Prophet uses the T same word again Wlieli speaking of A our Saviour, “Isaiah flit al. 10, ll, “Behold the Lord Goo*4’<“” (Jehovah) “will some with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd ; he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom.” It is evident from the preceding part of this chapter, that the Prophet was speaking of Christ, when he said, J6»- have/2 .9/mt’! feed /2725‘ floc/c like (2: s/zap/'zer(! ; which well agrees with what our Lord himself says, John X. ll, “ 1 am the good s/tap/zer(].” In another place Jehovah says, Zeeh. xii. 10, “And they shall look upon me, whom they have pierced.” St. John quotes this, and informs us, that .lehovah who was pierced was Christ. John six. 37. “ And again another Scripture saith, they shall look: on him whom they have pierceclfl’ Mal. iii. 1. “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the Way before me 2 and the Lord, whom. ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the mes- senger of the covenant, vvhomf yet it delight in: behold he shall eome, saith the I..oaD” (Jeliovah) A “of liosts.” Here Jehovah says, I will lseazo’ my zrzzesaenger, and /ze .a/ml! j)7“C’])a7‘€ the way before me. In Matt. xi. 10, our Lord tells us this messenger is John the Baptist, and the Baptist in:t'orms us, as we have-it before proved, that he came to prepare the way of Christ; tlterefore, these texts, taken together, plainly show that Christ is that Is- hovah who sent the Baptist to prepare, his way. ‘When Jesus Christ, the Angel of the covenant, preached to the Jews, Jehovah came to his temple. Again, Jehovah says, Isai. ralv. 23, “Unto me every knee shall how, every tongue shall swear,” Now hear St. Paul. Phil. ii. 10, 1:2. “ That at their name of Jesus every knee should how ; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christi is Lord.” Agnd, Rom. xiv, 10, 11. ~ “” We shall till ‘stand before the jut.lg1‘r1ertt~,-seat, of Christ. For it is written, as I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.” T here» tore, Jesus Christ, to Whom every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess, at the day of judgment, willingly ‘ll Here the word Gran is atth-stittttsd for Jeltovaltt. or nntvillingly, in joy or shame, is Jsnovaa. Once more, Jehovah declares, Isai. Xllll. 11, “I, even I, am the Loan 5” (Jehovah) “ and beside me there is no Saviour." Yet Christ is the Saviour. Matt. 31. 21. “And thou shalt call his name Jeans ;_ for he. shall save his people from their sins.” Tit. ii. 13.. “ Our Saviour Jesus Christ.” Acts iv. 12. “ Neither is there salvation in any other : for there isnone other name uncler heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.” So it appears, there is no other Saviour but Jehovah, and no other Saviour but Christ; therefore, Christ is JEHOVAH. .The Scriptures which I have mentioned under this head are but a part of those which prove Christ to be .lehovah,.bnt they are enough for every one that believes the Bible. . ~ 3. 9576 are to prove at/izczz‘ Christ is 3/56 Etcarnal Beiyzg. Micah V. 2. “ But thou Beth.-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be Ruler in Israel; Whose goings forth have been from of old, from everla.sting.” This is the same form of eszpression by , g tlwhioh the Eternityof the Father is declared. Psa. rate. A ,9. “ From everlasting to everlasting thou art God.” i A And Habak. i. 12. “ Art thou not from everlasting, 0 Loan,. my .God»?’’ Yet it is applied to the Son again, “ Prov- viii..23. “ I was set up from everlasting, from the hegint1ing;,,or ever the earth was.” Jestts Christ also says, Rev. ii. 11, “I am lAlpha and Omega, the first andrlthe last.” 3 Now, as clearly as two of these texts prover that..lthe"God of the Hebrews is without beginning; so clearly do three of them prove that Lie.- sus Christ is without beginning. lArgain, . Jehovah» (lie-. elareslhis Self-Existence, and Eternity to Nloses, by S3}’ll'itg,‘EXOd. iii. l4.,e;“I AM THAT I AM.” And our Lordjgappears to refer tof the" same. passage, and certainly l means the? same, thing, when he says, John viii. 58, ‘.‘fBef0rer.Ah1*ahaml Was, I AM.” Inthese ilast Words, we see the Eternity of Christ, not only “in their resemblance, and apparenttireference to those words of Jehovah, V by which hecleclares his Eternal nature, 33 but also, in the very circumstances rm which they were spoken. Our Lord had just told thehlevvs, ver. 56., “"‘ Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.” By which the Jews under- stood him to mean, that he existed when Abraham was on earth; and to which they reply, ver. 57, “‘ Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ?” Then our Lord confirmed what they had before understood him to mean ; “ Before fllzra/izanz was, I AM.” I am from eterzzitg/. I am now, and I was with Abraham, and he acknowledged me as his God, and desired me as his Saviour. That the Jews under- stood him to profess that he was the Eternal God, and that they meant to punish him for supposed blasphemy according to their law, is evident from ver. 59, “ Then took they up stones to cast at him.” From the wliole, I thinlr. it plainly appears, that we have as strong evi» dence in the Bible, that Christ is Eternal, as that the God of Abraliam is Eternal; and that we ought not to doubt the one any more than the other," for. he ‘is the same Eternal Being, 2 i l to = l < 4. C/iris‘: is 2‘/ze Ihztnutahie Beirzg. Immutabilitsr is tut attribute peculiar to Jehovah: Mal. iii. 6. “For Iam the Lo_arnt,l I change not ; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not i consumed.” Compare with this, Heb. xiii. 8, “ Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to~day, and fore'ver.” All creatures are ii subject to ~ehange,- but Christ is always the same; therefore, he is not a mere creature, but he is that very Immutable Being who says, I c/zcmge not. In Heb. i. 12, St. Paul quotes the following Words ofartlte Psalimist, and applies them to Christ: “ Thou art the same; and thy’ years shall not iitil./” This could be said of ; no other being but the unehahgeablelfiod. l l l r5.,r C/2rz".s‘z‘ is the Omniscéwzr Beir2g.tliitit.lohtt :a:vi.l .‘3til.l "‘ Now are We sure that thou knowest all‘ trl1ing's.°"i John ii. Q4, 25. ~ “But Jesus did not commit iiiifltw self unto» them, becauselhe knew all meryandt need» ed not that any should. testify of ITl:2?t1];gmffC)i" he knew what was ;iI1l=mEt11.°’ a Peter said to Jesus, Joha M §E{.‘§{i.. l7, “LOFtilil‘;;,‘ thou l{l}()‘Wt3St all l:llll‘lg53.."w Dial Christ know all things? did he know all men‘? did he ltnow wlmt was in man, even’ the thoughts of the he:«.'.tt‘t? wee it true that he neetletl no inferxntttican re» sheeting man, because he knew him perfectly ? Tlfien hewas motel than than;-«—-~n1o1*e than an angel ;-W-yea, the Omniscient God himself: for all these things eoulcl be allirmecl cf none else. Again Christ $2t3/‘S, I:€.‘i:ii‘/rv ii. 23; “I zen he which searcheth the reins and lte::u"t:+s."" Tlltése are the woznilss by which Dztvicl tleclzn‘ecl the Ontniscience of Gael: Peal. vii... 9. “"l‘l“ue rigltteette God ttieth the l‘1(:‘al1”tS and reins.” Cam yeti believe, my brethren, that our Blessed Lercl wonltl have msecl the same wordfs resgttectiiig his own A*¢lzotv[caa[§'e, by which Dzwitl hecl set fertli the in}€7‘2?t‘8 .7w2otu[e(Zg'e 9/" Gen’, 1.11% less he intended we should believe /26 was the Ollllllllsw cient Gotl? lmposeihle! None but the S‘L1].ZIll‘(2fll1(i’: Goal lmows all ll'lll‘1g,'.‘.-5; but Christ lmows all things ;,---l;llt::t”t1'~«« fore, Clnist is the Supreme God. 6. (}’/met is 5/25» Om72.27j)7*esee.z‘ ]3’e2'7;rp*. .lohn xiv. $23.. "" If any nmn love me, he will keep my WO1“(lS; nncl nty Fattlier Will love him, and we will come t1nttiA:;litim,z'tticl I‘{]::tl€;6‘ our ebotle with him.” A Beeatuse men love Christ, God the Félllllflf will love them; Wliieh‘ee1~tainly woulcl not be said if Christ were only CI‘(i’..‘c1tlII"("3.. Alec), the Son will come with the Fatltet, ttncl they both will nmke their eztbotle with the settle whe love Cltrlsat, Hm-V could this»; he ttlotte if Cltrist were only ti finite A being ? Sl11)pOS6tl;‘.W3t‘€ ewe pl';'r3OI1S when leve Cl‘l1‘lSl$ in l eevemli distant pet*ts% of the eartlt at the saline time; none but the iiOnttiit3rese11t Being could be with there all at once; fat fat finite laeitig can be only in one place at the same time. How then could Cltriet,l in trutlt mid sincerity, promise all these things, unleseilte were the Onmipresenti God ? Bezsidee, what awful Words would ‘ these be for a mere A creature, however digltifiecl; to userespeetixighimselfl Wliat, a man, prontisitxg ‘l‘IlS fellow 111211"), ll “ I will i come with Grodato tyotz, and WE willntake our abode with you l” What i need has God of the cempanyi and help of at 4 men iii to attenfl him in being present with his people, and in l,“>1essing; tliein? A If Jesus Christ ever epzike these worcls, he is the Omnipresent God. Again, Matt. xttviii. £20; “" For Where two or three are gatlierecl to- getherin my name, there am I in the midst ofthem.” Mettt. xxiviii. €20. “ Lo, I am with you alway, even ‘um i to the endof the world.” Wlien our Saviour spake» the words last mentioned, he had just eommancled the Apostles to go and teach all 72alio7z3,fia11d here he promises to be with them all, ahcl all their successors, to the end of 3/26 world. Wlien our Lord made this promise, his body was raised from the dead, his ‘soul and body were about ascending up to lieaven; and, therefore, he could have meant nothing else, by prom-4 ising to be with his ministers to tlze erzcl of #26 worlcl, thziau to show them that he possessed the Divine na- ture, which was present in every place, and would be with them, t/zrozrg/2 all ncztions ; even to 2/26 erafl of" tlze worloi Further, Jolm iii. 13. “ AI1Cl1101nttl1l’lt1’El1ttS-- eencled up t0l]¢3t‘tV~€it“], but he that came C_lOW1‘1 fitomilieaveh, even the Son of Man which isinheaven.” V jHere*you see, the incarnation of Christ is representecltmder the 410-» tion of his coating‘ down from heaven, to dwell upon earth; and, lest a wrong meaning should be talteu from the eapreesioti, and it should be imagined that in or.- der to manifest himself ‘upon earth, he l‘l1t155l;il1(i‘CE:‘E5E5tl~ rily leave lteiavenl; our Blessed Lord qualifies it by ar.lcling,, 2/26 Son of Jlfmz wlzo 2'3 in heaven; acleclaring he is in heaven and on earth at the same time; point... ing out by this, the Ubiquity or Omniprtesence of his nature: an attribute esseo'tially' belonging to God; for no being Call possibly exist in more places than one at a time, but tlzrzt Goo’ wlzofills the lzeoverziaorzrl tlze eartlz. From these, passages itplai1iiytiappears,. that as none but the Omniipi:'eseatriGod can be in every place at ’ the same tiroe, ahcl as Christ is is; in ‘every plaeeiat once ; therefore, Christ is theflmhipresent God. ” 7’. A, C'rir2'.5't la the Omrzi/Jotezzl ta,»m,-. A He “declares, Rev. i. 8. “I am”----“ theiAlniig'l‘1ty.” tl‘«‘iatt.r:~::«;viii. ft,8. “All power is given? tmtometin l1t‘?tt’e,t1*tt1“1~}£l in \ 16 earth.” John V. 19, 521. “For What tliings soever he?’ (the Father) “ doeth, these also doeth the Son 1il‘l7‘ the‘: sailiztty of committing hiss Ci(3[)¢lll'i'ilig‘ sapii*ii :13 Satviourlss l”l2mf.lE-.5; Acts vii. 59. “l.-onil .lms.Lis<., m:¢~;.'m=3 my Spirit.” Tlic Ll11l7liillJilI£Zlll’ES c)l" l‘l(3&:1'VC:*l1 Oliizsrmtl tiw .é~,z;mM:: lmimr ta tlie 8011 they did tn the li";iilm*. Ré:vi ‘W. 1.3. “ l'l‘olessi1"1g, ancl l“1m10x*,i anclil gl0r‘y,% Emil g‘>n*.:-w~, he 3.111130 hiinll “tlmt sittcztili *-upztml the thmne, mi imiu: the ll.....:;iml:i, forever and evc~:r.."’=‘l? llcam 0l)S€’1'VC, i:‘m::rn Zillfii éallllgflflfl W€31“C‘: (:()1’1'11'l‘1£‘m(.l(*‘l(i to ‘woreship ClIlt‘lt:“a'l.", i"‘}:i§‘gil.zi4"k?l,3- Apc:>:*stlc*s w0mlii1J1:nc~:cli‘him on eairtli, zgszgiims ;.ma::l &lH;T;l‘~;“‘i.‘£‘» 'i*vm~.«:sliipped h‘iml in l1(i‘£'iW3l”1; :.1nd‘a1.li‘tl1<:+:ic acts; m5‘ ll'.i.k.J- “voticm waver Woulcl lmve lJ(:‘f€1) gacrlbrtiicd, lmd hi? liillli bc.:*r:":1'x ‘tin: DFOITMEI‘ Oliiect oi‘ W"()K‘:Sl'1ip. Ccmrsiclcar limhiar, all tlwse l3»<;-tinga VW331"c.* ])l”~’)llill)ill#L’,?Cl. worsliipqiiiag ‘;'311"1Y"0'tl‘1(E*1‘ lieing hut ma’: Sm ;[)3‘l:‘i‘:1”"l¢:;‘ (}o..:.l. E':~m:,i. 8, 5. “ Tlimgi aliailt lxzwcz no 0n;l.i-.;=+~ b:sl"0rc=: 111:3.”---“'I"lmu slizilt zwi: bmv clmvfin ‘l‘l1;ll"z§;:s::*li‘l l".O« mm, not srsrrve tl*ic:~m.” Christ l1ixiw::lt' «milligram! l:hi::s pr0l1il."Jll£iOl1. Matt. iv. 10. “ It is w5r}ittC%n,l ll'}(l)l1iSl"l.;.ii.liI ”WOI‘Sl”1i}) the Lord thy l Gucl,~ Elllijlliilllflilil mil}? ~s~h;1li tlwti serve.” Say noxv, liow COL1“l(llCl5ll”i:5tlI’¢:l(1l.l.iiI‘(;“ llitlb‘ Szmie i'l{)11CJ‘l*l to be pziicl to him, tlizzit‘ wa:s~3ll‘ip;:id to tlie l7..:i-—- ihhr, 'LmlCSS he wcm. God‘? :E€:i:\-)“‘vr wulicl iiizspimail szaimtia mix earth, cmd saints l:2l}‘lCl’m“1gl‘£i“il£-3 in ¢l":c;.»wc-:-z"ln,l -lWO1“'Sl]ip7-l‘1iI'3“l, imliass tliey knew hini to he Goal .9 Tl:1«::~ V‘VD1'Ci of C-‘mil C . '9‘ Elm: Note: (3., hail‘ said, e.i:c.s.. zszxii. 20, “‘ He that sacrifieeth unto shy god, save unto the LORD only, he shall he utm» terly destroyed.” If Christ were not the True God? nncl if the Apostles worshipped him, they knew the iaiv of God eondeminecl them to temporal and eter.» goal death for worshipping an idol 5 and that the Jew» ish. rulers were under an obligation to put them to death for this crimes ; A % A Christ also lmew whether the Apostles were vvor» shipping an idol, or not, when they were oflering their devotions to him. And if he had not been the True God, he would have refused to receive such Worship, and rebolceci the Apostles for their A ‘laéoyizinu able 2‘rZoZ(zz‘rVz'e.9.” But notwithstanding he was so free qoently worshipped, he never once gave the least im timation that such worship was Wrong, nor said a. single Word to prevent it; but said and (lid every‘ thing to encourage it; he was, therefore, the proper‘ Object of worship., * Suffer me to malte one remark: more on this point. .Moses and the Prophets, Christ and the Apostlesfi. were sent into the world to put down idolatry, an& to establish the Worship of t the True God. i But if Christ were not the True God, then he and the A» nestles, in uniting to establish his worship, eornbinecl to. establish iclolatry; just as had an idolatry as that of the Pagans. t But this eonduet,icomhi»ning to» estab« lish * iidolatryft rvonldi have heen utterly inconsistent with l;l.‘l<:3lv3Z?‘£Cl1t1t‘t?tC,t€l~‘, ttlrierefore, they were never guilty of it; consequently, C’/21"isrt,“ whose worship they estabm iished, is the j7:r'o].'1e7-* iO[2ject of were/zija. r j 9. Clt'27*2'.s*t is 3°/26 Creator 0/‘ all t/z2”72g'.s‘. Iolm i. 3.. "" Bill things were made by him; and witlaouit him was not i any thing made that was 1r1acile.’r’gi This pas» sage, taltiensin connezsion with ouritext, wiluiclnlitt imme» diately follows, wherein it is assertecl that l the i.Vom£ was in tire beginnizzg, and that he made all = things, ap» pears to have reference to Gen. 3:. 1. “In the hem ginniflg God created the heaven and the earth?’ The one, therefore, as plainly shows that the Word creme T9 atefi aii things in A the beginning, as the other éiow that God created the heaven and the earth in the he-». igiltlfliligl; and both together prove that God and the Wo1~d. are the same Being; the Creator of all things» No being can have created himself ; but the Word ereatecl all things; therefore, he was not created, but is the zozcreazfecl God. Again, Heb. i. 8, 10., “But unto the Son, he saith,”---~“ Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast’ laid the ioutxclation of the earth; and the heavens are the avorks of thy hands.” If the Son laid the foandatiort of the earth, and if the heavens be the works of his hamls; then «certainly, he is the same Being of whom it is said in the first verse of the Bible, God crerzreti it/ze /woven vane’ the eon‘/i:.. Bart hear the ttrbrd of em tlerrzrzl trait/’z once more. Col. i. 16. “ For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, Whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were oreateclfl by him, and for l1im..” t ’Whoever ‘will compare this text with the ooate:at,o will easily perceive, that the Apostle is soea‘lti‘ag of Christ. Anti. I desire you all to observe, ‘how positively he dew eel-ares that A Christ wearer! all r/zirzga. And, as though he foresaw that this truth would be denied 1; he adds? all things»; irr heaven and in earth, visible and rim/isi.» ble... A.t1tl.., lest it should be said he was only em-.7» ~ ployed by the Father to create for farm, the Apostle affirmsi that Christ created all things for ./22772.35!/’. I eanoot CO11C€i’VC that it is poasible for words to dew elare more strongly than these do, that Christ is the Creator of all things. If Christ had not been Goth and yet created all things, then God created nothing; but God created all things, and Christ created all things; therefore God and Christ are one Being .: the Creator of all things. a t l 10. Christ is the A Ufa/zolrier of alltlzirzgr. tCol. i.ili?},« “And by him. all things consist.” ilebttextts i. 3;. ti‘ Upholding all things by the; Word of his giottrerf’ ~.i3.ao any of got! believe that any being lesa t.ha,e, 20 Atanighty Goth can -wfflzalcl all’ t7z£mg.:; (>3; titer twrerf wit" /255 3':«ottw"'? Data you risttt y*0ttt*:s@1vet in any tathtct" h-amds ‘? N0 2»-—-«tht-m you must he1itt:Vt: that Chrisst it the A.tttt'E,<.fghty God, for /23 ztjflzolds you (')_7_./ W28 taunt ta»}"" his own ]9’owc=:r'. If Christ be not God, zmd yet u;»‘:m1c1 an tlthtgs ; then Gad ttphohths notlting ; but (twi upholds all things, and Christ upholds EtHtt1t'H”tgS‘i tht:t~<3t‘<3te, Gwci and Cl”11’iStta1“6flf_1(B sattte Bczittg, by Whmn all things consist. NOW, my b1‘{:.“tht‘(-‘I1, I think the »S'ujm3me.? Dtivirtzizfgt of our Lord zmd S£.tVi0L1I' Jesus Christ is t“atit*ly prmttstd,‘ by l"t1m“'ty ttnequivocatl ttestimonies of the vyottl of Qjiimth Yet: hmre ohservtzd that thé satttte titles, att7"z¢’)tztc?s, amd. htuorflrs, which are ascribed to God the: Ftttlttfit‘, we ztiso ascribe;-d to God tht: Son. And in all theme texts, mat in mzsany” mart: which might httva A ht:-en. tnentiotttztt, it is nrpresextted that they as pmperly belong to tihr: Swat 218 t«:» tht;* FFttt}1t::t~; without the lcast itttittttttimt thtt‘iZ they atttrihtntmst the hhtt hy twat; of tttttzothttttnttztt'i.m"t,, t)t‘., on t:‘ta’3CL)tt’tTt’t? at his :2g3pt>ittttntttt ta ztmr othtrtz tjmt ptrttttty S§at'ZM’"'it“tg thatt thtty ::tt"e 2.’itSCt“tiFt3{i7(.3t to this: tttttt, the S£.t.t't1fEi‘ as tttcéy Mt? t0 the -("J‘i'ht'3t"., If ‘fl:E1fiT:S Sct*itJtt.ttt::e3 dc» it10’E pt‘t”W€ that Jestts Chri:=..t his the ASvZ£f}77’£???Z6 Gtitl); it is httpossihsle to pmv<~: by the Ethic thatt thtatt: its zany mach Being in the utlivfitftttfit for there: art no ms-ssaztgtrtt tvhiéch ”1tt0t"€ poaitivtzly de<3i:;tt*<=: that 'I'£ht27I‘(f2 is; .‘i3tftCh at Being, than tht'":St':‘: do that Christ is “that Ba‘-‘ring, If ttteste pttssttges tdctt nut pt‘0V€L‘, that thtzvst: (ZZ‘«f?"2§bZ.::(f(?.S.”tV1‘tit3t"t ttre htwe SuppOS€d to 'b€.‘}011g‘ to God, mafly btelwttg m Christ; fltfitl t them ate 110 Sctipttmizs that prove titty hehmg ta any being iI7t;€XiSt€I1C€tt: for no potticms of the ward of God Show . mo;1"é-2 plainly, that tlttsy b(i?10't‘1g?‘ to my being, than tht3S€ ch), that they bdongtto Christa. Again, if these testimonies of the Word of Goclgclo that prove, that the works which we suppose to hem: hem thyme bytGoc1, tmte rea1tytpet*for1ned by Christ; thf3.1't there am: not Scripttttres. which pmv@* 4 that they ‘W-t‘:‘1"€ Evert dome 1232* any being: for” no :Sctiptums declare there plztinty, that God did tthemg that‘; "Cht’:‘St3 do that Christ did them; Fitmlly, if thtsse Stzriptttrts do not ’D.i‘“0V/"Q ’[i"iEliZ ..i'c::sLm Ehrist is really time »5’z¢j2m=22e Goo”, no p§"O1)(JL~Si’£i.0I1 Whatever can be proved by tho Bible: for no pmp0Siti0n can be named, in -support of which this: Scriptures speak more decisively, fllmi they do in sup... port of Tihifi; and if the Bible Calmot ho i)€ii@V€Ci ro- specting this ciootrine-,i it cannot be beiievod in any“ thing it siays of another world. A ‘ The subject, then, is brought to this p0i11i1-—~Wf:L‘ must eithei" renounce the Bible, and go baoia; with the Pagz;11is to the dim light of natilro to be instructed inspecting God and religion, or we must believe xizhai; it declams of Cums? JESUS ow: LORD. Now, my brethren, what say you‘? Are you pm. fi)Ei1‘€d to give up this Bible“? Are you willing to bait Pagzixis or Doists‘? No: you are Cl"n*istia11s;i--Clirism Kizms by conviction mid choice. You boliows, 1;h:,1t ti‘1e;: Almighty Basing who ‘iTlmCi(3 you, has iocioomod you... "You i)f,*iiC3W3 in tho Unity of the G‘OCii"l€i1(i, i Not ilmt tiioro are two gods, or timze gods; but that Fm tiicm, Son, ::md Holy Gliost are ONE. Goo: ionoi1*a ossoiicéx, though time iiiili iPo1*3o1i$, ior niocios of can i.Si€311C@.‘7i‘5’ You &1K‘(i‘, itiioi*oio1*€, CiO1”15":iiSt€‘1'1ti Urzitomzrzs :- for at Unit::u'iam is :1 believer in iom-'* ~(,i'od. ‘Whe1*r3a.s; i;lmsi=: who deny‘ the ”Su.1prmm:‘: Divinity of Ci’1i”iSig and 32% iboiiovio “Cilfii Biibio, art: not Uizitai'io223; Fox" ilmy imwt boiiovo thzzii: Clirist is GI'O{:iii;iIi1 &i0mf:“Sfi‘I1iS$C'?, if they sizpposca him ::~;uohioo1y*by ofiico ; zimi ii" they izroiiovo ho god in any other 23621130 ‘s1rlmio"»rc::1',, t:l:m1,1 that in Wiiich we have proved him to bog anti if thcsy ii;>:::iiW<3 IN rmvx as the SC1”i1)tL11"CEi roqa.iiro thmzo. to do; tlwmi they beiiovo, at iifiiiifiiiig in two gods: 21 fffmprooio God, and 1:1 B{?C()11(.i23i1’y god !"i«:* . A 'i"'i"1o iiiiith we c:ntm*t2ii1i in om“ Lord 1-ind _iViasior, iii porfizotiiy C€mSiSiZ(il1i2 with his wholcz life. it is tma, that in 214 fiaw ii,I73E$'iEi11C.{‘3i“:, ._‘»?Vi1€£‘l”1", spouiaing of’ hiss h1.1m;.m mittiro, or of iiio cniifiicoiiiimr l‘«.*‘ic:Im3m of in the Old 'Io‘e£~3-I lornoxlt, am czzlloxil J'ol:1cwoh_. But this; is; a misztolco. It is true, llzliss wortl oornnoolod with other ‘WOI‘(l&l was usaecl as a momol.‘ia“l of" great ovonto which occur:-ocl in oortom placesa. But this was vary cloifl'ox*o:1t from 2:ayi::lg~ any om: ol‘ U'l('»E?€‘r placos was J£‘.ll(T‘l‘l,’i»lI}l. Abrolmm collar] 3 plzaioo Jol1oval.l~«jiroh. Tltzlal .i:~.::., Tho Lox-cl will see, or provide. And M(lS€3S callecl tho name. of an altar, Jello- vah~x1lssi. '1‘lmt.i:ss,, ’I‘l1c: Lord toy lmnrmzu N<;;>-rrc. C. "I‘ro::«:m. ia not the least appearance that llle worsllip spol-mo of in t.l1oso lzoxto, Wm; suoli ‘rtaswect, l'l"ll,€;‘lJ£ be paid to 21 zrtlrilom oroa- ture. lglut the very o1I'cl1n::le;laz"lcoss att. Cor. i. E2.»---Gal. i. 3.--.-» 1 These. iii. H.----2 These. ii. 16, 17’.-----1 Tim. i. 2.---9.’. Tim. i. fit... »--——-Tit. i. 4, and Philemon-, ver. 3. Again he prays to Christ without addresei’ng the Father. Roma. xvi. 24.---_1 Cor. xvi. 23.-—-Gal. vi. ‘18.——--‘-.Pl‘1il. iv. ‘£3.---—-92 Tlmese. "iii. 18.-——-2 Tim. iv. 2%., and Philemon V91‘. 2”’. St. John. does the same, Rev. xxii. 5'20, 21. “Come, 1.0721 Jesus. The gtrace of" our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.” If these expresoions are not iprayers, what are they? St. Paul prayed to Clu-i‘st., and received an answer, 92 Cor. xii. 8., 9. "‘ For this tlningl besouglilt the Lortl V thrice, that it might deport fromlme. . And he said unto me, My ‘grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my itotlr» mities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” In these “verses the word.~3., Lord.,l1e., and Christ, refer to the sesame 'Pelt*sorx ; land the gmce, 3-twmgtiz, and power belong to the ammo l"et‘e«oo.; 21. e. to Christ. St. Peter offers the same glory to Christ he cloes to the Fan- ther, which is another act of worship. Cmnparo 1 Pet. v. 11., with 2 Pet. iii. 18. lo this manner St. Jolm worsllwippod Cl‘H‘iSl.‘., Rev. i. 5, 6. “ Unto him that loved‘ ow, and washed. us; t"rom our’ aims in his own blood, and hath made no kings and prioelrs unto God agd his Father ;, to him be glory and domltrion for‘ ever’ one ever. ‘ » lo contemplating what is said in the passages above quoted, it is impossi,ble for me to believe that Jesus Clmrisst would have re- oelved such acts ofworsltaip, unless he were the proper ()l>_j,oct; of wor.~3l)ip. Had he been only a man, he must have lmown ll;l%ml; suffering his friends to worship him, was deceiving‘ and I‘l1it‘llI‘tfg:' them, both in time zmcl in eternity. That cloinq so was furt1.iszl{¥- ingjust cause for his:-; enemies toreproo.cl1 and persecute both him and has followere for one of" the highest ofi'once.e against the Moot Hit»-11 Gocl And if the A ostleo considered’ him to b l - _. -a %_ .13. V 'eonyam.to, It as utterly mcredable, that they should respect lium tlzmey did, and epeal: ofluim as they did. For instance, in one oftho pa.~3sa~ go: to which I have above 1:'eferred., 92 Tlm. iv. 22, Paul says to‘h.1:3,§on‘.:%1 thetgzepefili ¢cgwhl£% ;:0rcldJ%s1;1e' Cllxuifl; be ltvith thy spm . 1 ow.,1 ' 18 pos e we l€VC3' not to we on V :1 mm, rtway in the third heaven, who could know no more about ’I‘imo- thy than other saints in heaven could, and who could not be wl~t;l:u ham, wlthout coming out of heaven, is it not uoaccoontalwle, tlmt be slmuld express such a desire as this? Paul clesirecl Cflwiet to be wxth Txmothy, probably at liiphoeus, but if Christ were only men, he could not be in two places at once; therefore, as Peel. was at that time in prison at Rome, thougli he loved Christ so well, he did not desire his presence at Rome. In almost all the Epistles we find nearly the following‘ words, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.” But if Christ were only a man, far oil‘ in heaven, who had no more grace to bestow than other saints in heaven, what could these words mean?! auhlnuwalauwau-nan iNo'rs: D. ET is ohjected, “ we cannot believe this doctrine because it is mysterious.” But there is no mystery in the facts. That the li‘e-- ther is Gocl----that the Word is God»-wthat the Holy Spirit is Grorl-—-« amcl, that these ’l"hree are One G-oil, are plain facts. And we he» have them because the Bible clecleres them. lint the mystery is in the mode of the Divine existence--in the relation between the Fa.th.er, the "Word, and the Holy Spirit. The mystery We do not comprehend. How three are one, we do not understancl. Ami the mystery is not an object of our l‘eith.. God has not been plensm erl to reveal it ; therefore, we believe xiothing shoot it. We be... lieve only what he has revealed. And we dare not reject wlint he has revealecl, ‘because he has not revealed more. Tlziat is, we dare not reject the plain truths of the lrlihle, on account of the mysteries connected with them, whicli (Stool has not been plesseti to explain. l “ t it t * 1 l l t _ llfwe were to do so, we should deny the existence of a God. For ‘who can onclerstsnd his Eternity ? his Omoipresence ‘.7 or his Ornniscience? lfany one will show us how God existed without: l)C-.!§;l§‘ll‘l1"lll“1g'., we will explain to him every mystery connected with the Trinity. » We know and believe many facts respecting‘ our souls anti laodies, and resliecting the works of God in the heavens shove, end in the «earth henesth : but these facts are attended with thon- sencls ol'.mysteries. Yet we do not deny the facts, though they are involved in mysteries. And, while we have snliicient e-vi» dence that the Bible came from God, we believe what it «slow cleres, tliorzgli some of the truths it reveals ere oncooipasseit with mysteries. y News E. y y in 8.lC}0Olt'. enttitled, “ The New Testament, in an lmproveol V‘e.r'siotx,”-—~printed in Boston, 180$)”, e port of our testis trens«» lated thus 2-—-M The Word was a god,” By this and the note con- nected with it. the reactors oftlist; Testament are led to supposeg tliat the Word was s seconderyi god. i But it‘ they believe is hirn,, as they are comrnentletl to (lo, John xiv, 1--—-if"they expect salve» tion through l3t3ll€§'t’lflg,? on 1»ixM,laccording to .A.c,ts.s:si. 31, one Sill ..l'olm lit. ltin, ltj, tmtl xi. $25, t36——-~at1cllt'"tl1ey mtpect to be t:cm.~»~ alenmetl, if they neglect to believe in his name, accorclirag to Jolm ill. ‘H3--—-—tlmn., certamly, they believe in two goals! Do they serve ”l;u:at.l'1 tlmse g()£l*E5 2’ “’1‘lmu shalt ‘l«Vi7.lI‘Sl".tlp tlm. Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou reserve,” Matt. iv. 10. 4‘ If any mam serve; mt-2., him will my Ft1‘Ll"l£‘.I' lmmm, John 1tii.2'6. “ Ye serve the flgortl Cilxtlstfl Col. ill. 524. See also Phil. i. 1. James i. 1, and 5? Pet. i. 1. Do they of‘l'er to Christ any other than a religiow :;:let-vice ? Certainly they do not serve him as a slave serves his tmastm-., nor to oblige him., as a man serves his friend; tmd since: (me of tlin:-air Testaments says he is “ on goal,” it is reasonable ta conclude, that, if they serve himat all, they must serve him as Fl g§*od'! And if they save any other gnd besides him, they serve two gods. Do they love them both as gods? “Tltzou shal.tl0vetl1e Lord thy Goal with all thy l1e.a.1:*t."’-----“' He thatlovet.l1 me shall be loved ofmy Fatlxetg” Jolzm xiv. 9&1. “ Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in slinc,erit_y.,"’ Epltxea. vi. At‘ If any man love not the Lord .'Iesus ChI‘i$t, let him be Anathe~ ’ ma, l‘rlaran~atl1a,” 1 Cor. xvi.‘22. Do tl1eylt;ru£-st in bath of them? “ In him’? (Chritt) ‘it shall the Gentiles t.mst.,” Rom. xv. 152. q “l gan clot allrtlulngs thmugh ti‘-ltrist 'Wh.lCl'l strength:-.'-znetla 1:163," l?l;ul. xv. 13. “- fl”lEllL we shonltl be to the praise ot'lais glory, who first trusted in Christ. lrt whom ye also trusted, alter tlmt ye heard the ‘Vt'OlI‘tl(}l‘t1”utlL,"’ Epl.1es.i. I229 13. “Cursed be the’: man that tt‘usstetl'1 in tnanfl .lt:~.r. xvii. 5. Do they lmpe in boil: of them? “ The Lord will he the hcqot: uflrxis maple,” Jmal iii. 16. “- Tlmtyour faitlix and txope rnight lat: in H-Cl(Tl,” 1 Pet. i. Q . “’Cl”.lI‘lM in you the l‘lC3p(—3 of glm'_y,'”’ Cal. 1'. 927. “.Tles-11$ Cllrist, Whlclm is our l-'mpo.,"" 1 'il"ix'rn. Ii! 1.. "-° lfin this life only we lmvee hope in Clnrlst, we are: ofall tmm most Iniserzwle, 1 CO1‘. xv. 19. D0 tlmy 2'MlIT1’)lt1lSl€tl‘ zmtl x'e<:eiV'e IBAWFISM am} the Lcm.t;"s sst.:t°1wt:x=t in tlm mxrna 0f“l:mLl":l’? tmtl wit.l1 ?'€l*i‘g'i()'ItS 7~cm3t'anct: t0 ll;>flot;l"z '3 Do tlmy jpx*ay%tl)t-ox.1gll1 the ow, to tlm otljzms '? ‘vVl1y £‘1i‘£‘3 1:l}e$e' t.l*.:i1*zga so, 1.111%» tlmy believe in two» goals’? Wlmt am all tlmse €3Xt3I‘Clr~‘%€}Ei but rt.:lig'ious3 :*3ervl%t:tas? butaatss olldevatltmli’ Czm ‘<1 rmm 0tl7t2r~tx.lltll1t2sae sstwvices t0 Clwlsat, and not worship lftmix? ll’ 21 man l.u~::lim'e in tlm F:3*.ll“1GI', trust in him, hope in him, love and $t':t'V’(3 llim, lm cc-matin- ly wcmxlaips him. Allthe @Xte1'1ml ‘cl.})p£3E1I‘t1I‘lC@S ml" w0rssl"1ip in tlm wotlcl ‘WC>L"tl:'_l not be acceptetgl without tl:ze:at: lntemal acts M clen- votlon. Ancl om, otltwo inlltztenctas, appears to ht: unavoidable ; eitlmr men musat wamsslmip Clm7t3t., or else, to be conssisterlt, they nmtst lacknawletlge that they neither lztelit-ave in l'2sim., t1*us't in him, A hope in him, love him? not serve him I Let it b-£3“ further aslted, woulcl‘ the worclt 0f pzmgf/er, offered directly to Christ, be acts of wm,;7ahip in any higlzer sense, than these services of wlfnich we have tapltalten? Or would tlwy do any thingtmore towm:'tl.t; at» l£i10V‘Jl43(l;:g‘lF3g‘ that be 153%“ at lgocll.""’”? And if one man can «.:~lif'e:t' all -533. these religious services to two gods, and yet be a Unitarian, why may not another man offer them all to a thousand gods, and remain a sound Unitarian still? l. nu-an-not-nun-no Nora F. The Apostles preached Christ. ‘*’~ For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom :. but we preach Christ crnci~» fled, unto the Jews a stumhlinghloclt, and onto the Greeks fool»- ishness ; but unto them which are called, both Jew and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the Wisdom of God.”-—--«“ For l dee- termined not to know any thing among; you, save Jesus Christ, and him crncilied.” If the Apostles believed Christ was a mere creature, and that he made no atonement for sin, how is it possible to account for their using such language as this? . The Apostles wrought miracles in the name of Christ . Peter said to the lame man, Acts iii. s, ‘-‘ In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” And var. Ito, “ And‘ his name, through faith in his name, hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know.” And oh. iv. 10, “ Be it known onto you all-m that hy the name oflesus Christ,»-—-even hy him doth this man , stand before you whole.” To another man “sick ofthe palsy," Peter says, Acts ix. 34, “ Eneas,.lesus Christ malteth thee wliole: arise',and malts thy bed And he arose immediately.” Can the parser of any being operate where he does not exist’? .:=ln