A

CALM INQUIRY

INTO

THE SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE

CONCERNING

THE PERSON OF CHRIST;

TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED

A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE CONTROVERSY
BETWEEN BISHOP HORSLEY AND

DR. PRIESTLEY,

AND

A SUMMARY OF THE VARIOUS OPINIONS
ENTERTAINED BY CHRISTIANS

UPON THIS SUBJECT.

BY THOMAS BELSHAM, K

MINISTER OF THE CHAPEL IN ESSEX STREET.

Quid ergo Athenis et Hierosolymis? quid Academiæ et Ecclesia?-Viderint
qui stoicum Platonicum et dialecticum christianismum protulerunt. Nobis, curiositate
opus non est post Christum Jesum, nec inquisitione post evangelium.",

Tertullian.

THE SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED.

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ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD; AND DAVID EATON, 187, HOLEORN.

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TO THE REVEREND MINISTERS,

FORMERLY PUPILS OF THE AUTHOR,

MANY OF WHOM NOW OCCUPY STATIONS OF EMINENCE

IN THE NONCONFORMIST CHURCHES,

FOR THE DIRECTION OF WHOSE STUDIES

THIS INQUIRY WAS ORIGINALLY INSTITUTED,

AND

TO THE YOUTH OF THE CONGREGATIONS

FIRST OF HACKNEY, AND AFTERWARDS OF ESSEX STREET,

FOR WHOSE INSTRUCTION

THE SUBJECT WAS DISCUSSED IN A MORE FAMILIAR FORM,

THIS TREATISE

IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY THEIR FAITHFUL

AND AFFECTIONATE SERVANT,

THE AUTHOR.