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CHAPTER III.

Inquiry into the doctrine of the Trinity

The term Trinity not found in the Scriptures

Gen. xlviii. 16, "The angel which redeemed me:" xxxi.

13, "I am the God of Bethel;" Exod. iii. 2, "In a flame
of fire," examined

78
ib.

ib.

Judges ii. 1, "I brought you out of Egypt;" Gen. xxii.
12, "Thou hast not withheld thy son," examined

79

Isaiah lxiii 9; Ruth iv. 14; Nehem. v. 8, referred to,

79,80

An allusion to a three-fold nature of Christ

80

Psalm xcvii. 7; Judges xiii. 21, 22; Job i. 6, "The sons
of God,"

81

Judges xiii. 16; 2 Sam. xxiv. 16, referred to
Isaiah x. 4-7, xxix. 1, [1-3,]; Micah iv. 13, v. 1, referred to 82,83
Exod. iii. 14, "Thus shalt thou say, I am that I am;" John
viii. 24, "It ye believe not that I am," ver. 58, examined
Matthew xxiv. 5, "I am Christ," and John iv. 25, 26; ii.

ib.

ib.

19-21, ferred to

84, 85

87

Psalm lxxxix. 27; [1] Chron. xiv. 8, xviii. 1-8, referred to
[1] Chron. xx. 2; 2 Kings v. 26, 27; Exod. xxiii. 21, referred to 89, 90
Prophets performing miracles sometimes without oral addresses
to God; John xi. 41, 42, referred to
The phrase "To trust in him," examined
Proverbs xxxi. 11; Isaiah xiv. 32, referred to

Jer. xvii. 5, explained

Psalm xxiv. [1,2] "The earth is Jehovah's," &c., compared
with John i. 3, examined

Heb. i. 2; Eph. iii. 9, referred to; 1 Cor. x. 25, 26, "Whatsoev-
er is sold," &c. compared with Psalm xxiv. 1, examined

Heb. i. 2; John iii. 35, referred to

1 Cor. x. 22, "Do we provoke the Lord?" &c. examined

90

91

ib.

ib.

ib.

92, 93

94

ib.

1 Kings xix. 10, referred to

95

Psalm xxiv. 8, compared with Eph. iv. 8, examined

Psalm lxviii. 18, referred to; Locke's note quoted
Psalm xxxvi. 1, "O Jehovah thou preservest," &c. compared
with Col. i. 17; Heb. i. 3, examined

96

97

John xvii. 2, v. 30, and John xiv. 24, "The word which ye hear,"
&c. Matt. xxviii. 18, referred to

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The Editor's substitution of the term "Jehovah" for "God," no-

ticed

ib

Direct application of Psalm xlv. to Solomon, illustrated
Psalm cii. 25-27, referred to

100

101

Heb. i. 10-12, "Thou, Lord, in the beginning," &c., examined ib.
Deut. xxxii. 10; Isaiah xlix. 16; Psalm xlvii. 3; Matt. xxii.
45, referred to

102, 103

The Editor's substitution of the term "Jehovah" for "Lord"
noticed

ib.

The Editor's endeavor to weaken the force of the evidence re-

Isaiah Ixiii. 11; Jer. xxiii. 4, "I will set up shepherds over
them," &c., referred to

ib.

Ezek. xxxiv. 23, "I will set one shepherd," &c., examined
Eph. iv. 18, compared with Psalm lxviii. 18, "Thou hast ascend-
ed on high," examined; Alquoran, ca. 1. quoted
From a Jewish book of prayers, "Sabbath Morning Service,"
"Jewish Morning Service ;" Alquoran ii. 5, quoted
Hosea ii. 15-17, 19; The context of ver. 18, referred to. 111, 112
The Editor's attempt to invalidate the argument founded on
John x. 34

Figurative application of the terms "The sons of God," "The
first-born of God," &c., noticed

110

113

b.

b.

103, 109

Luke ii. 7, 21, 40, 42, 51, 52; Matt. xi. 19; Mark iii. 5; John iv.
6, xii. 27, xiii. 5, 21; Luke xxii. 44; Mark xiv. 34; Matt.
xxvii. 50; Phil. ii. 8, referred to,

114

The commonly-received doctrine of Christ's two-fold nature,
noticed

115

Moses and the chiefs of Israel termed gods and men, and
equally with Jesus said to have performed most wonderful
miracles

116

Terms, phrases or circumstances strictly applicable to God alone
when ascribed to created beings, to be interpreted in an infe-
rior sense

ib.

The argument of Moses and others being types of Christ, no-
ticed

ib.

Exod. xxv. 8; Deut. vii. 6, x. 15, xiv. 1, referred to
Deut. x. 17, John xx. 17; Psalm xlv. 7, referred to
The context of ch. xv. [John x.] 34, referred to
1 Cor. x. 9, " Neither let us tempt Christ," examined
The Editor's last assertion on this subject examined

117

ib.

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120

Isaiah Ixiii. 5, "Mine own arm;" and Rev. i. 8, "I am Alpha
and Omega," examined

Gen. xxv. 30, [Jer.] xlix. 7, 13, 8, 9, 11, referred to

121

Inconsistency of ascribing to Jesus the following expressions:
"I will tread them," "Their blood shall be upon my garment" 122
Isaiah lix. 15-17; Dan. vii. 9, referred to

Rev. 1. 8, and its context, examined

Psalm lxxviii. [13], "He divided the sea," noticed

122, 123

123

124

ib.

125, 126

Psalm xcv. [6, 7], "For Jehovah is a great God," examined
Examination of John x. 30, "I and my Father are one," defer-
red; Heb. iii. 3, 4, noticed; Verse 6, referred to

SECTION SECOND.

On the Prophets

126

Prov. viii. 1, "Doth not wisdom cry?" &c. ver. 22, 27, 30, ex-

amined

127

Psalm cxxx. 7, lxxxv. 10; Numb. xvi. 46, referred to

129

1 John iv. 8; John i. 1; 1 Cor. i. 24, 30; 2 Cor. v. 21; Deut.

xxviii. 37; Zech. viii. 13; Gen. xii. 2; Zech. ii. 5, referred to ib.
Isaiah vi. 1, 10, compared with John xii. 41, examined

Deut. xxviii. 28, xxix. 4; 1 Kings xviii. 37, referred to

133

Isaiah vii. 14, "Behold, a virgin shall conceive," compared with

Matt. i. 22, 23, examined

ib.

The term "shall conceive," considered

134

Gen. xvi. 11, 4, 5; Jer. xxxi. 8; 2 Sam. xi. 5, and Isaiah xxvi.

17; Gen, xxxviii. 24, 25, referred to

135

Exod. xxi. 22; 2 Kings vii. 12; Amos i. 13, referred to
Isaiah vii. 16; Micah iv. 10; Isaiah xxiii. 12, referred to

ib.

136

The inconsistency between Christ's being possessed of all pow-
er in his human capacity, and his not knowing good from evil
in that very capacity; Luke ii. 46-50, referred to
The context of Isaiah vii. 14, compared with 2 Kings xvi. 5, et
seq. referred to

137

139, 140

Matthew's reference to Isaiah vii. 14, in his gospel, compared
Dr. Campbell's authority quoted

141

ib.

Hosea xi. 1, 3, noticed

Isajah ix. 6, "For unto us a child is born," examined

142

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The context of the verse in question, compared (with) 2 Kings
xv. 29, &c. xviii. 7, &c. referred to

144-146

The decision left to the public
Difference between "to be," and "to be called," noticed
The phrases "no end," and "forever, or "everlasting," ex-
plained

147

ib.

148

Verses 1, 2, of Isaiah ix. applied in an accommodated sense to
Jesus

ib.

Matt. i. 23, " And they shall call his name Immanuel," explained ib.
Christian emperors addressed by the style your divinity,"

"your godship"

Psalm lxxxix. 19, examined by a reference to its context

Isaiah xxviii. 16, compared with Isaiah viii. 13; 1 Peter ii. 7, 8,
"The stone which the builders," &c. examined

A proof of Christ's changeable nature

Isaiah xl. 3, "Voice of him," &c. and Mal. iii. 1, examined

Reference to Mark i. 2, 3

The verse in question in the original Hebrew

Luke i. 69; John i. 29, 30, referred to

Isaiah xl. 10, compared with Rev. xxii. 12, examined

Acts xvii. 31; John viii. 28; xvii. 1, 2; Heb. i. 8, 9, shewing
that Jesus, whether as man, son of man, or son of God, was in-
ferior to the Most High, referred to

149

150

151

153

ib.

ib.

155

ib.

ib.

157, 158

Isaiah xliv. 6, compared with Rev. i. 8, and xxii. 13, examined
Joshua v. 14; Numb. xxii. 31; Dan. ii. 46, referred to

159

160

Rev. iii. 14; Col. i. 15; 1 Cor. xv. 24, referred to

Jesus calls himself a servant of God, addresses Christians as his

brethren, &c.

168

Several questions put to shew the inferiority of the Lamb 168, 169
A query in reply to one of the many insinuations of the Editor's 170
Isaiah xlv. 23, "Unto me every knee shall bow," compared with

Rom. xiv. 10-12, examined

ib.

John iii. 29; Eph. v. 23, compared with Isaiah liv. 5, examined 173

Jer. xxxiii. 16, examined; 1 Cor. xi. 3, referred to

175, 176

The simple term "Jehovah" exclusively applied to God

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The reason for the different expressions used by God to the

Prince of Tyrus, and to Jesus, explained

182

1 Cor. iv. 5, explained

183

That others besides Jesus were endued with the power of know-

ing the state of the heart, shewn

184

The perishable nature of Jesus and his kingdom, explained

185

The epithet "Most holy," applied even to inanimate things

ib.

The Editor's remarks on Hosea xi. 1, noticed

ib.

Hosea iii. 5; Acts ii. 21; 1 Cor. i. 2, examined

186, 187

Locke's paraphrase on 1 Cor. i. 2, and his note on Rom. x. 13,

quoted

188

Amos iv. 13; Zech. iii. 2, and ii. 8, noticed

189

CHAPTER IV.

On the Editor's Replies to the Arguments contained in Chapter
II. of the Second Appeal. Christ's possessing all power as a
mediator noticed

192

Mercy ascribed to the Son, and justice to the Father, according
to the Trinitarian system, noticed

193

All the power Jesus enjoyed was given unto him by God
Attributes peculiar to God never ascribed to Jesus

Jesus was like the sun, an instrument in the hands of God
Performing miracles and enabling others to perform them, were
not peculiar to Jesus

The alleged compound nature of Jesus, noticed

The terms "forever" and " everlasting" explained

Gen. xvii. 8; Jer. vii. 7; Dan. vii. 18, referred to

Phil, ii. 6, "Who being in the form of God," &c. examined

The term "first-born" explained

Exod. iv. 22, [Jer.] xxxi. 9; Psalm lxxxix. 27, referred to
Rom. viii. 29; 1 John iv. 7, referred to

Instances wherein Jesus himself and his apostles spoke of him

as a creature

Jesus's alleged two natures again noticed

The phrase "from the beginning" noticed

The Editor's introducing the two-fold nature of Christ

Inconsistency of God's emptying himself of his glory and offer-

ing up supplications for the same, to himself

John xviii. 22, referred to; Micah v. 2, examined

The force of the words "son" and "own son" noticed

Psalm Ixvii. 6; 1 Tim. i. 2, referred to

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196

197

198

201

202

ib.

ib

207

.ib.

208

ib.

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211

ib.

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213

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