ADVERTISEMENT. THE contents of the following Treatise are included under these two propositions:-1st, That the Precepts of Jesus, which teach that love to God is manifested in beneficence towards our fellow-creatures, are a sufficient Guide to Peace and Happiness; and 2ndly, That that omnipresent God, who is the only proper object of religious veneration, is one and undivided in person. Though these doctrines, as I conceive them to be alike founded on reason and revelation, appear to me to be almost as obvious thruths as any abstract axium, yet they are opposed in fact by a very large body of writers and teachers. I must therefore leave them to be decided upon by those, who will be pleased to bestow their candid and liberal attention on the arguments I have used in the succeeding pages ;-and on their impartial judgment I confidently rely. TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. ALTERATION of Style in the review, Two points which the Editor wishes to establish, to wit, the excellency of the Dogmas and the insufficiency of the Precepts, The Compiler acknowledges the first, Rejects the second, Passages showing the sufficiency of the Precepts-God one, and the object of supreme love, The authority of Paul quoted, inapplicable, Page 145 145, 146 146 147 148 150 Justifying a selection as the substitute for the whole, ib. The unity between God and Jesus, and between him and his He that hath seen the Son hath seen the Father, ib. 167 ib. The Jews charged Jesus only with calling himself the Son of God, 168 Page The term "God" frequently applied to existences inferior to God, 168 The term "for ever" often applied to created beings, 170 Jesus performs wonderful works, which do not amount to equality with those of God, 173 CHAPTER III. The first position of the Editor, on the ubiquity of Jesus, 175 ib. viii. 58, xi. 8, ib. xi. 38; Matt. xxvi. 2; John xiii. 6, xvi. 32; Matt. The second position of the Editor, on the incomprehensibi an independent manner, Matt. xi. 28, [Prov. xxix. 17,] explained, The third position of the Editor, on Jesus forgiving sins in Mark ii. 5, 9, explained, 182 ib. ib. Acts v. 31, 32, xiii. 38, Luke xxiii. 34, xi. 4; Matt. vi 14, 183 184 The fourth position of the Editor, respecting the almighty John v. 21-23, explained, ib. ib. Deut. xviii. 15, 18; Acts iii. 22, vii. 37, considered, 187 188 Matt. xxvi. 42; Luke xxii. 32; John xii. 27, separately ex Matt. x. 40; John v. 23, separately explained, Matt. v. 48, The fifth position of the Editor, respecting the judgment of the world by Jesus, Matt. iii. 9; Luke i. 37, From this the Editor infers his omniscience Mark xiii. 32, considered, John v. 26, 27, 30, considered, Page The sixth position of the Editor, respecting the worship accepted by Jesus Daniel ii. 46; Matt. xviii. 26, considered, John iv. 24; Matt. iv. 10, xix. 17, ix. 31, 33, 38; Mark v. 7, Luke xvii. 15, 16; Matt. xiv. 33, xv. 25; Mark viii. 29; John vi. 69, xx. 31; Matt. viii. 2, The worship paid to Jesus inferior to divine Jesus himself worshipped the Father; Matt. vi. 9, xxvi. 53; 196 The seventh position of the Editor, respecting the form of Synonymous expressions employed by Mohummud and Mussulmans, notwithstanding, remain strict Monotheists, CHAPTER IV. Texts adduced in support of the atonement, explained, Luke iv. 43, ii. 47-49; John xvii. 8; The sufferings of Jesus, and of other Prophets, unaccounta ble, except as prophesied, 201 - 202 203 |