I. The Terms 66 Trinity," tasis,” “Homoousion," &c., Unscriptural and Improper II. The Doctrine of a Triune God, or of the Deity of Christ, not revealed in the Old Testament, or known to the Jews § 1. Not revealed in the Old Testament § 2. A Triune God and the Deity of Christ unknown to the Ancient Explanation of the Phrase," Word of the Lord," occurring in the Old Testament and in other Jewish Writings III. - The Doctrine of a Triune God, or of the Deity of Christ, not § 2. The Father entitled to Supreme Worship § 3. The Son rarely, the Holy Ghost (as a Person different from the Father) never, in the Bible, addressed in Prayer § 4. The Father, almost to the entire Exclusion of the Son and Holy § 2. Christ's being sent" or proceeding from God," and his coming down from Heaven," Phrases signifying that he had received the fullest Instruction and Authority from God 417 Christ's Sonship not implying an essentially Divine Nature, Christ not called " God,” in the highest Sense of the Term Christ trained by Divine Providence to act as the Messiah In his Offices and Qualifications, Christ Subordinate to God X. Christ not to be worshipped with Supreme Veneration, but § 1. Civil, not Divine, Homage paid to Jesus while on Earth § 2. Secondary, not Supreme, Homage paid, or required to be paid, INTRODUCTION. It is well known, that for many ages the Christian church has been divided into two great classes, distinguished from each other by the names of UNITARIAN and TRINITARIAN. I. According to the former class, the Almighty and Infinite Being, to whom universal nature, both material and spiritual, owes its existence and preservation, is strictly One, one in a sense similar to that in which the word is employed when men speak of an individual belonging to any order or species of intelligent natures, one Mind, one Spirit, one Person, one Agent. This Being, and he alone, is self-existent, underived, independent; the only absolute Possessor of every perfection; the single and original Source of all existence, of all might, of all wisdom, of all goodness; the God and Father of all intelligences, whether celestial or terrestrial, human or divine; the God and Father even of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, though immeasurably superior, in moral and spiritual grandeur, to all other beings of whom we have any knowledge, was and is dependent on the One Supreme and Universal Parent for his existence, his powers, and his offices, for his authority and qualifications as the Messiah; as the Representative or Vicegerent of God; as the Teacher, the Saviour, the King, and the Judge of men. Some Unitarians are of opinion, that Christ was, in his entire nature, a man, raised up by the Almighty, and endowed with an inspiration far surpassing that of any other Heaven-taught Prophet; others, |