(5) Christ called Son, or the Son [of God]: 28. By Christ himself.--John vi. 40: "This is the will of him that sent me, that every one who seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life," &c.-See Matt. xi. 27;3 xxviii. 19. Mark xiii. 32. Luke x. 22.3 John v. 19,2 20, 21, 22, 23,2 26; viii. 35, 36; xiv. 13. 29. By the Prophet David. 30. By John the Baptist. -Ps. ii. 12: "Kiss the Son," &c. See John iii. 35, 36.2 31. By the Apostles John and Paul, and the writer of the epistle to the Hebrews. See 1 John ii. 22, 23, 24; iv. 14; v. 12. 2 John 9. 1 Cor. xv. 28. Heb. i. 2, 8; iii. 6; v. 8; vii. 28. (6) Called the Son of God, or His Son: 32. By the Father. Ps. ii. 7: Thou [art] my Son, this day have I begotten thee."-See Matt. ii. 15. Acts xiii. 33. Heb. i. 5;2 v. 5. 33. By Jesus himself.—John x. 36: "Say ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?"-See Matt. xxvi. 64; xxvii. 43. Mark xiv. 62 ("the Son of the Blessed"). Luke xxii. 70. John v. 25; ix. 35; xi. 4; xvii. 1.a Rev. ii. 18. 34. By the angel Gabriel.See Luke i. 32 ("Son of the Highest"), 35. 35. By John the Baptist.John i. 34: "And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God." 36. By the devout Jews, and the objects of Christ's miracles.- -See Matt. viii. 29; xiv. 33. Mark iii. 11; v. 7. Luke iv. 41; viii. 28. John i. 49; ix. 38 (comp. ver. 35-37). 37. By the Roman Centurion.-See Matt. xxvii. 54. Mark xv. 39. 38. By the Apostles, and other early Disciples. See Matt. xvi. 16. Mark i. 1. John iii. 17; xi. 27; xx. 31. Acts ix. 20. Rom. i. 3, 4, 9; v. 10; viii. 29. 1 Cor. i. 9. 2 Cor. i. 19. Gal. i. 16; ii. 20; iv. 4, 6. Eph. iv. 13. 1 Thess. i. 10. Heb. iv. 14; vi. 6; vii. 3; x. 29. 1 11, 12, 13,2 20.a John i. 3, 7; iii. 8, 23; iv. 10, 15; v. 5, 9, 10, 2 John 3 ("the Son of the Father”). (7) Called God's own Son, his dear Son, or the Son of his Love: 39. By the Apostle Paul.-See Rom. viii. 3, 32. Col. i. 13. (8) Called God's only-begotten Son: 40. By the beloved Disciple, and, perhaps, by John the Baptist.See John i. 18; iii. 16, 18. 1 John iv. 9. 41. By the Father. (9) Called God's beloved Son: -Matt. iii. 17: "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."See chap. xvii. 5. Mark i. 11; ix. 7. Luke iii. 22; ix. 35. 2 Pet. i. 17. (10) Called the Servant of God: 42. By Jehovah.Isa. xlii. 1: “Behold my Servant, whom I uphold; mine elect [in whom] my soul delighteth: I have put my spirit upon him," &c.-See chap. lii. 13; liii. 11. Matt. xii. 18. 43. By the Apostle Peter.-Acts iii. 13: "The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son (or Servant) Jesus," &c. Ver. 26: "Unto you first, God having raised up his Son (Servant), sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities." 44. By the congregated Disciples.-Acts iv. 27-30: "Against thy holy child (Servant) Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, ... the people of Israel were gathered together..... Grant ... that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child (Servant) Jesus." Пass, Servus.-Grotius. Servant. S. Clarke, Lardner, Haynes, Lindsey, Wakefield, Kenrick, Carpenter, Yates, A. Clarke, Mardon, Drummond, Harris, Imp. Ver. Puer.-Piscator. Son.Bible 1613. Filius.-Calvin, Beza, Tremellius, Wolzogenius, Brenius, Schleusner, who, however, shows that in various places in the New Testament, as is properly rendered servant. (11) Christ distinguished from the Deity, by various other Titles. 45. A Minister.—Rom. xv. 8: "Jesus Christ was a Minister of the circumcision, for the truth of God.”—See Heb. viii. 2. 46. A Mediator.-Heb. viii. 6: "But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the Mediator of a better covenant," &c.-See chap. ix. 15; xii. 24. 1 Tim. ii. 5. 47. A High Priest.—Heb. v. 10: "Called of God, a High Priest, after the order of Melchisedec."-See Heb. ii. 17; iii. 1; iv. 14, 15; v.5; vi. 20; vii. 26; viii. 1; ix. 11; x. 21. 48. The Apostle of our Profession.-See Heb. iii. 1. Quoted page 73, No. 61. (12) Christ speaks, or is spoken of, in language intimating him to be the Representative or Vicegerent of God. ... 49. God is with him.-John viii. 29: "He that sent me is with me; for I do always those things that please him."-See chap. iii. 2. Acts x. 38. And in him.-John x. 38; xiv. 10, 11. 2 Cor. v. 19. 50. He came in the name of the Lord.-See Matt. xxi. 9; xxiii. 39. Mark xi. 9. Luke xiii. 35; xix. 38. John v. 43; xii. 13. 51. He came from and went to God.-John xvi. 28: "I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."-See John iii. 2; vii. 29, 33; viii. 42; xiii. 3; xvi. 10, 16, 27, 28, 30; xvii. 13; xx. 17. 52. He was in the form of God.Phil. ii. 6. He was the image of God. 2 Cor. iv. 4. The image of the Invisible God.Col. i. 15. And the express image of His person.-Heb. i. 3. (13) Raised up or Selected by the Almighty, and qualified by him for the Offices to which he was appointed. 53. Raised up.-Acts xiii. 23: "Of this man's seed hath God, according to [his] promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus."-See chap. iii. 22, 26; vii. 37. Deut. xviii. 15, 18. 54. Chosen.-Isa. xlii. 1: "Behold mine elect, [in whom] my soul delighteth."-Matt. xii. 18: "Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased," &c. 55. Inspired.-Matt. xii. 28: "If I cast out devils by the spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you." See page 58, No. 30, 31. 56. Given. John iii. 16: "God so loved the word, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." 57. Sanctified, or Set apart.-John x. 36: "Him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world," &c. i.e. hath set apart hath separated me, in a peculiar manner, from other men .......... Doddridge. 58. Approved. Acts ii. 22: "Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know." ostensum.-Calvin. conspectus est.-Tremellius. demonstratum.-Crellius, Limborch. αποδεδειγμένον, recommended, pointed out.-Doddridge. declared.-Whitby's Commentary. manifested.-Eds. of Imp. Ver.; Haynes (simil.). pointed out.-Parkhurst, Carpenter, Scarlett, proved.- Wakefield, Kenrick, Hincks, Norton. 59. Anointed, or Made Christ.-Acts ii. 36: "Let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ." Heb. i. 9: "Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, [even] thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." -See Isa. lxi. 1. Luke iv. 18. Acts iv. 26, 27; x. 38. et al, 60. Ordained, or Appointed. Acts xvii. 31: "He will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained," &c. by that illustrious man whom he hath ordained by a man whom he hath appointed... .... Doddridge. 61. Appointed, Constituted, or Made.-Heb. iii. 1, 2; "Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Jesus; who was faithful to Him that appointed him, as also Moses [was faithful]," &c. Today, fecit (made) constituit-constitutus est-fuerat constitutus K ..... ....... Tremellius, Limborch, Brenius, Crellius. SECT. III. OBSERVATIONS ON THE EVIDENCE FOR THE SUBORDINATION OF JESUS CHRIST TO GOD; WITH BRIEF REMARKS ON THE DOCTRINE OF TWO NATURES IN CHRIST. We are convinced of the almost total impossibility of producing more powerful evidence for the inferiority of any rational being, than that which has been brought together in these Sections, with the view of supporting the Unitarian doctrine,-that Jesus Christ was, in all things, subordinate to the "one God, the Father." We have shown, that this doctrine is contained in numerous portions of the Sacred Writings-that it pervades the New Testament. In the Christian Scriptures we find the Saviour invariably speaking of himself, and spoken of, as a being distinct from God; as one who depended on the Father for every thing that he possessedfor life-intelligence-inspiration-power. There do we find him, with the piety of a child of Heaven,—with the earnestness of a creature conscious of his own weakness in the presence of the Creator,-pouring forth all his supplications, and all the expressions of his gratitude, to the Almighty Parent; and there do we find him using language clearly indicating the absolute, unrivalled Supremacy of his Father and his God. Devotedness to the will of a Superior Being was, indeed, the great principle by which he was actuated in life and in death; and, though in possession of extraordinary wisdom and great authority, though he carried with him, wherever he went, the conviction of his bearing a high relation to the universal Father, he never once forgot that the sublime truths which he uttered, and the noble powers which he put into exertion, were all the gift of God. In these Sections we have fully proved, that Jesus Christ was not selfexistent or eternal; that he was not invisible, omnipresent, immutable, ever-blessed, or incapable of suffering; that he was not infinitely holy; that he was not in possession of omniscience, underived knowledge, almighty power, or independent authority. These attributes we have proved that he could not have possessed: for he had appetites, feelings, and passions, essentially dissimilar to the perfections of Deity; he was indebted to the Father for the blessing of life, and for the resuscitation and the support of his existence; he was really visible to many thousands of people, and lived and conversed with his intimate friends and disciples; he endured many of the sufferings of which our common nature is susceptible, and many more that were peculiar to his generous, benevolent spirit; he was subject not only to the changes belonging to humanity, but to others of a more exalted kind; though unstained by sin, and though meek and lowly of heart, he was liable to temptation-peculiarly exposed to the seductions of pride, of arrogance, and ambition; and, what is deserving of particular consideration, he derived from the Father all the qualifications that were requisite for acting as the Messenger or moral Representative of Almighty God. We derive not our opinion from a few obscure or figurative expressions: we have it from the direct, repeated teachings, and the uniformly consistent behaviour of Jesus Christ, as well as from the unambiguous discourses and the general tenor of the writings of the apostles. Jesus said that "he lived by the Father;" and the piety of his soul, discoverable in all his actions, formed a living commentary on his own words, and a beautiful illustration of their truth. "The spirit of Jehovah," said Jesus, who borrowed the prophetic words of Isaiah—"The spirit of Jehovah is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel." And this sublime truth did Christ utter during the course of his ministry, in various forms, yet all of them strongly expressive of his entire subordination to God. "My doctrine is not mine, but His that sent me.-I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.—I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me." Christ not only asserted the Father to be the Source of all his wisdom: he even declared that the knowledge of particular times and seasons the Father had reserved to himself; and that the precise time of his own coming was unknown to any being-unknown to himself-known only to the Father. And as if he deemed it possible that some of his followers might consider him as possessing, or as arrogating to himself, absolute goodness or inherent authority, he unhesitatingly declared that "none was good but the one God that the Father was greater than he that the Son could do nothing of himself." The first disciples, many of whom exerted every nerve in the diffusion of the doctrines of the Gospel, and who made it the business of their lives "to declare the whole counsel of God," departed not from the truth as it was in Jesus. They spoke and wrote concerning him in the most impassioned, yet artless language as a divine Messenger, who was vastly superior to all former teachers and prophets; but they never had the temerity to contradict the plain statements of their Lord and Master. They knew that "the fulness of the Deity" resided in Christ; but they also knew it was only because it "pleased the Father that in him all fulness should dwell." They were deeply grateful to Jesus for the noble sacrifice of his life which he had made to the interests of mankind; but they were thoroughly convinced, that he came into the world "not to do his own will," but to reveal the embassy of God's free grace to the sons of men; that it was the mighty Parent of creation who had raised him up to be a Saviour-who had chosen him to be his most faithful Servant who had anointed the Prophet of Nazareth with the largest effusion of his holy spirit-who had sanctified, or set apart, his bestbeloved Son for the office of Messiah-and who had recommended the man Jesus to the human race, by performing miracles through him to |