..... The argument drawn from the analogy of the sun, light, and Page 256 257 ib. The union between Father and Son compared to that be- On the argument which represents God as a compound sub stance • 258 ib. John xvii. 3; 1 Cor. xv. 24, viii. 6; Ephes. iv. 5, 6, quoted 259 Alleged necessity of the Deity of Jesus to his mediatorial character ib. This opposed to common sense 260 ... Opposed also to scripture; Numbers xi. 1, 2, xiv. 19, 20, 260, 261 262 APPENDIX. No. I. On the Quotations from the Old Testament contained in the New. These quotations. prove the subordinate nature of Jesus to ib. ib. * 271 No. II. On the References made to the Old Testament in Support of the Deity of Jesus1. John i. 14, compared with Isaiah ix. 6, explained ....... 272 Hebrews i. 8, 9, compared with Psalm xlv. 6, 7, considered 284 286 1 Cor. i. 30, compared with Jeremiah xxiii. 6a ib. The original of Jeremiah xxiii. 6, xxxiii. 16; Gen. xxv. 26; 2 Sam. ii. 16; Gen. xvi. 14, compared ... 287, 288 Rom. xiv. 10, 12, compared with Isaiah xlv: 23 2 Peter iii. 18, compared with Isaiah xliii. 3, on the term Saviour John x. 16, compared with Psalm xxiii. 1, on the term ... 288 289 .. 290 Page ... 1 Cor. x. 9, compared with Psalm lxxviii. 56, on tempting Christ. 291 John iii. 29, compared with Psalm [Isaiah] liv. 5, on the term .... 292 293 .... 296 husband Revelation xxii. 13, compared with Isaiah xliv. 6, on the phrase "Alpha and Omega" Rev. xxii. 12, compared with Isaiah xl. 10, on the phrase John xix. 37, compared with Zechariah xii. 10, on the phrase ib. 297 1 Peter ii. 6—8, compared with Isaiah xxviii. 16, and viii. 13, 14, on the phrase "stone of stumbling," &c. .. 299, 300 The Hebrew and other Asiatic languages full of metaphor, John x. 34-36······· 301 The Deity of Moses and of David cannot be proved from 302 Personal interest does not influence the author; nor desire of fame 303 304 Nor the hope of success ib. But reverence for the author of Christianity, and a wish to The Old Testament should be studied before the New .... ..... ib. .... 305 ib. Extract from Sir Isaac Newton, pointing out the different POSTSCRIPT. Dr. Prideaux's assertion respecting the testimony of Jona- Page 313 314 .... ib. 315 Passages illustrating the epithets employed in Isaiah ix. 6. 316 The terms "Son" and "only-begotten" incompatible with the nature of the First Cause ib. The assertion respecting two sets of terms and phrases being applied to Jesus, examined... 317 No Hindoo can conscientiously prefer the doctrine of the Trinity to Hindooism ib. True Christianity is free from Polytheism................ 318 Polytheism••• A SECOND APPEAL. CHAPTER I. General Defence of the Precepts in Question. THE observations contained in No. I. of the Quarterly Series of "The Friend of India," on the Introduction to "The Precepts of Jesus," as well as on their defence, termed "An Appeal to the Christian Public," are happily expressed in so mild and Christian-like a style, that they have not only afforded me ample consolation for the disappointment and vexation I felt from the personality conveyed in the preceding Magazines, (Nos. 20 and 23,) but have also encouraged me to pursue my researches after the fundamental principles of Christianity in a manner agreeable to my feelings, and with such respect as I should always wish to manifest for the situation and character of so worthy a person as the Editor of the Friend of India. The Reverend Editor labours in his Review to establish two points-the truth and excellency of the miraculous relations and of the dogmas found in the Scriptural writings-and 2ndly, the insufficiency of L |