The Scriptures teach us, that Jesus Christ is not only the great God, but the TRUE GOD, ( 1 John, v. 20.) “ And "we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us "an understanding, that we may know him that it is true; "and we are in him that is true; even in his Son, Jesus "Christ. This is the true God and eternal life."

The Scriptures teach us, that our Lord Jesus Christ is not only the Mighty God, the Almighty God, the Great God, and the true God, but THE ONLY WISE GOD. (Jude, xxiv. 25,) "Now unto him that is able to keep you from "falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of "his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both 46 now and ever. Amen." Who will present believers before the throne of his glory? The Redeemer. (Ephes. v. 27,) He presents his church to himself, "a glorious "church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing." (Col. i. 22,) He presents her "holy, unblameable, unre"proveable." It is not God the Father, but Jesus Christ, that presents the church before the presence of his glory. Jesus Christ, therefore, “is the only wise God our Saviour," to whom belong "glory and honour, dominion and power, "both now and ever. "" Amen.'

Finally The Scriptures teach us that Jesus Christ "Is "GOD OVER ALL." (Rom. ix. 5.)" Whose are the Fathers, "and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who "is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen."

Angels and magistrates, in a very few instances, are called gods; but what magistrate-what angel. except the Angel of the Covenant, is styled the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ?-the God of Israel-the God of Bethel -JEHOVAH GOD-JEHOVAH GOD OF HOSTS*-THE MIGHTY GOD-THE ALMIGHTY GOD-THE GREAT GOD-THE MOST HIGH GODT-THE TRUE GOD-THE ONLY WISE GOD-God

In Hosea, xii. 3. 4, 5, we learn that the Redeemer-the Manthe Angel who wrestled with Jacob, was God-Jehovah God of Hosts; and that Jehovah is his memorial."

↑ That the epithet MOST HIGH is applied to our Redeemer, is admitted by Dr. B. himself. That beautiful passage (says he, p. 96,) in Deuteronomy, is also understood to relate to the Angel of the Lord (that is, Jesus Christ, according to his own acknowledgment,) "When the MOST HIGH divided the nations, their inheritance ; &c." In the Old Testament, (Psal. 73, 56) the Israelites are said to have tempted

over all, blessed for ever? Where are such epithets-such names and titles applied to magistrates, to idols, or to angels? No wHERE. No creature in heaven or in earth was ever honoured with such glorious appellations.

Dr. B. (p. 103) censures Trinitarians and Socinians for appealing to verbal criticisms, various readings, and philological disquisitions. He pronounces the Arian scheme so consistent and rational, that it requires no such support. He declares that Arians are content to take the Scriptures as they find them in our translation; and, finally, he ridicules the criticisms on Rom. ix. 5, and 1 Tim. iii. 16. Now really, in the name of all the Trinitarians in the world, I plead innocent. I solemnly declare, that we are perfectly content to take those texts as they stand in our translation. The latter text asserts, that God was manifest in the flesh, and the former assures us, that "Jesus Christ is over all, God blessed for ever." Let those texts be taken as they are, and the controversy is ended. The Supreme Deity of Jesus Christ, even by the acknowledgment of Antitrinitarians themselves, is fully established. If there were any evidence" says Mr. Yates, speaking of the last cited text that this (the common) translation is correct, here "would be a case in point: the words of the Apostle would present a clear and valid argument for the Supreme Divi"nity of Jesus Christ."-p. 180.

I leave our learned author to his choice. He must either retract his vain boasting, and confess that his scheme cannot be supported without the aid of verbal criticism; or then he must abandon the Arian system, and acknowledge, that the Supreme Deity of the Redeemer is clearly esta blished.

Dr. B. ridicules the idea of contending, whether there should be in certain parts of a sentence, commas or full stops. But who sees not, that if a man were at liberty to substitute full stops for commas, the Bible might soon be metamorphosed into the most erroneous or the most nonsensical book in the world! In a parenthesis, he says (for there are no stops, or division of words in the ancient MSS. "and neither party can produce the autograph of Paul's

the MOST HIGH GOD. This, in the New Testament, is applied to our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Cor. x. 9,) "Neither let us tempt Christ, as some "of them tempted."

amanuensis.)"* This parenthesis has either no meaning, or it absurdly supposes, that though the ancient MSS. wanted stops and divisions, yet the most ancient of them all-the autograph of Paul's amanuensis, had them!

SECTION II.

Attributes of the Deity ascribed to the Redeemer.

In the preceding section, I have endeavoured to prove, ́ that Socinians and Arians must either maintain, in opposition to the plainest dictates of Scripture and reason, that the Supreme God has no peculiar name by which he may be distinguished from his creatures, or then they must abandon their system, and grant, THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SUPREME GOD.

In this Section I shall attempt to show, that Socinians and Arians must either give up their favourite schemes, and admit the doctrine of the Redeemer's Divinity, or be obliged to maintain the monstrous position-that the Supreme Being has no incommunicable Attribute.

I ask, then-Is omnipotence an incommunicable attribute of Deity? Jesus Christ is omnipotent. He is the Almighty, as we have abundantly proved in the preceding section. I ask again-Is omniscience an incommunicable attribute of Deity? Jesus Christ is omniscient. (John, xvi. 30,) "Now we are sure that thou knowest all things. (John xxi. 17,) "Lord, thou knowest all things; thou "knowest that I love thee."

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To know the thoughts and the hearts of men, is sented in Scripture, as a peculiar and incommunicable attribute of Deity. (1 Kings, viii. 39), "For thou, even "thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men" -but Jesus Christ claims this attribute (Rev. ii. 23,)" And "all the churches shall know, that I am he which searcheth "the reins and hearts, and will give unto every one of you "according to your works.' Is eternity an attribute of the Supreme Being ?-Jesus Christ is The EVERLASTING

The Doctor's parenthesis appears, at first sight, vastly learnedMSS. autograph! amanuensis! How the illiterate will stare! When a writer makes such a display of his learning, surely a little good sense, and good grammar, would be a very useful accompaniment.

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"FATHER," (Isaiah, ix. 6,) or the father of eternity. He is the great I AM, "whose goings forth were of old, even "from everlasting," (Micah, v. 2)" without beginning of "days or end of life," (Heb. vii. 3)-the "Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the ending; the first and the last which is, and which was, and which is to come," (Rev. i. 8, 17)—" He is the same and his years fail not," (Heb. i. 12.) Is omniprescence an attribute of Deity? Jesus Christ is omnipresent. (Matt. xxviii. 20,) "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." (Matt. xviii. 23,)" For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." (John iii. 13), "And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of Man which is "in heaven." He was in heaven at the very same time he was here on earth: for he fills heaven and earth with his presence. Though the heavens now contain his human nature; yet he is always present with his church on earth. (Ex. xx. 24,) “ In all places where I record my name, I will "come unto thee, and I will bless thee." Is immutability an incommunicable attribute of Deity? Jesus is immutable. (Psal. cii. 25, &c.-Heb. i. 10, &c.-Heb. xiii. 8.) He is the same yesterday, to-day, and for ever." According to the doctrine of Scripture, Jesus Christ is unchangeable; but according to the doctrine of Arians, he is the most changeable being in the universe! According to their hypothesis, he is an Angel or Superangelic Being, who, in the revolution of ages, having gone through a state of progressive improvement and perfectibility, had gradually advanced to the highest dignity—a state of dignity next to that of the Supreme Being a state of dignity so high, that he was honoured with the name God, the name Jehovah, &c.—a state of dignity so high, that he was employed in performing one of the greatest of all God's works, the creation of the world. This Superangelic Being divests himself of his dignity and glory, dwindles down to the ignorance and weakness of infancy-from infancy, again, passes through a state of progressive change, till he arrive at manhood-performs miracles-preaches the gospel-then dies -rises again-advances to such a state of superlative dignity and glory, that he has obtained a name above every name that angels, principalities and powers are made subject to him that he is the delegated governor and judge of men and angels! With great respect, but with equal con

fidence, I challenge Doctor B.-I challenge all the Arians in the world, to point out one single being in the universe so mutable, so changeable, as they have exhibited the blessed Redeemer-a being, not like the sun, as beautifully represented in Scripture, but like the moon, in a state of continual mutation and change! Such is the Arian scheme, which Dr. B. tells us, appears to him to avoid all the difficulties of the other systems; and to have "none of its own; except such as must attach to any supernatural in"terposition."

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Finally, I call upon Socinians or Arians to mention any one incommunicable attribute of Deity, and I will engage to prove, that that same attribute belongs to the Redeemer. They must, therefore, either deny, that the Deity has any incommunicable attribute-any attribute by which he may be distinguished from his creatures-or they must acknowledge, that Jesus Christ is the Supreme God. Socinians and Arians tell us that angels, magistrates, and idols, are styled gods; but I ask them, What created angel, magistrates, or idol, is represented in Scripture as the omnipotent God, the omniscient God, the omnipresent God, the heartsearching God, the eternal God, the unchangeable God? NONE. These are the incommunicable attributes of Deity, and being applied to the Redeemer, they prove him to be— the Supreme God.

SECTION III.

The peculiar works of God ascribed to our Redeemer.

The Supreme Being has made himself known by his works, and particularly by the work of creation. (Rom. i. 20), For the invisible things of him, from the creation of "the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things "that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead." In the Old Testament Scriptures, as well as the New, he frequently appeals to his works, in proof of his Deity.-He challenges the gods of the nations to produce similar proofs of their Divinity. He upbraids them, because they can neither do good nor do evil; and assures us (Jer. x. 11), that "the gods who have not made the heavens and the "earth, shall perish from the earth, and from under these "heavens."-The work of creation, we are assured, is the work of JEHOVAH ALONE. (Neh. ix. 6), "Thou, even