4th, In their Epistles, the apostles speak of Christ as being literally a man, even one of the human race.

5th, Whenever Christ is personally introduced in the Apocalypse, even in the most splendid representations in vision, he is spoken of as a man.

6th, Every thing ascribed to Christ in the Holy Scriptures is consistent with the doctrine of his simple humanity.

7th, The wisdom and power which Christ possesses are not too great for God to give, nor for him, as man, to receive.

8th, The highest titles given to Christ, are given to him as man, and are compatible with simple humanity.

9th, The most important offices ascribed to Christ, are ascribed to him as man, nor do they necessarily require that he should

be more than man.

10th, The works ascribed to Christ by the sacred penmen, are ascribed to him

as man.

11th, The blessings which come by Jesus Christ come by him as man.

12th, The highest honours ascribed to Christ are ascribed to him as man.

Wright's Essay on the Humanity of
Christ.

FOURTH SERIES.

1st, The scriptures contain the clearest and most express declarations that there is but one God, without ever mentioning any exception in favour of a Trinity, or guarding us against being led into any mistake by such general and unlimited expressions.

2d, This one God is said to have created all things.

3d, This one God is called the Father, i. e. the Author of all beings; and he is called God and Father with respect to Christ, as well as all other persons.

4th, Christ is said expressly to be inferior to the Father; all his power is said to have been given him by the Father, and he could do nothing without the Father.

5th, Some things were, withheld from Christ by his Father.

6th, As all the dominion that Christ

has, was derived from the Father, so it was subordinate to that of the Father.

7th, Christ always prayed to the Father, and with as much humility and resignation as any man, or the most dependent being in the universe, could possibly do.

8th, Christ is not only styled a man, even after his resurrection, but the reasoning of the Apostles, in some of the passages where he is spoken of, requires that he should be considered as a man with respect to his nature, and not in name only, as their reasoning has no force but upon that supposition.

9th, Whatever exaltation Christ now enjoys, it is the gift of his Father, and the reward of his obedience, unto death. Priestley's General View of the Arguments for the Unity of God.

FIFTH SERIES.

1st, We learn from the New Testament, (what forms the grand doctrine of the Old,) that there is but one God; and far

ther; that He is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2nd, We learn from the New Testament, that the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is alone possessed of the essential attributes of Divinity, and that to him alone religious worship is due.

3d, Jesus Christ never said that he himself was God, but on the contrary, spoke of the Father who sent him as God, and as the only God; and without guard or comment called himself a man.

4th, Jesus habitually prayed to the Father, referred to the agency of the Father all that distinguished him as the Son of God, and in other instances expressly spoke of his own inferiority to the Father.

5th, Jesus lived and died as a man, possessing human feelings and affections, and subject to human wants and sufferings.

6th, During his ministry on earth, he was considered and treated as a man (in the usual sense of the term); and this not only by the people at large, but by his disciples.

7th, Jesus was raised from the grave, not by his own power, but by the mighty power of God; and by him exalted to great power and glory.

8th, After this exaltation, and after the apostles had received the Holy Spirit, they speak of Jesus as having received his powers from God, and as the servant of God, and they speak of him as man, without guard or comment: Paul even reasons from his being man, without giving any intimation that he was possessed of any superior nature.

9th, The example of Jesus, (which is of the most interesting and engaging kind, peculiarly calculated to affect the heart of his disciples, and to excite to the imitation of him,) consists of human excellencies; and its essential and characteristic value depends upon his having been truly and properly man.

10th, The prophets speak of the Messiah as a man.

11th, The Jews expected that the Messiah would be a man.

12th, The gospels throughout, represent Jesus as a man, acting under a most honourable and important commission.