you, ye fhall ask what ye will, and it shall be done for you.-ver. 23, He that hateth me, (a mere man) hateth my Father alfo,' the fupreme and eternal God!

Pafs we on to Chap. xvi. 7. If I (a mere • man) go not away, the comforter will not come: but if I depart (though I am a mere man!) I will fend him unto you. He fhall glorify me, '(fhall glorify a mere man!) for he fhall receive of mine (that is of the things of a mere man!) * and fhall fhew unto you. ALL THINGS THAT THE FATHER (the infinite and fupreme God) HATH ARE MINE (they all belong to me, though I am a mere 'man!) therefore, faid I, he shall take of MINE, and fhew it unto you.-ver. 27, the Father him self loveth you, because ye have loved me (a mere man) and have believed that I CAME FORTH FROM GOD. N. B. I (a mere man, fhall we fay? Surely, if we fay fo, we muft give the lie to the faithful and true witness) ' I CAME FORTH FROM

THE FATHER AND AM COME INTO THE WORLD, ' AGAIN, I LEAVE THE WORLD, AND GO TO THE FATHER. That the Lord Jefus fpoke, and meant to be understood literally is certam, from what follows: His difciples faid unto him, Lo! now fpeakeft thou plainly: now we are fure that thou knoweft all things: 'by this we believe that thou cameft forth from God 7' That is, according to Dr. Pricfley's fyftem, we believe a

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How extraordinary is this whole difcourfe of our Lord, according to the Socinian doctrine! How remote from every principle of reason and religion, that we are acquainted with! But what is worst of all, this doctrine makes the Son of God utter this nonfenfe, nay, I may fay, this impiety and blafphemy to his Father, in the most oleman exercife of devotion. Thus, Chap. xvii. .

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Father, glorify thy Scn, (that is, glorify a mere man!) that thy Son may glorify thee.-O Father glorify me with thine own felf, with the glory, I (a mere man, born but about 30 years ago) HAD WITH THEE BEFORE THE WORLD WAS!

They (my difciples) have known affuredly, that I CAME OUT FROM THEE (though I had no exiftence till I was born in Bethlehem) and have 'believed that thou didst fend me.-ver. 10. ALL

MINE ARE THINE, and (though I am a mere 'man!) THINE ARE MINE, and, I (the same mere 'man!) am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee.-Father, I will, that they whom thou hast given me be with me, where I am: that they may behold my glory, which thou haft given me :-for THOU LOVEDST ME BEFORE • THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD,' (me, who, being a mere man !) had no existence, till a few years ago!)

Such is the teftimony which, according to St. John, the Son of God bore of himself, while upon earth, in his moft folemn discourses to the Jews, whom he laboured to bring to repentance, whom he wept over, and died to redeem; and to his own difciples, whom he was thus preparing to go forth and inftru&t all nations, and whom, in this way, he was arming for perfecution, imprifonment, and martyrdom; and in his most devout and fervent prayers addreffed to his Father, just before his crucifixion: a teftimony which, I will venture to say, neither Dr. Priestley, nor all the Socinians in the world will ever be able to reconcile, with the doctrine of our Lord's mere humanity, on the principles of common fenfe. As little will they be able to reconcile therewith, the teftimony. which the other Evangelifts record him to have born. Two or three paffages only, I fhall produce, as a specimen of the reft. Thus, Matt. xi.

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27, 18. All things are delivered unto me, (that is, it we believe the Sorinians, unto a mere man) • of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son (that is, knoweth a mere man!) but the Father, neither knoweth any man the Father, fave the Son, '(the fame mere man!) and he, to whomfoever the Son fhall reveal him. Come unto me (that 'is come unto a mere man! j'all ye that labour and Kare heavy laden, and I (a mere man!) will give 'you rest! Take my yoke upon you (the yoke of a mere man!) and learn of me. For my yoke "is caly, and my burden is light-Upon this rock will i (a mere man!) build my church, and the gates of Hell fhall not prevail against it.-For, where two or three are met together in my name, •-1 (a mere man !) am there, in the midft of them.' (For, though a mere man, I am omniprefent!

All power is given unto me (that is, is given 'unto a mere man!) in heaven and on earth: Go 'ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, (he true, living and eternal God) and of the Son (a mere man!) and of the Holy Ghoft (the power of God!)

teaching them to obferve all things whatfoever, • I (a mete man! I have commanded you: and lo! "I (a mere man /) am with you always, even unto "the end of the world.' For, I fay again, though a mere man, I am omniprefent, and can and will be with you, be you ever so many thousands and myriads, at all times and in all places! An extraordinary promife indeed, to proceed from the lips of a mere man!

Once more, and I have done. We have reviewed the teftimony born by Chrift, while upon earth, in the days of his humiliation, and have found it inconfiftent with common sense, on the principles of Unitarianifm. Let us now attend to the tellimany born by him, fince his afcention into heaven. This, I am persuaded, we shall find equally

equally, if not more irreconcilable therewith, on the fame principles.

Rev. ii. 1.Thefe things, faith he, (the mere man!) that holdeth the leven ftars in his right 'hand, and walketh in the midft of the feven 'golden Candlesticks being always prefent with and among his people, though anere man j • 1 (a mere man) know thy works, and thy labour and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear thofe that are evil :-Nevertheless, I (a mere "man!) have again.ft thee, that thou haft left thy first love. Remember, therefore, from whence thou art fallen, and repentor elfe, I (a mere man! confined in heaven, till the reftitution of all things!) will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of its place.To him that overcometh, will I (though a mere man) give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradife of God!-ver. 8, Unto the Angel of the Church of Smyrna write. These things faith the FIRST AND THE LAST (that is, fays Dr. Priefley, a mere man!) who was dead, "and is alive. I KNOW THY WORKS, and thy ' tribulation and thy poverty:-Fear none of thofe things, which thou fhalt fuffer. But be thou faithful unto death, and I (a mere man!) will 'give thee a crown of life. ver. 12. To the Angel of the Church of Pergamus. Thefe things faith he (the mère man!) who hath the harp fword, with two edges. I KNOW THY WORKS but I have a few things against thee.-Repent, or elfe, I (the fame mere man!) will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them, with the fword of my mouth. To him 'that overcometh, will I (a mere man!) give to eat of the hidden manna, and I will give him a 'white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth, faving he that receiveth

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♦ receiveth it.—ver. 18, Unto the Angel of the • Church of Thyatira write. These things faith 'the SON OF GOD, (whom the Socinians think a • mere man, but) who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet like fine brafs.-I (a mere 'man!) KNOW THY WORKS, and the last to be 6 more than the firft. Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, that thou permitteft that ' woman Jezebel to teach and seduce MY SERVANTS: and I (a mere man!) GAVE HER SPACE TO REPENT, and the repented not. Behold, I (the • fame mere man!) will caft her into a bed, and ⚫ them that commit adultery with her, into tribulation. And I will kill her children with death: ' and ALL THE CHURCHES SHALL KNOW THAT I (a mere man! AM HE THAT SEARCHETH THE REINS AND THE HEART! And I will give unto every one of you according to your works. But, 6 unto you I SAY, and the rest at Thyatira,—! (a 'mere man) WILL PUT UPON YOU no other bur'den, but that which you have already, hold faft 'till I come. And he that overcometh and keepeth MY WORD to the end, will I (a mere man!) GIVE POWER over the nations, and he fhall rule • them with a rod of iron, and I WILL GIVE HIM ⚫ the morning ftar.-Chap. iii. 1. Unto the Angel of the Church of Sardis write, These things faith he, (the mere man !) that HATH THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD, and the seven stars.-I (the fame mere man) KNOW THY WORKS.-Be watchful and • strengthen the things which remain, for I HAVE NOT FOUND thy works perfect before God. If thou wilt not watch, I (a mere man) will come 'unto thee, as a thief, and thou fhalt not know. what hour I will come unto thee. He that over

cometh, the fame fhall be clothed in white raiment, and I (a mere man) WILL NOT BLOT • OUT his nam cout of the book of life, but I will 'confefs