Discourses on the Divine Unity: Or, A Scriptural Proof and Demonstration of the One Supreme Deity, of the God and Father of All ; and of the Subordinate Character and Inferior Nature of Our Lord Jesus Christ: with a Confutation of the Doctrine of a Co-equal and Consubstantial Trinity in Unity ; and a Full Reply to the Objections of Trinitarians |
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We ought to prove all opinions that we have access and opportunity to examine ,
and hold fast only that which is good . As many false prophets and delusive
teachers have gone forth into the world , in different ages , and our own not
excepted ...
We ought to prove all opinions that we have access and opportunity to examine ,
and hold fast only that which is good . As many false prophets and delusive
teachers have gone forth into the world , in different ages , and our own not
excepted ...
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... there were two persons of the same substance , power , and eternity with him .
In this case , the Apostle ought to have made use of very dif . ferent language ,
and ' undoubtedly would have done so , if there had been any truth in this opinion
.
... there were two persons of the same substance , power , and eternity with him .
In this case , the Apostle ought to have made use of very dif . ferent language ,
and ' undoubtedly would have done so , if there had been any truth in this opinion
.
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... which is a clear and just one , it certainly follows , that our Lord Jesus Christ is
two persons , which is the very opinion of Nestorius , condemned by the
Trinitarians themselves , but unjustly ; for it is the natural consequence of their
principles .
... which is a clear and just one , it certainly follows , that our Lord Jesus Christ is
two persons , which is the very opinion of Nestorius , condemned by the
Trinitarians themselves , but unjustly ; for it is the natural consequence of their
principles .
Page 77
opinion , and pretend that notwithstanding the personal union , their second
divine person still retained the proper attributes of Deity ; and that God is said to
be man , and man to be God only by a communication of idioms ; that is
figuratively ...
opinion , and pretend that notwithstanding the personal union , their second
divine person still retained the proper attributes of Deity ; and that God is said to
be man , and man to be God only by a communication of idioms ; that is
figuratively ...
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Again , this way of interpretation , which the ad . vocates of the opinion I oppose ,
are so much necessitated to for upholding their cause , does plainly overthrow it
again , and may be turned against themselves : for if it be just and true to deny of
...
Again , this way of interpretation , which the ad . vocates of the opinion I oppose ,
are so much necessitated to for upholding their cause , does plainly overthrow it
again , and may be turned against themselves : for if it be just and true to deny of
...
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Page 146 - Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?" And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.
Page 18 - But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth; for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Page 125 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Page 158 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Page 3 - And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Page 16 - Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours: 3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 58 - If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
Page 91 - For he hath put all things under his feet! "But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him that God may be all in all.
Page 91 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet! The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 117 - ... .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places., (far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come...
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| Title | Discourses on the Divine Unity: Or, A Scriptural Proof and Demonstration of the One Supreme Deity, of the God and Father of All ; and of the Subordinate Character and Inferior Nature of Our Lord Jesus Christ: with a Confutation of the Doctrine of a Co-equal and Consubstantial Trinity in Unity ... |
| Author | William Christie |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | D. Eaton, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 251 pages |
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