PRE-EXISTENCE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, AS DECLARED IN THE SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT. WITH OCCASIONAL REFERENCES TO THE OPINIONS OF BOTH JEWS AND HEATHENS UPON THIS SUBJECT. BY JOSEPH ALDERSON, M.A. RECTOR OF HEVINGHAM, AND RECTOR OF OXWICK, NORFOLK, LONDON: T. CADELL, STRAND; AND W. BLACKWOOD, EDINBURGH, MDCCCXXXII. 335. PREFACE. THE object proposed in making the following sentiments public, is to call the attention of those who read and love the word of God to the Person and the wonderful work of his Son Jesus Christ. Publication however was not the design when they were first written. They were the production of leisure hours, and were intended to review and so to ascertain how far the opinions, which had thus a bodily form given them, were consistent with themselves, and agreeable to the Scriptures, according to the light and knowledge vouchsafed to him who now presents them to the world. He is aware that he differs on most of the topics discussed in these pages from the generality of his contemporaries, and as far as his limited research extends, from all that have left their sentiments on record. Neither the establishment of a system, nor the recommendation of a curious novelty, is the motive which has prompted the present measure. Besides recording what the Author believes to be the legitimate result of comparing Scripture with Scripture, he wishes to |