THE DEI CHRISTIAN RELIGION. JESUS CHRIST ESSENTIAL TO THE Sam Miller TREATISE Revifed, Corrected, and, in a few places, Abridged, BY ABRAHAM BOOTH, A. M. Paftor of the Baptist Church, Goodman's Fields, London, Creat is the mystery of Godliness, GoD was manifeft in the We are in Him that is true, even in his Son Jefus Christ. This BURLINGTON, N. J. Printed by S. C. USTICK, for THOMAS USTICK March, 1802. Preface by the Editor. THE doctrine of our LORD's Eternal Divinity having been, on different grounds, the object of long and violent oppofition; many learned, ingenious, and able pens have been engaged in defence of that capital truth. Few, however, have repelled the adverfary with thofe powers of genius, and that force of argument, which were employed by Dr. ABBADIE in compofing this admirable Treatife.-Far from contenting himfelf with dogmatical affertions, and equally far from amufing his readers with curious metaphyfical fpeculations, on the grand Subject of his inquiries; he has recourfe to the teftimony of GoD-to that Revelation which JEHOVAH has made of himfelf in the Bible, and to thofe deductions from it, which are natural, clear, and conclufive. Thus he proves that Chrift is a DIVINE PERSON, and equal with the Father; without pretending to know, or attempting to investigate, the MODUS of his Divine Perfonality. In regard to the former, he firmly believes that the Scripture is full, explicit, peremptory; in reference to the latter, he confiders the facred Canon as entirely filent: and, to difpute what Eternal Veracity afferts, becaufe it is above the power of reafon to comprehend; or to endeavour to difcover what God has not revealed of himself, he looks upon as irrational, prefumptuous, and highly criminal. The fentiments and views of our Author, in this refpect, are well expreffed by another celebrated writer, who fays; I freely grant, that, had I confulted my own reason only, I could not have discovered fome 'myfteries of the gofpel. Nevertheless, when I think ' on the grandeur of God; when I caft my eyes on that JUN 26 1901 100165 |