gospel they then preached, with the great God and Father of all, who gave him to be a propitiation for our sins, raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places.

The letters, as well as the sermons, of the inspired Apostles, are full of similar materials.

Look into the first epistle to the Corinthians, viii. 4, and the Apostle tells you that "there is none other God but one. For though there be that are called Gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there are Gods many, and Lords many,) but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. Howbeit, there is not in every man that knowledge." The Apostle is here obviously setting forth the Christian creed upon this very subject. He tells us plainly, not only that there is but one God, but also, and as plainly, that that one God is the Father. Let the doctrine of the Apostle, delivered here, be compared with that which is delivered in the Athanasian creed, and it will be seen that they are not only different, but directly contradictory. Doctrines so diametrically opposite cannot both be truesome one of them must be false; and I think you will have no difficulty in making your choice between St. Athanasius and St. Paul.

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epistle to the Ephesians, at the beginning of the fourth chapter, upon which the same observation may be made, and from which the same conclusion may be drawn:-"I therefore beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling-one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all." If the Apostle whilst declaring that there is one Spirit, one Lord, and one Father, had told the Ephesians, at the same time, that these three were one God, then indeed he would have taught the doctrine of the Athanasian creed. But he has said no such thing. On the contrary, his declaration that "there is one God and Father of all, who is above all," has effectually destroyed the equality, and taken away the very existence, of the Athanasian Trinity.

There is nothing more certain than that the New Testament holds forth to us plainly, and in many places, the doctrine of three persons-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost-and this, any one who chooses may call a Trinity; but it is no where said that these three persons constitute one being, or one God. And where

ever they are represented as one, the obvious meaning is—not that they are one in essence, not that they are the same in substance, not that they are absolutely equal in all things, as asserted by Trinitarians, but one in design, one in intention, one in affection-perfectly agreed about the great object and work of man's redemption, as will hereafter be made more fully to appear by parallel scripture authorities. And throughout, the supremacy of the God and Father of all is uniformly asserted and preserved.

I have already submitted to you a few of those scripture testimonies, selected from the teaching of our blessed Saviour and his Apostles, which plainly appear to limit the character of supreme Deity to the Father Almighty; and, indeed, cannot fairly be understood in any other sense. Such of you as are intimately acquainted with scripture, must be sensible that the New Testament is full of such passages. And were I to go on regularly commenting on them, as they occur throughout the volume, I should extend this division of my subject to a very disproportionate length. But I deem it unnecessary to be so prolix. For the sake, however, of those who may not have attended particularly to the subject, I shall here bring together a few brief quotations from the gospels and epistles; wherein you will observe, that the name of God is employed and intended exclusively to designate

"the Father," as distinguished from every other being; and I shall just leave them, without note or comment, to produce their own natural and proper effect on your minds.-Luke i. 31, "Thou shalt bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David." Luke xi. 20, "But if I (said Christ,) with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you." John i. 18, "No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." John i. 51, "Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man." John iii. 16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved." John iii. 34, "He whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him." John iv. 23, " 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. God is a spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in

truth." John vi. 27, "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you; for him hath God the Father sealed." John vi. 44, "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man, therefore, that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God; he hath seen the Father." John vii. 16, "Jesus answered them, and said, my doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself." John viii. 40, 42, 54, "But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God. If I honour myself, my honour is nothing; it is my Father that honoureth me, of whom ye say, that he is your God. If God were your Father, ye would love me; for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me." John xi. 21, "Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee." And at the 41st verse, on raising her brother Lazarus from the dead,