THE DEITY OF JESUS CHRIST ESSENTIAL TO THE A TREATISE ΟΝ ΤΗΣ DIVINITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST; Written originally in French, BY JAMES ABBADIE, D. D. A NEW EDITION of the ENGLISH TRANSLATION, Revised, Corrected, and, in a few places, Abridged, BY ABRAHAM BOOTH, A. M. Paftor of the Baptist Church, Goodman's Fields, London. Great is the mystery of Godliness, GoD was manifest in the We are in Him that is true, even in his Son Jefus Chrift. This BURLINGTON, N. J. Printed by S. C. USTICK, for THOMAS USTIČK, 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 limfelf 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 himself 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, because 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 respect, are well expreffed by another celebrated writer, who fays; I freely grant, that, had I confulted my ⚫ own reafon only, I could not have discovered fome 'mysteries of the gofpel. Neverthelefs, when I think on the grandeur of God; when I caft my eyes on that |