Pre-existence. Nothing. Simple or Proper Humanity. Complete silence as to a superior nature. Inference from viii. 9, obviously admitting, if not requiring, a different interpretation. Nothing, unless it be inferred from i. 3. viii. 3. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing in any way inconsistent with the simple humanity. Nothing in any way inconsistent with the simple humanity of Christ. He is called a MAN in the most unqualified manner; and a stress is laid upon his being a MAN, without any intimation that he was not man in the common acceptation of the word. Complete silence of the Apostle as to a su perior nature. He speaks of his exaltation to important agency in the new dispensation, where a superior nature is supposed to be spoken of. Complete silence as to a superior nature; unqualified language respecting his proper bumanity. Inference from ii. Nothing even apparently implying a superior 7. Inference from i. The nature, except a passage admitting of a suitable application to the Man Christ Jesus. Real silence as to a superior nature; but ap 15, 17. (N. B.parently oppose! by the passages here referred passage to, which however refer to the high dignity proves more or and agency of the exalted Saviour. nothing.) Nothing. Remote inferences from vii. 3. x 5. Silence as to a superior nuture. Direct assertions of the Writer; opposed only by expressions admitting a just inter xi. 26. and pas-pretation consistent with those assertions. sages which prove more or nothing. Equality with the Father. Proper Deity. JAMES (19) Nothing. Directly op- Nothing. posed by i. I. A. D. 61 or 62. A strange rendering of i. Nothing. Absolutely concontra-tradictory to the true 4. Absolutely dictory to the true read-reading of i. 23. gene Countenanced by the mis- Countenanced by the usual Pre-existence. Nothing. Simple or Proper Humanity. Complete silence as to a superior nature. Nothing. Complete silence as to a superior nature. Countenanced by the usual interpretation of i. 15. iii. 13, 31. vi. 33, 38. 51, 62. viii. 58, xvi. 28. xvii. 5: all of which admit of a just interpretation consistent with the proper bumanity of Jesus.-Directly opposed by the general tenor of the history, and by the declaration of our Lord himself, viii. 40. Countenanced by the assertion of the Evangelist (i. 14.), and the express declaration of our Lord himself, (viii. 40); and by the ge neral tenor of the history, which is that of MAN, whe felt the affections of a man, was regarded and treated as a man, experienced the sufferings of a man, and at last died as a man. -Apparently opposed by passages which, as usually interpreted, refer to his supposed prior existence, and even to his proper deity; but which, in reality, imply no more, than that the Man Christ Jesus, was favoured with peculiar communion with God, was made the medium of a most important and gracious revelation, and was, under God, the sole agent of those miraculous interpositions, by which the truth of that revelation was established, and its spread made extensive and rapid. Complete silence as to any superior nature; and great stress laid on the fact, that Jesus was a MAN in reality, and not in appearance only. Nothing, except a remote inference from the expression Root of David.' Complete silence as to any superior nature. Nothing really, and very little apparently, inconsistent with the simple or proper humanity of Jesus. |