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    Father and our ' " Father , to his Gad and our God , as the only proper object of prayer . So far was the meek and lowly Jesus from directing his disciples to apply to him for help , in subsequent ages of the Christian church , that he says , ** in that

    day , " viz . after his resurrection , Ci shall ask me nothing—whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name , he mill gire it you * ' la the concluding paragraph " the never-ceasing duty of humility , " is pressingly recommended from the consideration , that

    "even our blessed Lord declared himself to be meek and lowly in heart / 5 He did so . And it is highly incumbent on his professed followers earnestly to aspire after '' the same holy temper / ' Our great exemplar possessed this dignified state of mind , in the highest degree , according to our best conceptions , estimating his character as it is pourtrayed by the Evangelists . But they no where tell us , that he ascribed similar qualities of % mind to his Father , the King eternal , immortal , invisible , the only God J 1 Tim . i . 17 . The sacred writers frequently speak of the holiness , mercy , underived power , wisdom ,

    omniscience and omnipresence of the Lord God Almighty , but never of his meekness , humility , or lowliness of mind . Nor do they ever represent Christ as having endowed mankind with those talents , which they possess " by nature , " as rational beings , the offspring of God . These are always represented by them as the gift of God . Yet this Epistle plainly insinuates , that the natural talents which mankind possess , have been bestowed on them by Christ , without any mention of the Father .

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    u However great the talents , with which he / 9 Christy " may have endowed us by nature , or however he may replenish our souls with the more excellent gifts of his holy

    spirit , still we have nothing which we have not received /' This last inference is undoubtedly just , and our great Master has repeatedly assured us , that all the powers even he himself

    possessed , were given him of his Father—that of himself he could do nothing . Yet does this Epistle ^ without any reference to the source whence all his powers were derived , ascribe omnipotence to the meek and humble Jesus !

    Self-examination is no doubt an important Christian duty , the discharge of which is in no degree dependent qu the unscriptural sentiment connected therewith in the following passage . 4 t J ^ et us then , dear friends , be willing to ekamine ourselves , and know

    whether we are indeed humble followers of a lowly-minded though omnipotent Saviour * " That Christ was an all-sufficient Saviour , as being perfectly qualified to

    accomplish the great work which his Father gave him to do , 1 reverently believe , and perhaps the term omnipotent may have been used on this occasion in some

    such sense ; and not as intended to assert his absolute and underived power over all . It would be well , however , to adhere more closely to the language , and especially to thesonse of Scripture on such important subjects as these .

    That great Being , who , in contrast with all those real or imaginary beings that arc called gods , whether in heaven or on earth , ' * is styled " God the Father ?* is represented as saying to the people of Israel , * thou shalt know

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1810, page 493, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2409/page/21/