THE

TRUE BELIEVER'S DEFENCE,

AGAINST

CHARGES PREFERRED BY TRINITARIANS,

FOR NOT BELIEVING IN

THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST, THE DEITY OF CHRIST,

BY CHARLES MORGRIDGE,
Minister of the First Christian Church in New-Bedford.

NEW-BEDFORD:

WILLIAM HOWE, 26 NORTH WATER-STREET.

1837.

BX
9841
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Entered, acording to the Act of Congress, in the year 1837, ·
By CHARLES MORGRIDGE,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

Printed by
J. C. PARMENTER,
New-Bedford.

CONTENTS.

SECTION I.

Design of John's Gospel,

SECTION II.

The Christian and Trinitarian Doctrines Compared,

SECTION III.

Doctrine of the Divinity of Christ,

The Doctrine of the Trinity,

SECTION V.

The Doctrine of the Trinity not asserted in the Bible,

SECTION VI.

Scriptural Evidence that the Father is the only true God,

SECTION VII.

Christ testifies that he is not God,

SECTION VIII.

Of Worship addressed to Christ,

SECTION IX.

Doctrine of the Two Natures of Christ,

SECTION X.

Of the Three Heavenly Witnesses,

SECTION XI.

Supposed Scripture Evidence of a Plurality of Persons in God,

SECTION XII.

Supposed Scripture Evidence of a Trinity of Persons in God,

SECTION XIII.

Explanation of Passages which have been quoted to prove that Christ

is God,

SECTION IV.

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CLASS I. Passages in which Christ is called God,

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CLASS II. The word God incorrectly applied to Christ,

CLASS III. Passages interpolated and corrupted,

CLASS IV. Passages quoted to prove that Christ is equal with God, 132

CLASS V. Passages quoted to prove that Christ is Jehovah,

CLASS VI. Peculiar attributes of God ascribed to Christ,

CLASS VII. Peculiar works of God ascribed to Christ,

SECTION XIV.

The Spirit of God not another Person distinct from God,

SECTION XV.

Inquiry after the supposed Second Person in the Trinity,

SECTION XVI.

Historical Evidence that the first Christians were not Trinitarians,

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