THE

TRUE BELIEVER'S DEFENCE,

AGAINST

CHARGES PREFERRED BY TRINITARIANS,

FOR NOT BELIEVING IN

THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST, THE DEITY OF CHRIST,

THE TRINITY &c.

BY CHA RʻL ES MORGRI•D GE,
Minister of the First Christian Church in New-Bedford.

NEW-BEDFORD:

WILLIAM HOWE, 26 NORTH WATER STREET.

1837.

Entered, acding 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

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SECTION I.

Design of John's Gospel,

SECTION 11.

The Christian and Trinitarian Doctrines Compared,

10

SECTION IJI.

Doctrine of the Divinity of Christ,

20

SECTION IV.

The Doctrine of the Trinity,

27

SECTION V.

The Doctrine of the Trinity not usserted in the Bible,

32

SECTION VI.

Scriptural Evidence that the Father is the only true God,

39

SECTION VII.

Christ testifies that he is not God,

44

SECTION VIII.

Of Worship addressed to Christ,

52

SECTION IX.

Doctrine of the Two Natures of Christ,

69

SECTION X.

Of the Three Heavenly Witnesses,

80

SECTION XI.

Supposed Scripture Evidence of a Plurality of Persons in God, 101

SECTION XII.

Supposed Scripture Evidence of a Trinity of Persons in God, 111

SECTION XIII.

Explanation of Passages which have been quoted to prove that Christ

is God,

119

Class I. Passages in which Christ is called God,

120

Class II. The word God incorrectly applied to Christ, 127

Class III. Passages interpolated and corrupted,

131

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

CLASS V. Passages quoted to prove that Christ is Jehovah, . 134

Class VI. Peculiar attributes of God ascribed to Christ,

137

Class VII. Peculiar works of God ascribed to Christ,

144

SECTION XIV.

The Spirit of God not another Person distinct from God,

147

SECTION XV.

Inquiry after the supposed Second Person in the Trinity,

158

SECTION XVI.

Historical Evidence that the first Christiuns were not Trinitarians, 162