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Theological Works (1); To Which Is Prefixed Biographical Memoir of the Author
Theological Works To Which Is Prefixed Biographical Memoir of the Author - 1 Author:John Skinner Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1809 Original Publisher: Printed by J. Chaimers Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books... more ».com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: LETTER II. THE tide Son Of God" is frequent in Scripture. But we have the highest authority to apply it to the human nature of our blessed Saviour : and I can find no passage in Scripture which decisively restricts the title " Son of God " to Deity. To me therefore it appears a great stretch of interpretation (though I know some reputable names, who have gone that length) to draw the doctrine of eternal generation out of Jehovah's decree, " Thou art my son, this day have I begotten thee :" which very decree I find a divinely inspired commentator 3 referring to the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. We read, it is true, of that " dear Son," who is the image of the " invisible God, the "first-born of every creature4." But, to say the least, this text is dubious, being claimed by the Arians ; and it is strange from it to distinguish, as has been done, between priority of birth, as the principal meaning of the word -n-oTowg, and preeminence, when it is known, that a very little after s the apostle uses this word again, and draws the following inference from it, " that in all he might be which our translators render " have the " pre- 1 St. Luke i. 35. Ps. ii. 7. 3 Acts xiii. 33. 4 Col. I, ij. 5 Col. i. 18. " pre-eminence." Besides all the force of it, when supposed to favour the generation scheme, is set aside by giving an active sense to the verbal post-fix " Tok« less