GENERAL VIEW OF THE ARGUMENTS FOR THE UNITY OF GOD; AND AGAINST THE DIVINITY AND PRE-EXISTENCE OF CHRIST; FROM REASON, FROM THE SCRIPTURES, AND FROM BY JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, LL.D. F.R.S. &c. = A NEW EDITION CORRECTED. LONDON: PRINTED FOR MESSRS. JOHNSON & CO. ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD; AND D. EATON, HOLBORN. - 1812. TRINITARIAN HYPOTHESIS. THAT the Doctrine of the Trinity could ever have been suggested by any thing in the course of nature (though it has been imagined by some persons of a peculiarly fanciful turn, and previously persuaded of the truth of it) is not maintained by any persons to whom my writings can be at all useful. I shall therefore only address myself to those who believe the doctrine on the supposition of its being contained in the Scriptures, at the same time maintaining, that, though it is above, it is not properly contrary to reason; and I hope to make it sufficiently evident, either that they do not hold the doctrine, or that the opinion of three divine persons constituting one God is strictly speaking an absurdity, or contradiction; and that it is therefore incapable of any proof, even by miracles. With this view, I shall A 2 |