Wesley Corpus

“Rev. AND VERY DEAR Sir,--In Mr. Booker’s letter are many palpable falsehoods. But what exasperated him so, he does not tell. It was my opposing his Arian principles: my telling him J had the same arguments to prove the Divinity of Christ, as to prove the Godhead of the Father. 1. The Father is called God, 5x; so is the Son, Isaiah ix, 6.--2. The Father is called coxm5N 3; so is the Son, Hos. i, 7.--3. The Father is called mm 3 so is the Son, Jer. xxiii, 6.--4. The Father is said to be from everlasting ; so the Son is called 33 5y:, Isa. ix, 6. Not the everlasting Father ; but the Father or Author of eternity--5. The Father is said to create all things; so is the Son, John i, and Col. ii--6. The Father is said to be almighty ; so is the Son.--7. The Father is omnipresent; so is the Son, Matt. xviii, 20.--8. The Father is omniscient; so is the Son, Rev. ii, 23.-- 9. The Father forgives sins; so does the Son, Mark ii, 5-11.--10. The Father is Judge of all; so is the Son. “But still he disputed, whether any man should pray to Christ. I gave these reasons for it:--1l. All men are bound to honour the Son, as they honour the Father : but we are to honour the Father by praying to him: therefore ve should so honour the Son. 2. God commands, ‘ Let all the angels of God worship him.’ This is done, Rev. v, 12, 13. And it is certain, praise and thanksgiving are superior rather than inferior to prayer. 3. St. Paul prayed to him, 2 Cor. xii, 8,9. 4. St. Stephen prayed to him, Acts vii, 59. (The word God is not in the original.) 5. All believers in the apostolic age prayed to him, 1 Cor. i, 2. For what is to call upon his name, but to pray to him? * When he could not answer these reasons, he called them cant, and said, ‘Much learning has made thee mad.’.. What he calls ‘ contempt,’ was confronting him with Scripture and reason, in defence of the God head of Christ. JI acknowledge I have been an opposer of Arianism ever since I knew what it was; but especially since my late illness, during