Author: Timothy Dwight
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Published: 2017-10-25
Total Pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9781527670921
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Excerpt from Theology, Vol. 2 of 4: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons The futility and emptiness of this fundamental objection of Uni tarians, as applied to the doctrine of the Trinity, is susceptible of an absolute and easy demonstration; notwithstanding the objec tion itself claims the character of intuitive certainty. It is intui tively certain, or in other language, self-evident, that no proposi tion can be seen to be either true, or false, unless the mind possess the ideas, out of which it is formed, so far as to discern whether they agree, or disagree. The proposition, asserted by Trinita rians, and denied by Unitarians, is that God is th-personal. The ideas, intended by the words God, here denoting the infinite Exist ence; and Tri-personal are not, and cannot be Possessed by any man. N either Trinitarians nor Unitarians, there ore, can, by any possible effort of the understanding; discern whether this proposi tion be true, or false; or whether e ideas, denoted by the words God and Tri-personal, agree, or disagree. Until this can be done, it is perfectly nugatory, either to assert or deny, this proposition, as an ch'eet of intellectual discernment, or Philoso hical inquiry. Where t e mind has not ideas, it cannot compare them; where it cannot compare them, it cannot discern their agreement or dis a cement; and of course it can form out of them no proposition, w ose truth, or falsehood, it can at all perceive. Thus this boast cd objection is so far from being conclusive, or even formidable; that it is wholly without force, or application. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
