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See Appendix] [Footnote 009: Rom. x. 10.] [Footnote 010: Rom. x. 17.] [Footnote 011: Heb. xi. 3.] [Footnote 012: _Table-Talk_, 1852, p. 144.] [Footnote 013: 1 John v. 9.] [Footnote 014: Heb. xi. 6.] [Footnote 015: Heb. xi. 6.] [Footnote 016: 1 Peter iii. 15.] [Footnote 017: See Handbook of Christian Evidences, Principal Stewart, chap. i.] [Footnote 018: Deut. vi. 4.] [Footnote 019: Gen. i. 26; iii. 22; xi. 7. Different views have been taken of these passages. Some commentators think the plural forms represent the plural of majesty. There is, however, no indication in the Old Testament or in ancient monumental inscriptions that sovereigns had adopted this style of speech. Nebuchadnezzar and Darius begin their proclamations with the singular first personal pronoun "I"; not with the plural "We" which modern kings assume. On the Moabite stone Mesha uses "I," not "We," throughout the inscription in which he records his achievements. Another view is that Moses, accustomed to hear of the numerous gods of Egypt, used the plural inadvertently. This supposition does not accord with any view of inspiration held by evangelical churches. The interpretation which regards the passages as early indications of the doctrine of the Trinity is simple and natural, and accords with the principle of gradual revelation which is apparent in Scripture.] [Footnote 020: Job xi. 7.] [Footnote 021: Deut. xxix. 29.] [Footnote 022: John x. 30.] [Footnote 023: John xvii. 5.] [Footnote 024: See Hodge's _Systematic Theology_, vol. i. p. 444.] [Footnote 025: Psalm lxxvi. 10.] [Footnote 026: Rom. viii. 28.] [Footnote 027: Rom. i. 20.] [Footnote 028: _Confessions_, Bk. x. chap. vi.] [Footnote 029: Luke ii. 34.] [Footnote 030: Acts viii.] [Footnote 031: 2 Tim. ii. 17.] [Footnote 032: 2 Tim. i. 15.] [Footnote 033: See _Landmarks of Church History_, by Professor Cowan, D.D., p. 16.] [Footnote 034: Isaiah ix. 6.] [Footnote 035: Matt. i. 21.] [Footnote 036: Col. iv. 11.] [Footnote 037: Matt. xxi. 11.] [Footnote 038: Matt. i. 23.] [Footnote 039: Acts iv. 12.] [Footnote 040: Phil. ii. 9-11.] [Footnote 041: John i. 41.] [Footnote 042: John iv. 29.] [Footnote 043: Matt. xvi. 16, 17.] [Footnote 044: Acts xviii. 28.] [Footnote 045: John ix. 22.] [Footnote 046: Psalm xlv. 7; Heb. i. 9.] [Footnote 047: John xx. 31.] [Footnote 048: Psalm ii. 7.] [Footnote 049: Isaiah ix.
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