The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-17

apnear in external farms resembling his
hui he had ns,er caused his own k.rm 10
appear, ne was an unsrproaehable 1od--
i. None hath seen the father al any time.
How the Lord adjoIned The first l'rine'.
pies II divinity tu the ,udiments OF an ex'
| isrna frall humanity, we cannot comprs.
bend h,,t the fact Is admitted by all who
profess to- ..lie,r that Jehosah was pani-
tested ia Tive 1csh. Nhich Is The case, II
an not much mistaken, With al those di'
vines whu are called orthodox Niihnnt
c asing tn act at idr sane time as tie nod
.Iid ruler nf the universe lie Lord WAS
pleasrJ, by becoming incarnate, Ia aeeam-
mndir himself Into states, III when he
cold feel aud think precisely ms another
man for this purpose, he VAS wiling 10
pass through all those states through when
we pass from our conception To the grave
/ To be BON, ~ We are, ia iaaoranee q every
thing aad Va he instructed IA all the neces-
sary branches Of knowledge, even IN his
own ward, by means OF his external senses
and memory. The external irali humanity
which he assumed, he derived from his
mother, and il was provided that he there
by should he exposed TO every temptation
which mankind can possibly be assaulted
For the ailrctinns and thoughts oiwhIeh hrs
material humanity was composed. were
strongly tainted by the hereditary Evils, rs
Mr.. HindmaIsh obacrvrs "f the most prof
ligate nation on the face of the earth, oil The
worsi tribe Of that nation, and the worst
family Of that tribe. For the justice oi this
last remark, do not desire Ia make myself
responsible hut it IS evident that by
m ans IL sympathy with the evil affections
aud fhse persnssIons inherent ~ his nate
rial nature, an the hclIs had access tn our
Lord, that he was temptedby them all, and
sucVessvely over came them through
ont the prophets he IS represented as II
congurror he himself has told MS that
while on earth he executed a judgment on
the powers of darkness, d" M" rs the Jnds-
ment of this world, now shall the prince be
cast out" John xii. 81. This ,lctnry over
he'll was effected by the powers oi a inlnd
in which Jrhe,ah dwells, as the soul Of man
dwrlIs in his body. II Is a universal law
Of nature, or rather OF divine order from
which nature originates, that like acts upon
like and rs without reaction, no action Is
possible, So whatever reacts is also capable
Of acting IN lis turn. IL evil spirits have
power over the human mind, the human
mind must necessarily also have power
over them. Resist the devil and be will
Zee from YOU" " IN my name W shall
cast out devils" II Is true that Jehovah
MAS present with the Lord, and that he
really was Jehovah but in the state he
WAS pleased to place himself, al as In be n
Bile to identify himself with the thoughts
aud affections Of maternal nature, thu pro-
periies of Jehovah, inasmuch as they trans
crnd those ef a common man, were quies.
cent. Hcfett and thought precisely as we
may think and feel, and when soaicited 10
do evil by the excitement OF tho thoughts
and affections of the temper, precisely IN
the same manner in which we may and
sught 10 resist them, viz by rejecting
TINT what he required was contrary Ia the
word of God. The opposition which the
Lord offered he'll was then IN KS incipient
state, an st Of the human mind which ave-
ry man is capable of Initiating. Thisresis-
lance necessarily drew upon him increased
effort, aud by degrees a concentration OF all
their forces 10 overcome it bgt their uni
ted efforts tended only Ia call forth the
by the powers sf his human mind, reno
wing from themselves and totally disspa-
ting all that was derived from his matefial
nature, received an expansion and intensity
which rendered them fully adequate to the
original divine affr, tons and thoughts of
Jehovah, wlich thus, not o,ny dweh in
them, as they did, in agreement before the
Lord was glnriicd, but were naw fully nit
Infested by them, aud capable of operating
in and by them, as the fit and sole inslru-
ments Of the omnipotcnceo of Jehovah and
this is what is meant lay the Lords sitting
AT the RICH, hand of his Father.
Here we behold the cHerge s Of divine
mind called forth by the acts of human
mind IN its 0hsCurest states. Two points,
however, near TO each other, d.tcrmne
the direction of II lint Of infinite length
Thus the energies sf Jehovah, where
by the euTgirs of Jesus We SIT ength-
ened and expanded, took their quality
and character altogether from the latter,
and because every act, Thought, and alfec
tlon of the Lord, from his conception to
his grave, which partook oil the mature of
his mother gave occasion 10 conbats be-
tween him and thc bells every thing that
adhered 10 them from their material origin
Was dissipated and his humanity itself be
came divine ; for his humanity is his dri-
nity in that form in which it made tselfby
opposing and overcoming those evils both
ot thought and affection to which the III
man minds subject, by nots, which in their
ncipient state perfectly resemhled the acts
ola natural man. Bui ele energies of the
divine mind once excited aud brought into
action, ina certain form, retain that form
aud continue To act in it to all eternity and
throughout ininity. This is what we mean
by our Lords divine humanity.
1t is essentially divine, but is a divinity
that maniiests itsrlt'cxternally in form, in
which it not only has the power of keeping
the hells in perpetual suhieciien but also