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(((Some have supposed that he intended by the truth, that particularly which was then denied by the Jews, and made the ground of his prosecution before Pilate; viz. that he, Jesus of Nazareth, was the Messiah whom the Prophets had foretold. But this seems an un-necessary limitation of his meaning. He was born for other & higher purposes than simply to assert his Messiahship. This was necessary only to procure attention to the message, which, as Messiah, he came into the World to deliver. To us,))) he seems to refer to all those truths, which he, himself, as a Prophet sent from God, first revealed; to these formerly taught, which he, by his preaching & example, illustrated; and to the whole system of revelation, which, by his death and resurrection, he attested & confirmed. In a word, to the entire religion of the Bible. (((The prominent points in this system of truth, are, the Unity, Trinity, & perfections of the Godhead; the spiritual impotency, moral agency, )))

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