Excerpt from The Unity and Supremacy of God the Father: A Sermon, Delivered in the Second Independent Church, in Charleston, S. C., April 22, 1826 Tan Author of the following discourse, having been invited by the House of Representatives of South Carolina to deliver a discourse before that body during their session in December last, complied with the re quest, and preached a sermon on the doctrine of the Unity of God. A reply was given to that sermon on the ensuing Sabbath, before the same body, by the Rev. Mr. Durbin, Professor in a college recently established in Augusta, Kentucky, in which the Rev. Gentleman endeavoured to prove the great antiquity of the trinitarian hypothesis, and to establish what is called the doctrine of the two natures of Christ.' The Legis lature adjourning the next day, no Opportunity was then offered to an. Swer his arguments, and Professor Durbin having preached the sermon containing his reply in other places, and finally in Charleston, and it having been printed, the following discourse was delivered as an answer to his mostprominent arguments. In complying with the request of the Charleston Unitarian Book Society to furnish ac0py of it for the Press, the Author felt much reluctance, owing to his youth, but the urgent solicitation of his friends having relieved him from the charge of pre sumption, and they having taken, as he conceives, in a great measure, the responsibility of its reputation upon themselves, he submit's it to the candor of the public, h0ping that it may do some good at the same time, in order to prevent mistake, and relieve Unitarians from all appre hension, he begs it may be distinctly understood, that the sentiments contained in it are his own, and that he is not the representative of their opinions, ' as he holds himself accountable to no man, or body of men, for the principles of his religious faith. 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.