Jesus  replied,  has  not  the  Scripture  expressly  called  those
« gods,"  and  the  **  sons  of  God,"  who  were  commissioned  to
govern  God^s  people,  on  account  of  their  high  office,  and  the
insjMration  of  the  spirit,  which  was,  though  sparingly,  bestowed
upon  them  }  Can  you,  therefore,  impute  to  that  person  whom
the  Almighty  had  sanctified  and  sent  into  Uie  world  to  save  lost
mankind,  and  pay  the  price  of  redemption  for  all  the  sons  of
men  ;  can  you,  I  say,  impute  blasphemy  unto  him,  for  taking
on  himself  the  title  of  the  Son  of  God  f  If  my  own  assertion
be  not  sufficient  to  convince  you  of  my  personal  dignity,  you
must  surely  think  that  the  many  miracles  I  have  wrought
abundantly  prove  that  they  are  the  works  of  the  Most  High,  as
Omnipotence  alone  could  perform  them  ;  and,  therefore,  that
the  Father  and  I  are  so  united,  that  whatever  I  say,  or  do,  is
approved  of  by  the  Almighty.  "  Is  it  not  written  in  your  law,
1  said.  Ye  are  gods  f  If  he  called  them  gods  upon  whom  the
word  of  God  came,  and  the  Scriptures  cannot  be  broken ;  say
ye  of  him,  whom  the  father  hath  sanctified,  and  sent  into  the


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world,  Tboa  blaspbemest;  because  I  said  I  am  the  Son  of  God?
If  I  do  not  the  works  of  my  Father,  believe  me  not.  But  if  I  do,
though  ye  believe  me  not,  believe  the  works :  that  ye  may  know
and  believe,  that  the  Father  is  in  me,  and  I  in  him."  Johnj  x.
34,  &LC.
