Excerpt from The Believer's Defence: Or the Trinity of God and Atonement of Christ Defended Against Unitarianism The compiler of the following pages probably would never have stepped out of his beloved obscurity for the purpose of defending one of the most important doctrines in Christian theology, had not a train of circumstances compelled him to enter the field of controversy, or abandon what he deemed to be fundamental truth in our holy religion, to the reckless assaults of its enemies, who, having grown bold through neglect, challenged him to public combat under circumstances which left him but one alternative, either to give up the truth as indefensible, or "contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints." Under these circumstances, the design of publishing the present work was conceived. The compiler makes no pretensions to originality. Various authors have been consulted, and in most cases the language of other writers has been adopted. Alterations having been made only when it was thought such alterations would increase the force or clearness of the argument. The authors that have been consulted are Wesley, Fletcher, Clark, Abbadie, Drew, Hare, Luckey, Lee, and various others. The most copious extracts, however, have been made from the writings of the Rev. Richard Watson, whose works are worthy the attention of all who are seeking after the truth as it is in Jesus. It is well known that Unitarians, in consequence of the diversity of opinions existing among them on subjects of minor importance, are divided into various sects, among whom are to be found a class of people calling themselves Christians, but commonly known by the name of New-Lights. Against these the following work is more particularly directed, but not to the exclusion of the rest, the author having endeavored so to manage the argument that all classes of Unitarians are opposed by the same proofs. 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.