Chap II.   eſſential to the Chriſtian Religion   345

rally in the original; we muſt alſo repeat,
in the ſecond member of the propoſition;
what is expreſſed in the firſt, after this man-
ner: Though ye have ten thouſand inſtruc-
ters in Chriſt, yet have ye not many fathers
in Chriſt. This, it is manifeſt, is the ſenſe
of the paſſage. So, in theſe words, ' That
' they may know thee, the only true God,
' and Jeſus Chriſt whom thou haſt ſent;'
we muſt repeat, in the latter part of the pro-
poſition, what is expreſſed in the former,
thus: That they may know thee, the only
true God, and that Jeſus Chriſt, whom thou
haſt ſent, is the true God with thee. For
when it is ſaid, in the ſecond branch of the
propoſition, ' and Jeſus Chriſt whom thou
' haſt ſent;' it is natural to aſk, What of
him? To which the anſwer is, That they
may know Him alſo to be that only true
God.
Our opponents alledge the following text,
on this occaſion ; ' Who is the bleſſed and
' only Potentate, the King of kings and
' Lord of lords: Hō monos 'echōn athana-
' ſian, the only having immortality.' But
as theſe laſt words, when reduced to an or-
dinary conſtruction, are thus read, ' Who
' only hath immortality ;' ſo our adverſaries
will have it that theſe Ton monon alĕthin-
on Theon, ſhould be thus read, ' Who on-
                                   T t                             ly