A Designed End to the Socinian Controversy: or, a rational and plain Discourse to prove, that no other Person but the Father of Christ is God Most High.

<p>This volume is a reprint of a book first published in 1695. In it, John Smith enters the controversy raging in London (c. 1687-98) over the doctrine of the Trinity. </p> <blockquote>"The following is a brief outline... There is one God, who is one in nature, essence, and person; and it is He only who is the Father of Jesus Christ. Christ is not the true God, because he himself has a God above him; because what he does is by a power received from God; and because God and he are plainly distinguished. The Scriptures represent Christ as a man..." - Robert Wallace, in "Historical Sketch of the Trinitarian Controversy from the Accession of William III to the Passing of the Blasphemy Act. No. V".</blockquote> <p>Smith was swiftly pressured to recant. Excerpts from a 1829 periodical and from volume III of Wallace's <i>Antitrinitarian Biography</i> are included here. They tell the story of Smith's persecution, and relate other facts about his life and writings.</p>