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mansions which he is gone to prepare for as , and that it is our own fault if we refuse the blessedness to which we are called . These Particulars , however ^ must be the subjects of our future meditations .
" In the mean time , we may learn from what has been said , firsts that there are many doctrines abroad in the world , and
embraced by whole churches and nations , which are in direct opposition to the truth as it is in Jesus . The New Testament teaches , that though there be many that are called Gods , yet that there is only
One God the Father , who is above all , and through all , and in us all . This is the doctrine of the Lord Jesus , and of all his apostles . -And this has been indubitably confirmed to us by many signs and wonders , all of which carried with them the manifest seal
of heaven . When men therefore Speak of more Gods , and repre . sent them as co-ordinate with the God of Christ , and the One God and Father of all , we must deny their doctrine if we value the
revelation we have received , and would pay any regard to divine truth . The Bible is the foundation of our religion , which proclaims the Almighty Father to be the only irue God . And we dishonour this glorious Being when
we worship men instead of God , or submit to have an authority in preference to the wisdom from above * We should therefore , with the Lord Jesus himself , worship the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ , and give all glory to him as the alone Sovereign of heaven # nd earth , and the God of oOr salvation . u Secondly , we should Consider the Lord Jesus as the minister of
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his grace and mercy , and ifejoicife in him as the well beloved of the Father , and our sure guide toptace and happiness . And as he did nothing of himself , but received all his doctrines from the Father ,
and had them all confirmed by demonstrable evidence , we should embrace all his instructions as the communications of divine truth , and be led by ihem in the
true way to eternal life . Thus honouring him , we shall most effectually honour the Father who sent him , and whatever treatment we meet with in the world shall
be perpetually surrounded with the divine tnvour and loving kindness , and shall be finally accepted and rewarded as the conspicuous children , of the light .
Father of mercies , the most mtjfeiful Being in the univt rsef and the possessor of all power as w ell as of the mobt unspeakable m er ^ y , and his throne ol grace is e ^ er accessible to every returning penitent . He sent his Son into the
world to reconcile us t" himself : and though our sins have been of the deepest dye 3 it we turn wholly unto him , cease lo do evil , and learn to do wellhe will receive ¦ »
, « - " « ai ii *» ' \ M . '~ r vv x _ a ¦ * »* v ? » « • «« v >« -a T ^> us graciously , and blot out all our involuntary weaknesses and infirmities . If we only sincerely desire to know the tiuth , aind
endeavour to live according to the light which is given us , this is all that will be required , to have all our past trespasses buried in ob-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1814, page 340, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02061814/page/20/
