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jMmpmis declamation about pfesitthp-Jw ^ AS- ^ fHN ^ 1 *** re ^ ° P > * $ & jntcnded t £ frighten person 3 from < £ xa-9 fko ^|> r themselves $ kG Vejigion tKey ar ^ re ^ airta to emira ce . * Th is ,, X coin s £ f | e ^ , 33 all extremely $ c ! te ; because Jf find , that in np other way , tut hy tfce iise © X this yuxnea reason , it is possiole § qr me to ascertain , Wjhct ! er tnejre- bea in th £ world , a Re relation Ironi God at if
3 J £ ^ d there be , Whether its cont&it $ are worthy t $ e JDivine perfections cqr npt . On . what other ground but this , e ^ we reject the Koran of Mahomet , j ^ Ve $ a | is ^ of the Hindoos , or , as Protcstauts universally esteem it , the absurd fo ^ d , exploded doctrine of Trausubstantir atkxt > and © tjier false notions tnaiiitained | jt l&e church of Rome ? ^ Ip « ny f ^ rly youth 1 was taught , ! jy a
pk * os and affect 100 ate parent , the Asscuablr ^ Catechism ; but , © otwitbstandin ^ tbis ^ 1 never cwld be a Trinitarian . ^ s . S 4 K >» ^ s I was a ^ l e to « n cte rstand the meainiRg of the words 1 made use of , my at
mnN $ x ^ veked ^ hatr as it always appqired to me , trithei $ tk&l doctrine * 1 oa scarcely remember the time t % rken tlteolo ^^ al subjects did not , in a Conwderable degTee , occupy my thoughts ;
m&d i& those professional inquiries in wkxch I afterwards engaged , mj objeetipasto the Athanasian TtiuJty -were trengtbened at every step . For a long ' time , that summary of the Christiandoctrine , contained in- -what is ? thougn very eifoaeousiy , called the * Apostles * Creeds expressed , with tolerable
accu-^ acy ^ t » y notions © f the doctrines 'which It eirotnerates , with the c * ceptk > h of the « « k&cefet of . Christ into hell , " which 1 did not beiieve to be a proper translation ef the Greek word Hades ; and the # cqj $ umumob of' saints / which I did x * p tw 4 cj $ tiuxd \ Dr . Clarke * ? hypotfces * s , ia Jbis 4 Senpture-Trinifcy / I
examiaed ^ but he diet not appear to me , to he able to proTe , from Scripwre , tirat third mode of beings which he thinks to ^ pec ^ ii ^ r to « i » r X « ord Jesws , and to be sonietixing' between se ) f-ex » steiice and creation . Thi * , he supposes * is expressed -hj- ^* ofato ' . >*^) Y \ h € g <> ta&n- i . which , Jiotvcvciv I ^ mss ^ tis ^ d , is only ancqm-^« a kalr itariML for * weti / wr * beat
heloved . * ; . Foi \ b Jow ^ , fctmr , vrheuy in Ae coarse » f rtiqr ? . ira / d «^ awi tfe ^ ik ^ igy objections against the doctxuw * of th < f prti ^ xipCiciuae ^ !}< mi * x > c «« c » rccd ^ . Uxfqr ii ^ ew ^ gftrji 21 y >
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suenced with the notion , ~ that it was , somehow or another , connected with ttiat dignity of Cfr rist *^|> ersori ^ v *\ xfek was n ^ ce ^ sarjr tq ^ give ValtBe tblkU ittot&s position ki behalf of mankind ; and to malte it proper Toip us to be rfeceived kitd the Divine lavomr , For * KisSake ^ " ami m consequence of wKat * he did ^ aiid sujBFefed / All this wh 3 e I shrank frbm
the broad idea , that it ; wa ^ necessary for Christ to appease the divine ^ rathj'ftnd make the all-ciercifnl Creator oi > theuiii-Terse propitious to his creatures ; and if was not till alter repeated meditation and reflections on the subject , that I perceived , that after all , mote or ! es » of this notion lay at the bottom of my views o § that reconciliation , which it is * the object of the Gospel to e&ct between God ani .
man . When my mind was complete }/ emancipated from all notions © f this sort ,, and clearly apprehended the glorious doctrine , tnat o » r heaventy Father is , and always was , of his own pure and nnpurchased love , willing the salvation of sinners , sind , for tHis very « nd , ^ e * quirinor DOtliinc : to recommend them to
his favour , but their repentance and real goodness ; then the question , Why should J esus , who announced this-plan of salvation , ( a p lan which niakes the whole ofScripture liarrnonions and coi > i > sistent with r ^ a ^ on and with itself , ) be any thing niore than a human being ? camje with fresh force upon my mind f there seemed to be nothing in histmHds
taking which a human being , divinefy " assisted , might not easily effect . '• ' ¦ u Still I thought that the language b ^ rre ^ umHy us ^ d ^ onciern in ^ nlfeSfettf && he * came down from heavepi * that he was in the bosom of thpFatifet , "&& . and the lofty expressions * Jrt > feli tl ^ ApoEtlts adopted conctroiiig UboX thfr hp ^ 'in tlie begimiing ; M W £ thatixe « was the firstwborn of e ^ nrylr ¥ ? - ture ? t * it U was * * mi ' tVfornt Sf tfatff that by ferrA < € jod &&& % 8 rW ^ t and * created all thfaigs , * && \ cMA 3 « t ) t he satisJ ^^ r % expiiir ^^ w ^ r ^ crtA admitting thp fact of W ! ffi& * && ria
for some years ; ' | heiref 6 r *^ cfuW ^ of a , e New af % ^ . l ;" fc ^ M «" not discover afcy ; end it a % Jwcijp » any just' ground of M argument- " wTaitp it afiW * edVfor m ^ ral £ wfim . n £ ^ tatiotis , tjtod tKowgh Cj ^ 'tfck wHW 9 JT •••• s ¦ .. . - ... ' - « -- •¦ ' - "**'
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# Q 0 Review * —Bvtcfier s Sermon at Brldgewater *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 680, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/30/
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