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sages , making in . them a similar application of scripture to their GotL Thus the sublime propbet s ^ ys , iji another pjace , For thus saith > J [ ehovah , whp created the heavens ,, that formed , ;| he earth and made it ; Ja © bath established
it ; h , e , made it not in vain ; he formed , it to , be inhabited . lam Jehovah , and there is none else . " JLet . us use , as before , the name of the God worsliiDDed bv the esof the 0 * od worshipped by the
estabijsh ^ d sect in tbis passage , supposing first , that it had been translated from the hebrew into latin , and thence into lungl ^ h .. It \ yould
^ he ^ j hayie ^ run th ^ s : "fjThussaith $ p Tr ^ njty , who coated , ^ heavens * # . tbi » l Jfwrnedj ^ bci cgfej-h ajid n ^ ade jt : she , hath established it : slje made it riot in yaiu : she formed itto , be inhabited . " If the
P ? fi $# g& *? ad been n abated , in ** rnecjiately from the hebre ^ w , where unfortunately there , is ^ no-w , ord to express the Trinity , itirnight bo fflbfofcd thus : " Thus ; saith the rfawW ^ wW . ftreat ^ d / tb ;^ heavens he
€ | pd th ^ ^ arth : hath established it ,, w < # lkp \ h ^ t > cl » iaWi $ b « d it , or It ^ th . ^ MLfelighediiJ , !? Me , Now > vh i ^ hi ) 9 f the ^ e pronouns would be Jilje vtfftt ,, qvare all equally ap- » 'JMWWlMi' i » i . ' ^^ I h ^ -v je pbserved , tbftt the Tri- »
Jwy : igi ^ compound ; te ^ rrti , cora » *^ « WQ 4 pf , three and unity ; and J ^ c ^ arisL ?? a similar difficulty ffiSBec ^ pg . jfee Angular dnd plural f ^ fl WHMfc . "Thils <»* ince » ibe' > Xri * flllO ^ k dwl ^ fed tQ \ h& ilb * jpne fiiod W ^ r ^ riq ^ r ^ lii awfetionsj IW 8 pe cti n ^ * kful&n&f > < m * & \ Iba applicable to A ^ is G ^ ujftMi t f tbieJick ) ubt i ^(> how
me iaDentix > : apply the ^ Asv far ^ ffttftipi ^ j ni / Vfoxsdvefi tQ ' fselyy ( aift iflh ^ . 'jTrinfctyyci and , rtiiemi iJburione el s ^ , tber ^ as / jnd GtMibeshte rue ^ Or ^ We bre ihciaRFiiiityr ^ JBad ftbeTeiia none else , there is no God besides
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us ? Or are both expressions equally proper ? In the first case , the members of the ^ established sect may use the pronoun I , contemplating only the Unity , 1 am the
Trinity . In the second , they use the pronoun we , contemplating the three persons , we are the Trinity . This in poetry will have a fine effect , as it gives the writer an opportunity of . varying his
phrases ^ according as it may suit his purpose * I am not sure that this thought has not , been antici . pated ; for in the dark ages it was customary to ; bring , not only the persoas of sacred history , but even
those of ; the . Trinity , on the stage , their parts being acted by men dresj&ed tip for the occasion ; Go < 4 the FtiLthjer being an old tnan with a beardr G od the Son a pale young man with a cross , God the Holy
GJ&bost ., having doves' wings and headj&he Trinity having on a triangular hat , whence probably is derived the triangle that is seen ovea- the . altar in many places of wo »« hif ) v both of the established and thfc Romish sect . - - '
i . As ( iomplaiata are now ; pretty geriecal ^ that the belief in the Tri * . nily is now very much on the decline , might it not be useful to bring it more in sight among all parties * ( that select extracts should
be published from the bible , iri which , where God is introduced a « speaking , / the term , 3 Trinity should be used ) , as I hUve done tiii ' ( he pafesag ^ s ahoVe tqfuo ^ ed . rj'i It vvilkvthi ^ i clearly appear / i that the is
e ^ tabli shod 1 sect { Tri riitarianf / winch Cftiprjaott ^ be sejen from tbetp bibfes / iftad -perhaps it will go fsoinf way > towards determinirjig , with ! greaterJpreribion ^» this rigbli to th « title « if Umtariap . ¦¦ « w ii . ^/ » ; ' ^ 'i j il remain ^ Si r / ypawes * * * t- * . > .-t ^ BIQU 1 NQUITAS .
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On the Ttrm "Unitarian ? 237
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1812, page 237, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1747/page/29/
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