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up means contrary to reason or experience . Thus far , I believe , I have advanced nothing that will not be conceded by the liberal Unitarian ; But how do I stand with regard to the Trinitarian ?
Certainly , if my tenets are brought to the test of the doctrine of three persons , I can expect no favour ; but so far as the Divinity of Jesus Christ , in the proper
meaning and application of the term , is concerned , I see no reason why we should be at issue ; for I believe that in him was displayed all that ever will be displayed of Deity to his creatures ! The power , the wisdom and the
Jove of the Supreme , may , indeed , and assuredly will , be exhibited in a more effulgent and glorious
manner ; but the magnificent accompaniments of ten thousand splendid suns , will still be only act ompanimentsfonly the effects ofthe I ) ivine operation , not the Divinity himself 1 And it will be the
employment of faith , through them , to conceive of the wondrous perfections and attributes of the one invisible and incomprehensible Je-HOVAH . Under the human and created form of Jesus Christ , I perceive the Deity instructing his creatures , reconciling them to himself , and saving thtm from ruin The mind of the Saviour , Jesus Christ , I believe to have been gradually formed by divine agency till U was
completely filled with the knowledge and love of God himself . Constantly preserved , ' ( and there * fore entirely free , ) from any admixture of error and sin , I regard the precepts which fell from ahia lips as the teachings of God
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himself , the actions he performed , as those of Deity . He was a pure vehicle , prepared and preserved for the „ reception and display of the divine perfections and attributes , but still he was only a vehicle , a created medium , and when I
worship him , I worship not the human nature , but the one God , whose glorious and gracious character and operations were and are resident in it . In heaven , the same form , adorn , ed with glorious splendour , but
beaming with matchless love , will be , I apprehend , the eternal medium of our future worship . Still we shall not worship the resplendent glory , nor the benignant form , but we shall through these , adore and love an invisible and incom
prehensible Being , whose perfections and attributes are thus graciously and condescendingly en < - shrined , in accommodation to our natures , and in order that our
devotional feelings may be elevated to com pleat ec 3 tacy ! For the scriptural grounds of these views , I must refer to the work itself , and remain , Sir , With much respect , Your friend and servant , JAMES CLARKE .
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Letters to a Studenty LETTER IV , The preceding hints , my Eugenius , have been suggested not so much by an idea of their
importance in themselves , though that be considerable , nor principally , as general rales of conduct ; but particularly on account of their connection wkh the great object , tft which thft year * yam will spend
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438 s Letters to a Student . — -Letter IV .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 428, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/20/
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