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to be savedy&tid t 0 4 e © tbe ttMoNhe knowledge of the truth . To illustrate V s ^ d establish this proposition , FaSil alleges the Unity of Go <| and ^ t ^ Buiaanity t ) f our Lord . The force t $ eti ;< $ fUl ] e' writer ' s argument , depends on the liberal , uureserved acceptation of his words , on God ' s being strictly one , on the mediator ' s being absolutely man . His language , again , must be interpreted by facts , not by an arbitrary hypothesis ; by its context , not by the creeds of later agesand it is conclusive no less Against every theological system , which destroys or impairs the paternal character of the
Deity > than against the doctrines of a conjunction of ti # ture , s in Jesus Christ and a plurality of persons in the Godhead . If the GosjVSl be glad tidings of great joy for all people , it is because * there is , ' without any ( Qualification , * one God , and one Mediator—the mau
Christ Jesus / Thus , the argument for the Divine Unity , from the Scriptures , and , 1 humbly think , that from creation , goes further than to * an unity of counsel r " it ^ establishes an unity of person . " —Pp . 35 > 36 . The mutual relation of the tenets here asserted is shewn , in the last head , to be proved by the instruction , comfort and hope , which they jointly impart to the sons of men They represent God as a Father , and the M ^ iator as ' 4 Jrbrother . Christ ' s sameness of nature to man in general is
the ground of his compassion for mankia ^; it makes him a fit pattern of duty and reward ; it constitutes his resurrection a pledge o / f ^ fae general resurrection ; and it qualifies , Uiwi to be the Judge of quick and dead .
In applying kisudiscouree--to the occasion of the meeting , Mr . Kentish takes a brief review or the history of the Western Unitarian Society , and presents an animated picture of the triumphs of Christian truth , at home and abroad . He then proceeds / ind concludes , ' * Why , mv brethren , do I remind you
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wetodyin the sariie measure , to some ot ^ ier re ^ eatled tenets . ; e ^ peciaJly ^ sbould > tte two pr 6 pfrsiiCptt £ relate serei ? all y ^ fco ^ rjd ^ i ttd Christ . I entreat you mi e ^ i ^ aglin Paul ' s uieniorabie statemeut . tiow
devmd is it ^ 'of obscuiity ; how en tire k tsautrast with w * erely huni ^ i creeds , terms and phrases ! We , my brethren , I spe ^ k without hesitation , we , and they whose adoration is directed as ours is , are the * ^ only persons in tlie Christian world , who can employ this language , as the apostle employed it , literally and verbally , witliout the smallest mental addition or reserve . The distinction made between tlfe
Beings who ^ e deeply interesting names are introduced , is the clearest which can be conceived . They are distinguished , in respect of the nature of each , as God and man : they are distinguished , with regard ' to their characters under the
gospel , as the fountain and the channel of all spiritual blessings in heavenly places . Add to these clauses , or take any thing from them , and you are instantly lost in a labyrinth of error : you exchange apostolic simplicity for the dialect of the schools . Receive the words without a
gloss : adhere to them strictly , in your « l > eculatioiis and your practice , and you will neither exhibit nor countenance any approach to idolatrous devotion . If there be * one God , and the Messiah be discriminated from him as * the man Christ Jesus / it is evident tlfat Deity belongs not to the Lord of Christians in any of the modifications or qualifications with which some hold that he is of divine
i auk : it is equally certain that he cannot be the just object of religious homage . From the declaration that he is a human being , it , again , follows undeniably , that he is not a pre-existeut spirit ; and thus the unity of the Great Supreme is still
further guarded . Were Jesus a superhuman or angelic spirit ; were he , under God , the Creator of the world ; were he , though inferior to the Father , yet , in some way , uudefined and inexplicable , of identical glory with him , how easily and insensibly , would men hence be led
to ascribe to our Saviour essential Deity , the very nature that he disclaimed , the very honours that he' prohibited ! The mind that duly reflects on the instructions of Scripture , and ou the aualogy and course of Providence * fiuds no
restingplace , in its medltalffltis upon the Author of the blessings of the Gospel , and the instrument of communicating . them , from the * one God' to the * man Christ Jesus : * and Paul writes , as though he beheld with a prophetic eye the sad effect of mutually separating those doctrines ,
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page 662, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/46/
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