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    Sa&Bnia is ^ ur Jawful pm ^ e , and we Vnow it isro » 4 frty . to respect him *' This t * aitf was quite charaelseirjtstic of vthe ? Vai $ oi& $ f all tke virtues mfeicfe tender them ^ dear to the heart of all whot fcnow , them , ; HOB §/ is more remaAT able , considering the circumstances in which they ace placed , thap their )

    moderation . Never do you hear from their lips a severe , reflection upon those who wrong them , or any contemptuous expression respecting the 5 grossest superstitions of their mistaken brethren * The pastoro in spea&ipgi of the Catholics call them " our brethren of the other communion , " jpvO bably to avoid the use of the term Catholic , which cannot be conqeded them ^ and that of Papist , which might give offence .

    It was delightful to see on what affectionate tej * ms M . Rostaing lives amongst his warm-hearted flock , and I was sorry when the words , Adieu * Monsieur le Pasteur ; le Bon Dieu votis accompagne ! " were returned with " Adieu , Ancien ! Adieu , Diacre ! " Adieu , Eider 1 Adieu , Deacon ! ( for titles of honour are always carefully observed even amidst the eternal snows of th $ Alps , ) and all sought their respective habitations * I returned , in company with the pastor alone * to the inn at Clos , and our conversation was pro * longed . I did not lead to it , but the conversation returned to the subject of

    the person of Christ , He observed , that pur sentiments accorded upon th most essential points ; and , encouraged by the frankness of his manner , I took the liberty of asking him , whether he thought it possible that two beings os persons should , in the same sense of the term , be God ; as it appeared to me that the strongest argument for the exclusive Deity of the Fattier was derivable from the nature and definition of Deity , " Why , " replied h& * . " what would be the consequence ? Would . it pot be , that there would be no God at all ? Either their opposing attributes and different wills must

    nullify one another , so that we should have tip Governor of Nature ;; or , if their wills afld attributes were the same , and consequently coalesced * they wau | d 4 > elong appropriately to neither , and neither of them would be God * I am clear of this * hxktj' added he ,, " I have always found a difficulty in interpreting the beginning of John ' s GospeU" I remarked , that the Word being said to be with God , shewed that at least when , he was said to be God , \ t was not intended that he was so in the same sense in which the Deity

    himself is so : and that when it was said " that all things were made , or done , " by him / ' the subject of John ' s Gospel being the Christian dispensation , and not the creation of the world , it was natural to interpret it of the former and not of the latter . " " I am not clear , " rejoined M . Rostaing , " respecting the meaning of < the whole passage , but so far I think is certain : he who is with God , cannot be God himself , properly speaking ; for if I have a person with me , and I send him away , * me voila bien tot seul , ' , 1 am immediately

    left alone . The person who goes , away and executes commands must surely be distinct from , and inferior to , him who remains and by whom the command was issued . And why is Christ even said to be with God at all , but because he derives honour from being near the Deity } Even when the kingdom of the Messiah is spoken of , it is aa subordinate to the ; Father that he is represented as reigning . For David says , * The Lord said unto my Lord * , Sdi ikon at my right hand , wntillmake thine enemies thy footstool ,-Psalm ex * !• The monarch who places a person at his right hand , con- ^ fers , indeed , the highest honour , but at the same time he makes k « toiwR his

    own superiority , at * d that be i& the source from which ; honour proceeds It ia true , on the other hand , c 6 ntmued M * Rosfoing , " that our Saviour ^^ 1 and Tny Father are one * But is not the ambassador one with his prince / if he faithfully ^ xecute ^ liis dewgns ; and is not to comply with the

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1827, page 810, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1802/page/26/