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178 UNITARIAN CHRONICLE .
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contrary , to . 'this , 'as in manifest apposition to the teaching of our Saviour , who has clearly separated these two powers .
THE GOSPEL . The Gospel being the' powerofGod unto salvation to every one that beiieveth , ^ RoiTh--ir 16 T -we—adept it-as our only rule of faith .
CANONICAL BOOKS . We admit , as divinely inspired , the canonical books of the Old and New Testament adopted by the primitive Church ; and , faithful to the precepts of the Saviour and his apostles , we believe the reading of the Scripture to be indispensable for those who will live godly in Christ Jesus .
SACRAMENTS . We recognize seven sacraments , all set forth in a manner more or less explicit in the New Testament , viz .,
„ BAPTISM . Mark xvi . 16 ; Acts ii . 38 ; Matt . xxviii . 19 ; John iii . 5 .
EXPLANATORY NOTE . 4 Out of the pale of the Church there is no salvation ; —such is the anathema hurled by the Church of Rome against Christians of other communions . By giving to the word Church the signification which alone it bears in the language of divine inspiration , it is easy to perceive the injustice of these haughty
pretensions . Eph . v . 25 , 26 ; vii . 15 ; ii . 20 ; Matt . xvi . 18 ; Heb . xii , 23 ; I Cor . i . 2 ; . 1 Thess . i . 1 ; Rom . xvi . 5 . The Church of Rome in vain assumes that it is the pillar and ground of truth * If . this passage refers to any particular church , it is certainly
that of Ephesus . Torn away from the Ephesians by a violent persecution , Paul had retired into Macedonia ; but he had left Timothy at Ephesus , and to him he addressed his first epistle , to instruct him how he ought to * behave himself in the
bouse of God , which is the church of the living God , the pilkr and ground of the truth . 1 Tim . iii . 15 . This text cannot prove the infallibility of the Church , since the church of Ephesus to which it relates
no longer exists . What then does it signify ? It is ( to use the words ¦ - o £ an ^ authoi ^ -to ~ whom a ^ e- ~ g . i-TC ~ --the-..-hand of fellowship , although separated from us by some shades of religious distinction ) , it is a beautiful metaphor which ought to remind the
Churches of Christ , not of their rights , but of their duties . Every church is a pillar raised in the bosom of the darkness of this age , and upon which the hand of the Lord has placed the torch of his word , to carry into the midst of men the light which will lead them unto Christ , If there is any Church which refuses to
the world the light of the divine word , and adds to this refusal the pretence of enlightening it with its own light , it resembles those columns - marked with h aughty ^ i ' nscri' ptioias , which indicate to travellers that they formerly served as a light-house to guide their uncertain steps , but which are now only ruins in the desert .
CONFIRMATION . Actsviii . 14 , 15 , 16 ; ii . 38 ; xix . 6 . THE EUCHARIST . 1 Cor . xi . 23 , 24 , 25 ; Matt xxvi . 2 ( 5 , 27 , 28 ; Luke xxii . 19 , 20- ; Mark xiv . 22 , 23 , 24 ; John yl-54 , 55 , 56 ' .
PENITENCE . John xx . 22 , 23 ; Matt , xviii . 18 ; Luke xiii . 5 ; Acts iii . 38 . EXTREME UNCTION . ' James v . . , 15 .
ORDERS . I Tim . iv , 14 ; Acts xiv , 22 ; rl 5 , 6 ; Acts xiii . 3 ; 2 Tim . i . 6 . MARRIAGE . Matt . xix . 5 ; Eph . y .. 31 , 32 .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 1, 1832, page 178, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1821/page/2/
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