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John L 1 , % 1 John v . 20 , and Rom . ix . y . say nothing approach . ing the doctrine of the Trinity , ^ although they have been thought to favour the indwelling or Sabel-Iran scheme .
Th& last paragraph , selected by A . B . from this Confession of faith , speaks , it is true , of divine libnour and Worship , being due to ¥ he * Son of God , and that he is to be prayed unto , and his name called upon as ihe primitive Christians did , because of the glorious tirrion of the Father and the Son .
Biit the text 3 referred to , John v . 23 , ' Heb . i . 6 . 1 Cor . \ . % Acts vii . $ 9 , and John x . 30 , are in . stfflrcient to authorize otir
addressing prayers to Christ , as the second person iii the Trinity , as those ? who profess that doctrine frequent-^ ly-do . And these early Quakers ' themselves sdem to haVe recollected before they completed this
sen-{ tence , that prayer and praise to be really acceptable , should be offered up to God , in and through his dear Son / 7 and that to such prayers onl y coulid a gracious answer be reasonably expected .
I will subjoin the paragraph which follpws the last of those selected by A . fe , in order to give your readers more full , definite and correct information of the belief of the Friends , as expressed in thi « document , than he has chosen
to exhibit , concerning the person of Christ . As to the "Quaker doctrine of the Trinity , * ' I much
doubt the propriety of at all using the phrase , except it be to shew how ^ far the Society have been from recognizing that tenet " as ah article of its faiih , ** We sjnqerely confess and believe ^* say they ,
* ' That CfyristX hpcj y that was cru , qified was not the Godhead , yet by the power of God was raised from the dead ;
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and that the same Christ that wa * therein criicirf ^ d , ascended into iHeaven and glory , * is not que »; ioned by us . His fle < h saw no corruption *}* . k did not corrupt , but yet doubtless his body was changed into a more giorioust and heavenly condition , than " tVsras in , when
subject to diveis sufferings on earth , but how and what manner o { change it met withal , after ' twas raised from the dead ; so as to becorne such a glorious "body ( as ' tis declared to be ) , is too wonderful for mortals to conceive , apprehend or pry into ( and njore fit for angels to see ); the scripture is s . lent therein , as to the manner thereof . aj , d we are not curious to
elnquiTe or dispute it ; nor d 6 we esteem it necte ^ a ry to make ours el ves wise aboveJJ wha * t is written , as to the manner or condition of Christ ' s glorious body , as in heaven , no more than to enquire how Christ appeared in drVers manners orforms& or ho * be caxiie in amoog his or
disciples , the d 9 ors being shut , ^ how he vanished out o-f their sight , after he was risen . However we have cause to believe his body , as in heaVeA , i ' s changed into a most glorious condition , far transcending what ' twas in on earth , otherwise how should our low body be
changed , so as to be made like unto his glorifcjtts body **; for when he was on earth , and attended with fcufferiogs , he was said to be like unto us in all things * sia or ^ ly excepted y- \ - \ - which may not be so said of hitn as now in a stace of glory , sts he prayed fdr , « otherwise 'where would be the change , both in him and in us ? -- ^ Fol . edit . p . 644 .
Such a cdmpa * risoni ^ is tiie foregaing , scrifHura ! as h is , could liartHy have been fftade by any con ^ Eent Trinitai * ia ) n , but it is perfedt-ly cotisonawt with the pure
'Unitarran ^ oc ^ rihe , as it is also With l the concluditt ^ paragraph of ^ WlsCdnf fe ssion of Faith , which was g ^ n fo rt ^ h * 6 clear the S ^ iety of Frieri <^ s , Trotn ih « aspersions of George Kertlh , who had Tecently
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9 t ® Qvafa * Doctrine of the Trinity *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1813, page 376, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2429/page/20/
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