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% ftNaxareth t who was born of the Vh % gin Mary , is the trqe Messiah , ttye y ^ ry Christ , the son ofthe living Qpd , $ o whom all the prophets gave witness : And that we do highly value his death , sufferings , works , offices , and merits fbr the redemption of mankind *
together with his laws , doctrine and ministry . II . That this very Christ of God , ^ v ho is the Lamb of God , that takes away the sins of the world , was slain , Itfis dead , and is alive , and lives for ever in his divine eternal glory , dominion and power with the Father . III . That the holy Scriptures of the
Old and New Testament , are of divine authority , as being given by inspiration of God . IV . And that magistracy , or civil government , is God ' s ordinance , the good ends thereof being for the punishment of evil doers , and praise of them that do well . ' * SeweVs History of the Quakers * p , 649 .
< 6 By this and the like writings , * adds Sewel , " the eyes of many that were at the helm [ of govern , ment ] began to be more opened ; and even among the bishops were some that inclined to moderation :
for the king endeavoured as much as he could to promote the most moderate among the Churchmen to those high dignities ; and prejudice , which had blinded many in respect to the Quakers , began to abate more and more . " * When the reigning monarch manifested such a noble spirit in the
* It should have been said in p . 376 , that George Keith was 50071 afterwards ordained , instead of saying he ** had recently been ordained . " An erroneous date in the margin of the page in Sewel * s history , where the circumstance is mentioned , led me into the mistake . He was ordained by the Bishop of London , and Burnet , with whom Keith was a fellow student at Aberdeen , says he " was reconciled to the church , and is now [ in the year 1700 ] in holorders among us . '
Hisy toty Qf His own times , Vol . ii . p . 144 . flThfc telshbp says ** reconciled , ' " but Keith < fcfcver was before in communion ^ sr itn tjiflh QfeW ? fy i > % *§ W $ ' ty the the ^ a > eW , he was <> f Ute Kirk of Scot-| ab 4 . * i ¦ ¦ -,- ¦ .. '« . ?• •* >*» -
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selection of bishops and minisferi of state , W il Tio Wo 1 i < j £ tf tr ) at sojnt of tlw former . were " inclined to moderation . Utotteted as the kin ©
was in some measure by the intolerant spirit . ofthe'tituts he bestowed honours ¦< and dignities wealth and power , * ' a § much as he could , " on " the mbst mode .
rate" and deserving . No perse . cuting bigot , known to be such , could look for pFO * n © Uon at his hands , and thus did he even incline high Churchmen to Migration . This was wise ,. just , politic , and worthy of the king of a free people , the father of the glo « - rious revolution .
It was surely more to these causes than to the efficacy of such writings as the above , that fh ^ eyes of ministers and bishops were opened to their true interest , ^ iid
that they saw with increasing clearness , the advantages © fjimick and toleration . Had the kin £ been disposed to courv ^ rua nvG , ^ ai ^ u reward an intolerant zeal againet those who could not for * &&
science * sake receiyS thp , dogffl | s of the church as gospel , Vtrujtfc * * they would soon havQ discoveied that the above confession of fkHh afforded no evidence wh& . teveYifyat the persons who drew it up were free from CQ Socinian notions ^
but much presumptive evideace to the contrary . For what is its amount ? Is there any recognition in it of the doctrine of three co-eternal and co-eoual persons
in the unity of essence ? Nothing of the kind . Without saying k ^ far it agrees , or wherein it differs , J will enable your readtf to ^ compare it with the opinion of Sbcinus on the ipost ' irawBt ^
points to which it relates : * « It is my judgm ^ t that ? & *«* wasainan , Roxn . y , . i $ 9 wnpvMm « r
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046 Quaker Doctrine of ike Trinity !
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 646, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/22/
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