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    . - < i r-rtjs ? qo . " ~ - formed , jnt ^^^^ r the Y ^ rg i ^ tHffi&iiJieftrtSawntion . of a . man , t * y the i io # e * ^ F the < fitfine spirit . Matt . i . qo 23 * ILuke i- 35 i > 5 and that being" thus

    born , he wa * . at first capable of suffering an 4 mortal , 2 Cor . xiii . 4 . till having discharged here on earth the duty assigned him by God , he afterwards ascended into heaven , and became immortal , and no longer liable to sufferings . Rom vi . 9 . The divine sonship ofCnaisT can be referred to his nature

    only so far as it relates to this , that Christ was formed in the womb of the Virgio without the instrumentality of a man . by the divine power . For the angel foretold to the Virgin o £ whom he was born * that on this account he should be called the Son of God , Luke i . 35 .

    and of consequence his own and only begotten Son ; as no other person ever was the Son of God in the same way , by the immediate origin of his being . ** Bat Jesus is thus styled > principally because he is the person whom his name indicates him to be , namely Christ . Jesus is a name applicable to him

    merely ^ a man- but Christ is the rfame that points out the great eminence and $£ fdjenc <§ of cijai ^ acter conferred on him by Go b ; , for ? JJ 19 word God is erery Were to'fee understood after it , as if it ¦ &ad Beeri £ xprVss 4 y written The Christ

    « flri % jjn . : / £ rhis eminence arose from his l * # g " tJlftKing : of God ' * people . Kings ^ fjje ,, sjjppp ^ n ted o ver his people , and fooinfed t > y a tfivine ordinance ; there-~ fc > r& fcney we ' re called the anointed of Goi > , or hisCh ^ ists , for this is the

    . ip ? $ Htof th ^ , wprd Christ . This name whi < # L $ asin some sense applicable to F tliehi , was applicable to Jesus in the ritofet proper and absolute sense , and had ^ . foree } when given to him , not belongj ? &to k when bestowed on them . For 4 pus ypjify in the highest , truest , and most peculiar sense , the King of God ' s pe&lci . " l

    - Jiv A * to the opinion commonly receivcd , that £ fiRisT is the only begotten of poj ^ tiecause he and tio one besides him wa ? begotten of the divine substance , I fcgartilda ^ a mere human invention , it . aot by any means agreeable to the

    • J ^ T ^ SctiptUfcp , which make no menft ^ IvS j Sfo ? " / i ^ gr ^ ncration from the sub-SSrfe wCfSb Himself , and as entirely wpwgtttirt t ! 6 6 bun ^ reason , which abhors tho >< th 6 tight ofi God ' s begcttfrig ¦>! i ! 2 S \ P * t own substance like corruptible ™* iM r& mMfi&in&mdh&l and sim-*§ h * msmx oAd tmuiA Mtfria&iV

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    multi pl ^ d ^ or , that remaining entire and ; ri ^ mfeHcal l ^ offe , fi should be common to hiariy . ct To this let it be added , that the Scripture plainly explains the true and divi de filiation of Christ , as we just now shew * -

    edy when vre spoke of his conception , in the womb of the Virgin ; and ex pressly uses as synonimous the phrases ** Jesus was the Christ /* and ** Je $ u $ was the Son of God . Matt . xyi . t ^ m Mark viiu ag . Luke ix . ao . Matt . xxvi . 63 . Mark xiv . 61 . Luke xxii + 67 . 69 . John xx . 31 . Hence . it appears because Jesus was not the King of the people of God , and so o the Christ 10 the highest and most absolute sense .

    till after he rose from the dead , that it was said he was constituted the Son of

    God by his resurrection from the dead , and was then begotten by God when God raised him from the dead / ' Kom , i . 4- Acts xiii . 33 . Soc . Opera , torn i . p . 654- Or , Memoirs of the Life , < Scc of F . Socinus , by Joshua Toulmin . P . 178—181 .

    For the sake of brevity , I wave giving your readers the just ideas of this celebrated author respecting the scriptural designation of Christ as the Lamb of Gqd * but I would recommend A . B » tocon ^ sider them seriously , and carefully

    notions he may happen to have adopted , instead of the doctrines of the eacly Quakers . But if he can , let him shew in what particulars the abovrvoranyother equally

    well-authenticated profession of primitive Quakerism , approaches nearer to

    the recognized doctrine of the Tri - nity than the extracts I have adduced from the writiugs ofq , nYaji , who in the estimation o /^ Wil&am Pennv * v had » + foiw many *< tAiflgs y * respecting th £ GhrtsfjHip dbctWh ^ cl < *«^ Jlf ^ i % ^^ nts contemporaries * " rally can-

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    to compare his sentiments as above given , with the foregoing confession , of faith . If A . B . should favour ^ your readers with such a comparison ,- ! hope he will not travel out o £ ~ the record , or give us any Trinitarian

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    ¦ ? Quaker Doctrine of th $ Trinity , > 7 64 f

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1813, page 647, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2433/page/23/