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    tire trro ^ i ; wliom , therefore , God hath highly e . \ alted 1 and g , rv \ n a narre which ia afebfce cVery name ^ thii C In the name of Jcsas every knee bhouUl bow to God , aiid every f . cngue should confess that Jesus Christ 'is- l ^ iyi < & , to the glory of God the Fathtr .

    3 . We have hope in the Future State of Happiness ;> nd Resr , v . h . ch Jesus came to Ttvtia'l "; ^ it'h regard to which , as the rnortal defendants of Adani , we acknowledgeourselves tp'have no hope ; to which , as accountable creatures , we pretend to have no rneritoiious claim of light ; since though , we had

    discharged oar '"' ^ hole fiut ' y * we are still unprofitable servants , and should even have done no raore than it was our duty to do , but as we have all been guilty of actual sin , we are all the ob jects of his just displeasure ; yet hath he' been pleased , " by Jesus Christ , to call

    us * to repentance , ant ) , on repentance , hath not only offered us pardon , but haih even engaged to accept our impel feet obedience , ahd reward it with e ^ rriai life . Still , however , though we profess to have no claim of right by merit , tve rejoice in the decided preference which God hath thus shewn

    tp that obedience , * which constitutes the proper pe / fection and happiaess of his r ^ ationdl afttf moral creatures ; that he hath " 'Still , " by this- appointment , constituted 'froFiness ' of heart , and excellence of conduct , the essential requisjtes > though not the meritorious cause , ^ f our acceptance' ja : id final salvation .

    L ^ iic ry ; we cdnceive , are the constituent ^ principles or leading articles of wr Christian hope . ' Secondly : v , ith regard to the motbres which shall influence our tond ^ iict as jy embers of this association , wr-trust that it will ever be our

    earnest de-ire and object to propose the " rcasdbb of our hope Cl with meekness and fear . ' * With meekness and humihty 9 in contradistinction to that spirit e £ pride , and lust of pre-eminence , whsch might lead us to seek to have donijnifon over thd faith , rather than 10

    be i hvlpers of th £ joy , of those to vvhoAfi we address ourieives ; and with fear—of God , lest we should usurp his 3 Ort : hbiiry , 'and judge uncharitably of Ouriiefew' Christians who think dif-^ Hcritijr . fVdrii \ ) a ^ - of ourselves , le > t We Shoulxft traiisgrfcss the bounds of mode « - 1 T aitd ^ detidrurnV prescribed " to us by iatUre < M 4 '• 'reftS ^' B ? , a& V ^ U at 'by rcU-

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    g \ on—of othcrs , les t we sliouId ^ ave them just ground of offence , &pd injure me cause ^ hich we profess t « ^ crve . Such a conduct is peculzar ' y

    incumbent on us , who lay no . claim to any exclusive privileges on account of our creed . We call ourselves Unitari .-insj but we do not believe that we shall have any advantage hereafter O ' er Tri . nitarians whu equally feel and act as Christians , Members of the Church of

    England , and also of the Church of Rome , we d < sire to regard as brother-Christians j though they may not acknowledge us a- > such . We protest against the corruptions and abuses which we believe to have been introduced into Christianity , and still to subsist , in a greater or less degree ,

    among all communities of Christians ; but if they be sinctre in their belief " , we have no preudice against the pei ^ pns of . any . We readily believe that they honestly follow the light that God has given them ; which is all that we can

    pretend to do : and if we aspire alter a greater purity et faith , we ought it * shew our faith by our works 5 distin ^ guishing ourselves by a greater zeal in the cause of the gospel , and especially in the practice of the duties of k .

    For we trust that n is our dcsiie always carefully to remember , that the end of all reli g ion is practice ; that trie gospel is " a doctrine according to godliness , in hope of eternal life ; " " and if we enjoy any advantage over the rest of our fellow Christians , it is in this , that we possess the means of

    enforcing the motives to godliness , which arise from this hope , ( a ho ye which Jesus alone has brought to sure and crrfain light , ) by representing ic as the , offer of a kind and gracious Father , by a faithful and obedient messenger j who by his doctrines , example and

    promises , has supplied us with everjr needful assistance and encouragement , to seek for glory , honour , anc } immortality , by a p-. - . ttent continuance in well-doing . We trust that we thus possess the rr . o * t efficacious motives to the love of God and of the Lord Jesu *

    Chri t , to the love of oar neighbour , us ourselves , and to the cultivaron of piety and all v . rtue . On these principles it will be consider . J by us as . the most important riart of our design , 11 » provide for distribution among c / ur h-iei-ds * , * pufticwUrly'tfvr young ; ffieiHU ,

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    J / iteltigeMce- — - Unitarian Tract Society , Newcastle vponTyne . \ % l

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1814, page 191, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2438/page/55/