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some truthi . t ^ SeAby ^ oii ^ i answer , the most disagreeing Pfolestants that are , yet thus far agree ; I . That thoisfc fcaofon ^ tff scripture ^ which wferfe never 3 oubfc » ed of iii the cfcurch * arb the uadoubted Word of Gdd , aild a peli feet rute of faith , i- That the
sense of them , which God intended , whatsoever it is , is certainty true ; so that they bfclievfeimpHcitty « ven those very truths against which they err ; and , ; why * an rtti |> licit faith in Christ and his word , should
hot suffice a& well as an implicit faith in your Church , I have dcL sired to be resolved by maityiSf your side , but never could . & . That they ire to use their i > e $ t endeavours to believe the scrip tare
in the true sense , and to live according to iU Tbis ^ if they Taeffbrm ( ai I hope many on afi sides do ) truly and since ^ ilj ^ it is impossible but that they should felieve aright ia all things necessary to salvation : that is , ia all thifie
things which appertain to the covenant between God ; and toan in Christ ; for so much ia not oriiy plainly , bjjt frequentl y * coatairied in scripture * And believingaiiglit touching the covenant , if theyifor
their parts perform the condition required of them , vvhich i * sincere ob ^ dien ce ^ 1 vhy should they not expect that God will perform Ki ^ promise , land give tlieih salvation ? For , as for Other things whitfh be withoot the cdvenant * and mxe
therefore le ^ s necesStiry , if by reason of the seeming conillct whicb h oftentizinei l >^ twe eh ^ criptiire and reason , &tid authoiity on th ^ Iri ^ o
oiie sirfe ; and Ucxipl ^ e ^ n and authority on thV other ; it by reason ttil thk Vtafifety qf Wi » - pers , abilities * education ? , Mi ^ titiayoidabl 6 preiudicetV Whereby
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• ¦ v- ^ i > :: - - IV . i 4 oociniaris" not stlcAfrom ' Worldly Motives . Again , how incredible is it , that you sliouid believe that I forsook | he profession of your religion , as
naV suiting with ray desires and ^> i gn 5 s which yet reconciles the $ fy } oymg ' of the pleasures and projftts of sin here , with tbe hope of l * appiness hereafter , and proposes of ral
^ girea t hope tempo advance . me ; nts to the capable servants of jj , as any , nay , more than any Religion in the world ; and , in . s ^ tead of this , should chuse
Socjnianism , a doctrine , which , fiOwsqleyer erroneous in explicating tjUe mysteries of religion , and allowing greater liberty of opinion in speculative matters , than any other company of Christians doth ,
or they should do ; yet certainly , > vi } ich yoU | 1 am sure , will preteri ^ i ^ and maintain tq explicate tjiejaws of Christ vvithmweri . ^ qur , and less indulgence and condeseendence to the dejsi ms of doc
i ) esh and blood ttian ^ Qiiar - tririe doth : Apd > besides , such a doctrine , by which no man , in l > is xigdt mind , can hope for ^ ny tonour and preferment s either in K ^> is church or state , or tiny other .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1814, page 290, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2440/page/34/
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