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tfif > le » headed monster , bejngonce admitted she cares not how soon ire makes his departure by a soft and unobserved egress at the sleepy doors of indifference and practical unbelief . 44
Another advantage supposed to be derived from the doctrine of a Trinity is the accession which is thus made to our conceptions of the Divine attributes . Did we
view in the Supreme Being only those stupendous and immeasura * ble attributes which appear from his mighty works , and from the amazing operations of his hands , we might be overwhelmed with
£ he reflection , and shrink from seeking the notice , or claiming the protection of such a Being * But whilst we alternately array the Christian lawgiver with the
attributes of the Deity , and contemplate the Divine nature in conneptioji with ttose amiable and engaging virtues which sainted lW <^ Ea £ ter , of our blessed
Savj aur , iwe , become acquainted with the softer attributes of Deity ; and when ic tbe . person of the Father alone , we might be led to contemplate Mm whotbundered in Sinai , of
mthe g ^ rsans the . Tnnity we recognise the Diving graces of the gospel . Thus with incomparable sweelfjess * tfaes this doctrine mingtethe xmkj perfections of Christ ' s character qpon eaith , with the solemn ppd awful grandeur of the
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palling doctrines which seem to argue a difference of counsel and disposition in two of the persons of th' 6 Trinity , and which have so great a tendency to produce in
the mind very different and almost opposite affections towards these persons ) , how reasonable and just is the fear that the same principle which has at all times produced a strange disinclination to the exalting and purifying service of tbe
infinite * Jehovah , still operates with a secret influence upon the minds of the majority of Chris , tians , and tempts them ' to-depart from that supreme allegiance which they owe the Almighty , rn favour of unauthorized , but easier worship .
Observe , Mr . Editor , ] am-far from charging the Trinitarian with a wilful departure from true worship ; the unrestrained use , afid diligent perusal of the scriptures ,
which prevail in this country , preserve his heart and intention upright ; but , in plain truth , what is the natural tendency , however much it may be modified by other influence , of the doctrine of the
Trinity if it be not to idolatry . Who that contemplates the too natural inclination of the human mind , as shewn in the whole history of religion , can doubt the result , when by the doctrine of
the Trinity men have it in their option , to address their worship to a person of whom all th ? distinct and peculiar ideas they possess are taken frorn the history of his human life and actions : and
when to all readers of the gospel it is morally impossible that any other conception can be formed of that person , than the conception of a human form ., of human affections , and of all those quali-
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Supposed Advantages of the Doctrine of the Trinity . 405
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1814, page 405, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2442/page/21/
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