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Christ—both as he was God , and as he was man . —About 1675-From William Penst . 10 . Thou must not , reader , from my querying thus , conclude we do deny those glorious three which bear
record in heaven ; the Father , Word , and Spirit ; neither the infinity , eternity , and divinity , of Jesus Christ ; for that we know he is the mighty God . Guide Mistaken , 1668 ,
11 . After quoting" some Scripture texts , in which Christ is called the Saviour : he says , " From which I conclude Christ to be God ; for if none can save , or be staled properly a Saviour but God ; and yet that Christ is said to save , and properly
called a Saviour , it must needs follow that Christ the Saviour is God . " Again — ' * In short , this conclusive argument for the proof of Christ the Saviour ' s being God , should certainly persuade all sober persons of my innocency , and my adversaries'
malice . He that is the everlasting wisdom , the divine power , the true light , the only Saviour , the creating word of all tilings ( whether visible qr invisible ) and their upholder , by his own power , is , without contradiction , God . But all these
qualifications and divine properties are , by the concurrent testimonies of Scripture ,, ascribed to the Lord Jesus Christ : therefore , without a scruple , I call , and Relieve him really to be , the mighty God . " Jnnocency with her Qpen Face . 1669 .
12 . At the time of our disputation * r ith T . D ., T . V ., T . D ., and W . M ., at the Spittle , being engaged in the negative concerning the common doctrine of distinct and separate
personality , he , T . F ., and some others , fell into great intimacy with us , &c . $ tc . When my book in titled " The Sandy Foundation Shaken , ' * came out , &c . these men . at least T . F ., was
ready to believe me nearer akin to them , than God knows , I * qas ; that is to say , \ i \ denying the Divinity of CJirjst . At this time what would he not have done for me , if I might have
believed hirn ! and in reality the u * a n was wonderfully taken ; but winch , yra& grievous , he was shamefully mistaken 5 and when he ca . me to read my confession to Christ ' s eternal Godhtf *( L in my ]\ t # e bopjf , entitled
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" Innocency with her open Face /* ( though he had another , called " The Guide Mistaken /* that , p . 28 , abundantly doth the same , which was writ , and read by him before the ' * Sandy Foundation" was thought
of , ) he deserted me , broke all bonds of friendship , &c . &c . He would have it a retraction , &c . &c . And though I sought his friendly beliaviour , &c . &c . yet so invincible was his displeasure , that there was no holding for me of his good will , and believing Christ to be God . *
13 . Reader , thou plainly seest that they believe the light to be divine , and the Scriptures to t * e of divine authority ; that they own the Scripture Trinity or Holy Three , of Father , Word , and Spirit , to be truly and properly one ; that Christ is God ,
and that Christ is man ; that he came iii the flesh , died , and rose again , ascended , and sits at God's right band , the only sacrifice and mediator for man ' s happiness . Key opening the Way to every Ccupacity , fy-c . 1692 .
14 . We believe him ( Christ ) according to Scripture , to be the Son of Abraham , David , and Mary , after the flesh ; and also God over all , blessed for ever . Testimony to the Truth of God . 1698 .
15 . Even so come Lord Jesus , and more and more set up thy kingdom in the souls of the children of men - that the holy will of thy Father may be done in earth : that mercy and truth , righteousness and peace may
embrace and kiss each other ; so shall the kingdoms of this world become the kingdoms of the Lord , and of his Christ , who is God over all blessed for ever . Conclusion of 41 Reply to a nameless Author .
From Robert Barclay . 16 . Among tbe Protestants , I know the Socinians are great pretenders to the Scriptures , and in words exalt them as much as any other people ;
and yet it is strange to see how , that not only in many things they are not agreeable to them , but in some of their chief principles quite contrary 3 as in their denying the Divinity of Christ , which is as expressly mentioned as ajny T ' l" ' ' ¦ ' " ' - " * As this passage is rather long in the original , I h a ^ ve pun }* a few VpeUfcks in it .
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343 Extracts from Friends * Writings .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1817, page 348, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2465/page/28/
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