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merely observe , that cold as may be the feelings of Unitarians , surety a sentiment like this is eminently calculated to rouse them from their apathy . What , shall it be said , that the great and good Father of all , " in whom , ( to adopt the language of an
apostle , ) we live and move and have our being , " * whose mercy is from everlasting to everlasting ; t he who hath solemnly proclaimed himself to be the Lord God merciful and gracious , long-suffering , and abundant in
goodness and truth , keeping mercy for thousands , forgiving iniquity transgression and sin j" % the sole great source of all our past enjoyments , the only sure anchor on which to rest our
future hopes—is he indeed , without an adequate ransom paid , by a second Almighty Being , a consuming fire ; severe , implacable and cruel ? What would have been the reply of our divine Master , who declared that
there was none good but one , that isGod } " § who stated it as being an "essential requisite to the attainment of eternal life to love the Lord our God with all our heart , and with all our soul , and with all our strength ' ?||
What would have been his reply to any one who should have adventured on such an assertion ? Yet , alas ! this is held up , and by many pious people , as an essential part of vital Christianity !
"My anonymous correspondent pro * ceeds as follows : There was something in Mr . Vernon ' s manner , and something in the request itself , that went at once to Dr . Stock ' s heart 5 he left Mr . Vernon , and bursting into tears , prayed , as he said , not to his
God , but to God reconciled to man through Jesus Christ . —With the same view he took up his Bible , and hesitation vanished and certainty suc ceeded when he read these memorable words , * Ye believe in God , believe also in me . ' Ever since that time , every line that he read and every
connexion , and applied literally , then did our Lord make it a condition of becoming * his disciples , to hate father and mother and even life itself , and the Romish doctrine of transubstantiation is firmly established . 1 * Acts xvii . 28 . -f Psalm ciii . 17 . t -Exo 4 . xxxiv . < 6 , 7 . § Matt , xix , 17 . II Luke x , 27 .
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prayer that he uttered ,, seemed only to confirm his faith in the blessed doctrine of thjb atonement . " My unknown friend concludes with the following words : * ' May your experience be similar to Dr . Stock's , is the earnest prayer of your sincere well-wisher l From the whole of this letter , I cannot
doubt of the sincerity of my correspondent ' s good wishes ; but as the truth of the system recommended depends upon the feeling of the moment , not argument or rational conviction , it cannot produce the desired effect
upon one who has not that feeling , and more especially as the deduction drawn from the particular instance brought forward , appears to my mind to throw the weight into the contrary scale . " When , " says my correspondent , " Dr . Stock read these
memorable words , ' Ye believe in God , believe also in me / hesitation vanished , and certainty succeeded , " Certainty , of what ? That our divine Master , the person speaking , aud the great
Creator of all things , ( whose name alone is excellent ^ ) of whom he s pak e , were one and the same being ? But it is unfair , perhaps , to appeal to reason , where all reasoning is virtually disclaimed . Here therefore we must
rest , having no common medium that affords any prospect of our respective modes of faith approximating nearer to each other . As , however , I have no apprehension that the mere creed of my friend , however mistaken or erroneous I may deem it , will qperate
as an exclusion to heavenly happiness , provided it be accompanied by a truly pious mind , and a heart sincerely devoted to God and his service ; in this respect at least my creed has unspeakably the advantage , as I may and do entertain and encourage the
transcendent hope of our happy meeting hereafter , when a few more short days are over , through the unpurchased mercy and infinite goodness of our common Father , in those exalted regions where error and infirmity will have no more
place , and where we may rejoice together , in communion with the wise and good of all sects and parties , tongues and kindreds , in his righteous government and universal providence In attempting , Mr . Editor , an extensive survey of the state of religion » f WTf I ^ IMut II » 1 * l » t 1 I . I ILlWl I .. 1 , 1 111 1 « 1 IIH . LIUJ j .. ¦ i ^ f Psal m exlyiii . 13 .
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Mrs * Cappe on Dr . Stock ' s Conversion ttf Trinitcrianism . 113
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1818, page 113, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2473/page/33/
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