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tatieaft t ^ ft & * & ; S&&dma wece not Sabbatarian : <* What is the fomrth commandment ? «« BememMt the SUBba ^ may to keep it fiety . " "What do you think of this command * - meat ? _ ¦ ~ ' ¦
I conceive that what wa& ritual and ^ arntf " in lt has been dbne away , with the * other legal rites : —in , the stead of ^ Yacih Christ * the master or * a more perfect deyation , has introduced ? tike true hofydays 6 f a perpetual SafebayBy which consist in the constant celebration ••¦ of tne Btvihe name ^ and a perpetu al ? abstinence
from sm . " But why was it inserted in theBteealogue ? u Principally for this , reason , that the Sabbath was in a peculiar manner the
sign of the covenant between God and the li ? r $ eytes , By which he gave t $ enr re ^ from , their toils in Egypt ; as appears from some passages of Scripture (© eut . v . 15 : Exodl xx . t 2 ) . 0 ii which account
tjie observation of the Sabbath-was some * what more holy than the other ceremonies * God seems besides to have designed that there should exist some m $ ? Q 9 riai ttiafc the most excellent pant of the Mosaic Law wasmoti perfect , and ; that than hat
a , L ^^ more , perfect t of Mos s es should ^ ucceed , namely , the . Law cwf-Chri $ t rt Has not Christ appointed that the day called the Lord's-day should he observed instead of the Sabbath ?
" By no means ; sihce the Christian retigwn , a ^ it takes away other ce remoniea ^ as : they are called , does , also wholly abolish the distinction oft day # , as the apostle plainly intimates , Colose . ii . 16 ;
Bom , xiv , 5 , 6 ; Gal . iv . 10 ., 11 . But as we perceive that the Lord ? s * day was in early times observed by Christians , we assume the same liberty ourselves , and freefy allow it to other Christians . "—Pp , 21 ft—220 i
From a note of Wissowatius * on this passage , it appears that some of the Palish brethren , whose opinion Ue espouses , n&ajfotairied the perpetual ° Higation of the comnaand of abstu neuce from hlo ^ 4
These Reformers were divided in their , judgments on the question ^ whetner it were lawful to exercise magis-^ Wey amd to < foea ^ r arm s . Thrfr worils abbund withtr ^ ct ^ on ^ bpth sides of the controversy . Spciiius was in favour w - % common oriimon , but he pro r wm < & itiacQ » ipati % wifli Clfffejtiap W ^ y to proceeid , ev ^ in the . e ^ erciaa kfc ^ P ^ m ^ w ^ W to ; sfe ^ . metfa ^ m ox to , mmaate mm bodies *
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Some of the Polish Refornaei ^ entertained simp ^ with * regard t % tW Ia ^ vfidnes&i &f oa ^ hs , a | l ^^ t oi *' ¦ - ] 0 to misspigr oatha , that ha $ ® $ ylew ? to future , Gceuraences , eo ^ c&irui ^; \^ oh vaepi a ^ = uncMi ^ a&i ; an ^^ iiaa ^ , therefore ' , easily fb&vtmm thgmmivs&" . ( p . &i 4 > N ^ ote of WissQ ^ at |«| s ^)
We . haw now gmie through t&e Catechisin ,. a nd * rsviem&gi tiie : impor tant s ^ hJiB ^ ts whiel * i * embraces , tihfe light which iti-. &ffcfam upon th © St ? idp twa-e , the w . eigfe 6 of mason whfeb th ^ jpe is m the text , and the useful leaning whieli i& found i «; the notes , we cannot
but feel thankful to Dr ., T * Rees ^ fm rendering' it , accessible to the Eaglish reader . OiP tli ^ V 9 . 1 ue of his . ovi ^ ol notes we h ^ Lve befoi ^ sp oken . Tthe tpan&li tiou iii . those passages which we have compared with the original is accujsat $ , aadi this is ? the only merit that in a
work o * tins description couki have hem * expected . A flight ? ii&pwveptitkigz might , we conceive , be made ik t& ^ form of the work , Uy distinguisHte the Questions and' Answers H j t | jj £ initial prefixes of Qk and $ .. li ^ thia orijmixai' the Questions , ace na ^ aj : Jie < t by itaffis .
The ftitroductioii is a , j adiciou * coin pendium o £ Socinian history . The author traces up the dfcniali of the doctrine of the Trinity sinfee the Rtefo ^ mation to the Anabaptists of ( 3 r&rtit $ mf and' Holland , of wfeOna ^ Martiu * €
ffellarius , the contamporary and associate of Luther and Melancthon , is the most distinguished , tewis Hetzier wasiand ^ ther Anti-trinitariau of this period .- he was put to death , though it is Dtot certain on what account , at Constance ,
in - ther , yeast 1529 * la conjunction \ vitii John JDenkius , a profound ! Mebrew scholar , Hfetzer published ; in 1527 , a German translation of the ptophetieal books . Denkius wa ^ aJbo aa . Anjtutrinitarian , and the fame of these two
learned men is said to * have spread ^ intQ Italy ,, and to have had titae- effeet ) of bringing over to ttoeir opinions many individuals in that * country Utetam anism is then followed thWtefci * * tt&
history of CattitHantts , Mbm * * &&& and Claudius , to trie ceteBrate * 8 f § 5 vetus , whose dis < j ^ ve ) cy , ft ^ p § ^ fS | artioa of t % wood ; ^ ^ miiMvM P fate , 1 ^^ x xtmq ^ xWP $ fc * % tMW A s ^ iqpin ^ t accpi ^ t o ^ tl ?^ m | Lrtmt the < loMm& > o £ r th # j QMbu ^ Ujwy . fe given , but as the story of hishSWurtC
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1820, page 235, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2487/page/43/
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