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my ^ i&riffifrvW thfe Lord Jesus . * Afctl wh ^ i Pa « y tSffl Ms aariffis lip ^ h € K ^ ti , * h ^ rt oly Spirit : fcifife flit tfe'M : &iA tfey sp ^ ke # itb tongues , atid p ^ oph ^ feti / ' In like rirannef , it fttitfefftit' fr&tt « & same histoiy thdt Apollo hii ^^ elf , in the edrKest stage of Ais £ u&ifc r&i&tous fife , Urtew Mty the baftlsm # f Jwkk , and hfcgdfcd atid rtrieSftd ii ffioSrfe ekact ^ uaintdhde with thfe Mfcttfe < Sf ChftitiahiW . t
It i £ > th&rfefoife , evident that the baptism enjoined by Christ was baptism into a religion of tfhifch the Fatheiwas the Author , ihfe Soii the insthinifcrit , i £ nd tKte Hdty Spirit the wjtn&ss : equally cfe&S- ifc it tb&t such biiptfekh suppose the ftftrtakfatf of it to be
insti ^ icte'd iii the trutli which this proposition conveys ; while we further perceive t ^ at the notion of any particular form of words having been prescribed on this occasion , by Our Lord , is entirely gratuitous . To all these considerations the
present Inljhigher of ' * the authenticity and ffehifinehess of the bsptishHal coinmission *^ h ^ s been inattentive : lie ai ^ titiife 6 , but does not shew , that the wotds in question werie delivered as a formulary—he assumes , without , kowever , attempting to prove , tjiat eig signiiies ifi and not into ; 1 and he passes
in total silence those parts of the early history of the gospel which illustrate its specific character , and teach lis th& design dhd object of Christian l ^ ptfeih . For the purpose of ascertaining " # hat ]\ I ^ ttBe \ v related " or tfC whait
Christ ehjonied , ^ says this writer , " we havfe only to inquire what the apostles did . Oiir Future controversy rests on this simple and single issue . And it is an issue which their history can
alone determine . " But the incorrectness of this statement arises from our author ' s misapprehension of the main circmnstitnce to which it refers . Where , we aerd-in ask , is the evidence
of Matt , xxyiii . 19 , haviiig been intended as ii / brrri , or feven of any form whatever having been enjoined ? Our Inquirer into " . the authenticity and genuineness of the baptismal commission , in its present shape , " imagines
* That is , into the religion of the Lord Jesus . t Act * : xviii . 24—27 ; and in Wakefield ' s Trsict . i tV ^ itu&iK in this c&s s of texts .
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that Mark n ^) t ifiiibfobabfy l ^ fefg to th ^ ^ r ^ vi bus dicfMoB 6 f ^ W forth of baptisrij whfen he tlitis concludes Otit Saivfot ^^ m ^ oWfee v Iti % && iiMit shall m&j duft ottt mM ^ > $ & ? H@t ^ ^« bQ /» he ttiB ^ "M mfe , 0 mm toerbts , tlte ^ if phritise r ^ Srd ^ d ffi fflife Acfci . " Forbid oWh sake , § & « for Mi&r
ef his i ^ adferi , it would haVe given tw £ feasufc 6 hM he bestowed , grater t ® t& oh U comparison of the passages Wneite iMs ( f very phriase" fe thought by W& to && } & . Pte&iteng that in Matk xvi . 17 , we firtd EN * $ > bvofxark ucv daitXovtcz hicSaXova-f k . r . X ., With widfeh
ex | fressioh we alsb rireet in Acts Hi . 6 , xvi . 18 ^ ive ihust retiiatk , that in Lttke xxiv . 4 f , Acts . n . 38 , xix . 5 , &c . the language is till nra titopifoi , El 2 ^ o ovoua ,: * nor was it " in his c 6 ii *® ti&fc
tiion with the two disciple ' s on their Way to Einriiaiis / ' fhdt otlr S&vidu ' r directed that " repetitachce antl remission of sih ^ should be preach&d in htis name , " but in his substequ ^ nt iht £ rvie \ v
with the whole body of his attendants . Hence froih a fancied identit y of phrase no conclusion can be deoueed against the text in Matthe \ v . The author of this pamplilet tbOi Hastily conceives thkt tnfe pa ^ sa ^ e of whic'h he arraigns " thfe authenticity and gfehuiheness /* asserts 6 r inipliies the triith of the doctrine of the Trinity . Were th ^ t doctrine founded bn sobd
and independfeht evidence , s 6 me cbiifttrmutioh of it we might , perhaps , have looked for in the words , " ifte natne of the Father and of * the Son and of the Holy Spirit . " It has appeared , however , that , according to the principles of fair interpretation , the tenet of " three persons and one God"
obtains not the faintest countenance from the baptisrttal commission . The oiily Question to be determined i 6 , what impression wo \ ild be made by our Saviours language on those \ vho he ^ td it froin his lips , on those tvho first read it in Matthew ' s Gospel ? * " Th ^ Romish missal" and " The Book of
Comtnon Prayer" oiight not to bfe regarded as sound expositions of tlife Scriptures ; find still fess ^ re texts t $ be pronounced sptirious only becaufee U they are falsely understood , x l i
* The force 6 fv ^| 1 these prepositions is pointed odt by HL Uaynes . 8 . Inq H . ( 2 d . ed . ) pj > . 295 ^ 3 * 1 . 4
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1820, page 359, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2489/page/35/
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