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f C&B& ; wotifoi not tbfc M to kc ^ knbvvfetfge the existence of th * ee Gods itt ^ M of ( Aie God ? ' Owonv By n 6 means . Mffcdugli we contend fbr a Trinity of persons in the Godhead , yet We infringe not , in any respect , upon the Unity . We neither divide' the substance , nor confonnd the
persons ; we merel y maintain that the persons sire identical , arid the substance the same , agreeably to the avowed intetftfretktion of the church , by which the tfetfins substance and person , as appfied to the Father , Son , and Holy
Ghost , are understood to express # comihon nature and divinity , with persorial distinctions : however mysterious it mtcy seem to sceptics , we have the strongest warrants of scripture for the doctrine .
Med . The mystery of the case is obvious , arid the maintaining of the doctrikie of a Trinity does certainly look very much like an infringement upon that of the Unity ; but it is founded , as you say , upon the strongest warrants of scripture .
Oaron . We have the express and unequivocal testimony of St . John , in the fifth chapter of his first Epistle , at the Seventh and eighth verses : €€ For there are three that bear record in heaven , the Father , the Word , and the Holy <} host , and these three are one /* Med . You must be aware that the
genuineness of this text has been alwayls disputed , arid that it is riow acknowledged by the best ari 4 most orthodox writers , even of thfc Established Church , to be fcn interpolation . But t if its genuineness v / ere even pircWdd , T tWnk it W 6 uld fall veijr far sho ¥ t * tf > estaBlfehirig a unity of substance . ' ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ "'¦ J ; ¦ . •• ¦ \ u OMto . We contend riiost positively for 'a' unity of substance , arid an equajttty * "ift - evfeiry attribute Essential to Deity • " rtrid if the p&ssagfe from St . JbM * should be given' lip , there are other ** frdm Wl ^ teh tUtf Wctrine is dedild 4 ble . A ^ witeK ; I w&l ^ pfecify the foltovving i- ± ? Mi thiiigs \ t \ M the Fsu ther hftth are mine ^ therefore , said I , he ( the Holy' Glvbst ) ^ halt take df inirie
arid she \ V It tintd ^ VoU ; f # ^ ' ^ 3 6 ^ xvi . | , g \ '•• . H > ' 11 ' ' i . ¦ ¦> , : ; r . ; v ^ v . ' i . inj *^ . W . /* f&rff ;
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Of ^ a ^^ co ^ uft ^^ tistBtV m < fm ^ tiu ^ u Hty m ^ M 6 h jm '^ btHhsOA ^ Vtifwtkib Cfirist ' s ^ ^^ Lll thin # ^^ lie ^ ther hatR a ^ ifiSfte , " iTW ^ jre ( ^ ven to alWw ttrift Eg lays * fefi ^ ip every attribute a ^ td ptopetty bfktitigitig to God tfae Fkther , yet thte sara # thinff is
not said of the Holy Ohb ^ t ?; Indeed , the cbriti-ary is rather lihplid f l : for if the Holy Ghost had b ^ em klw God , it would not have been iiecesi ^ py for him to take of the thing's that w ^ e Christ ^ :
he would have had thcim already * . At any rate we must take thte text in conjunction with others that are still less equivocal , and of contrary import ; such as , " My Father is greater than I . "
Owon . This is to be taken with reference to Christ's human nature , and in this respect we acknowledge the inequalitywhich the text asserts . Med . The two-edged sword which you have now taken up in your
defence , has always appeared to me to be unworthy of ueing employed in this contest ; and from the equivocation and deception to which it must unavoidably have led , I am satisfied that Christ never did make use of it .
Ooeon . Whatever may be your opinion upon this point , you cannot refiise to acknowledge that Christ has also said , 1 and my Father are one . " Med . If you mean to infer from it that they were one in will and in operation , I am satisfied with yotyr inference ; but it has always appeared to
me to be a poor commentary upon the passage to . s&y that it : '' means ' , I and my lather are one in substance . If this was Christ ' s meaning , it was an assertion that could tend only'to stagger the faith of the Jevirs , and could
not pbssibly edify them ; fojf they were in no capacity to judge of its' thith . But if we say tiat they were 6 ne in desire , in sanfctityi aricf in < ipferation , then tbfe propriety of ftfe ' evicrent , arid
the truth such as the Jewi ti-ere in a capacity to jtidge ^ ^ qiA the works whitih iie ; did . Pttt ttot Wie being one wi * h Q 6 < J , < l 0 is not meali bfeipg 0 fthe frtttte' ^ ltotiia ^ Christ ptirfb ( ig $ } & ^^ ail bfe xm ww 6 d diid mmm , ^^ he >® m ^ HHt i ^^ fdii ^; ^ # ^ Oite i mw m ^ h % ^^ nwt www kVbe < Jn #% ^ S ^^ Be ^ cdSaw ^ m > m&M « kmwm m ^^ m * w
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 402, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/22/
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