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such receiving manifestation or effusion of the Holy Spirit as he alluded to . ( S # & Bfehtfp feearce in loc . ) That it was this , and not the mere introduction of ifcbei flaine that excited tiieir surprise Might surely have occurred to
the Itevtewer , when speaking of persons who , & 8 * ' d&ciptbsy" as € t believ ers" must have been , upon his own shewing , previousl y initiated at least into " a reUgiolv * of which the Father was the author , the Son the
instrument , and the Holy Spirit the witness . " The matter of fact is obviously as follows : Antecedently to Christian baptism the gifts of the Spirit were not ordinarily vouchsafed . Upon $ ueh baptism they were . St . Paul , therefore , upon finding these " disciples , " these " believers , " ignorant of these
influences , naturally asks , " Unto what then were ye baptized ? " They answer , " unto John ' s baptism . " lie immediately reminds them that John spake of one who was to come after him , mightier than he , on whom they were to believe as the Messiah , the Lamb of God , the Saviour of the
world . The || faith was to be founded , to rest on Eim alone . To him they were to be baptized . Upon hearing this , they were forthwith so baptized ; " baptized into his name . " And upon the imposition of the Apostle ' s hands , the Holy Spirit accordingly
" came upon them—they spake with tongues , they prophesied . " In fulfilment of our Saviour ' s prpmise , they were " baptized with the Holy Spirit , " upon being baptized to him , even Jesus , the Lord .
" The Impugner , " he observes , ' * assumes , but does not shew , that the words in question were delivered as a fotjnUlajpy . " How I can assume this , when , on the contrary , I assume , or rather , as I should say , demonstrate , that no such commission existed at the
time , he does not shew in hie turn . The only thing I assume , and this I admit I do assume , is , that the apostles baptized fa Ms mode tt * form in which they wf #$ commissioned by tiutfr Mfcstertobajtfee . ' The ?;^< p » W ^ y iftX ? * Sr ^ one iiist ^ e , ^ rnitted by the Re-** mr btaW ; ' ^ *>? ^ se ^
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That phrase id *« the name of Jesu& . " A pefson baptized o < th ^ natrSc of Jesiis > would of eoittfee £ & §* < a * & * dfe ^ fe not &g 9 but ev of &ri tBe ti&ixte Of Jesus . The ^ et w rather ttie whole of the controversy hinges on tfe rh&teing of this phrase , whe ^ er Wfth one or other particle
annexed-The Reviewer peremptorily pro « nqunces that it means the religion ^ Jesus generally $ that religion rc' Itf which the Father Was tfye author ; " &fe . I humbly submit that it means neither more , less , nor other than Jesus
hitaself ; or , if I may use the expres ^ DTte , Jesus personally and only . And ' I'lftfrfe assigned my reasons ; founded not only on the biography , but on the tetter m the Apostle Paul . These reasons &rfc not so much as adverted to by the R ^ viewer . On them I repose with full assurance of faith that they are uniti&-peachable .
On the concluding remarks I m&ke no comment , because I would atmd every thing impertinently polemical . It may be thought now , perhaps , by some ot your readers , that my arguments , my convictions , attach undue
import , . jsonsequence , efficacy , to the name of J ^ sus : to faith exclusively in that name by which an apostle Bvfed , that only name given Under heaven by which we must be saved . To me it
certainly seems the characteristic of Christianity , the distinctive point between Christianity and Judaism . It may not be so ; I am open to conviction : but assuredly I feel persuaded that unless my error , if it be onfe , shall b ' e corrected by much stronger arguments than I have any where yet met with , it
will go with me , in all its extravagance , to the grave - The A f UrrHOR op the Authentic itt ; &c .
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Sir , July 19 , 1820 . fTPffiE applications transmitted to us JL as Secretaries to " The Protest tant Society for the protection of Keif * giousr Liberty ? ' from all parts of * tiMi country , reptoectingthefiiU uuuw !| fl | tlie Pttor ,- whilst they abmMm ¦ ¦
Commite ' mTmaA i& mlfgiP mni , S . tob-num ^ ro ^ to tS * mdividuaT replies . " ^' ¦ rn ^> tj . - For the Oominitcee Of tfiM ' Ifeltitii lion we therefo ^; , |^|^ r y ^^ M « b in your publication , tM ^ Klldlii ^
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Bill J ^ r " The General Education # fthe Poor * 413
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1820, page 413, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2490/page/33/
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