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say to that other consul tation ^ respecting the restoration of ouf , souk ? Hear , and be astonished at that gracious proposal , ' Let \ ta restore nx&a to our image / ' 1 / says-the Father , * will pardon and accept them , if an adequate atonement can be found to satisfy the
demands of justice / ' Then on me be their guilt , ' says his only dear Son ; 4 I will offer myself a sacrifice for them , if any one can be found to apply the virtue of it effectually to their souls , and to secure to me the purchase of my blood / ' That shall be my charge , '
says the blessed Spirit ; ' I gladly undertake the office of enlightening , renewing , sanctifying their souls ; and I will preserve every one of them blameless unto thy heavenly kingdom /
Thus by their united efforts is the work accomplished ; and a way of access is opened for every one of us , through Christ , by that one Spirit , unto the Father . O let every soul rejoice in this Triune God /'
I doubt whether I do well to add a word to this , which must so clearly , I think , convict itself for a cunningly-devised fable of anti-christian mythology . But do they not , however
unconsciously , mock themselves and the Almighty , who can fancy that they believe in one God while they entertain such views as these i Let this one question be fairly answered ; Wherein does thifc Triune God differ from three Gods ?
If there is not a broad and plain difference , obvious to the common sense of mankind , between many gods and one , then the Scripture does but mock us in laying the doctrine of one God
as the foundation of true religion . They say that the three persons of the Trinity are of the same nature , and united in counsel . But may not three Gods be of the same nature , and
umted in counsel , as well as three men ? This , therefore , affords no distinction between the Trinity and three Gods . But it is said they are one in essence or substance . Doctrines that must be explained in such terms as these
cannot be Christian : neither the Scripture nor common sense knows any thing about essence ahd substatice , nor in truth do the , philosophers . These terms only serve for metaphysical
juggling . Still , then , there is no distinction found between the Trii ^ ty ai ^ i Palytheisnu But , finally and conclusively , it is said , " The three persons are one
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God $ to . say otherwise : is heresy : 'this is the Catholic verity / ' Here tkenat length iwe reach the truth . The three persons are not distinguishable from three Gods except in words : the orthodox believe in three Gods and call them one . T . F .. B .
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Introduction to the Study of the New Testament , by J . G . Eichhorn , in 3 vols . 8 vo . Contents of Vol . II . pp . 512 . V ^ Of the Acts of the Apostles , the second part of the historical work of the Evangelist Luke . Contents of the Acts of the
Apostles . —Their obiect and plan . —They were not intended to convey an elaborate account of the establishment and propagation of Christianity—or to exhibit either the meritorious exertions of the apostles generally , in its behalf—or those of Peter and iPaul , in
particular—but to give in the first and second part a general history of t ^ e missions sent put from Jerusalem and Aaiioch for the purpose of extending Christianity—and , in the third part , to narrate the history of the captivity of
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Sir , April 15 , 1821 . IN your last Repository , under the head € t Sketch of Semler , " ( p .
140 , ) I perceive it said , that a system of Christianity has become prevalent in Germany , in which miracles are altogether discarded , and the events of the gospel history reduced to the level of natural occurrences . —I should be
glad to be informed , whether there is any English book wherein the principles of this system may be seen . W . W .
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Sir , PERCEIVE that petitions are just I presented to the House of Commons by a sect calling themselves " Separatists / ' praying to be put on the same footing as the Quakers and
Moravians . This refers , I suppose , to oath-taking and arms-bearing . But I have only conjecture to guide me , and should be obliged to any one versed in sect-learning to inform me who and what these " Separatists" are , or to * e fer me to any published account of their history ana tenets . HERETICUS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1821, page 281, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2500/page/25/
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