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and , secondly , our deliverance from that state , through the death of Christ ? Consult Rom . viiiv 32 ; 2 Cor . v . 15 : I Tim . ii . 6 ^ James ii . 2 . See
also the consecration prayer in the Communion Service , and the Church Catechism , in answer to the question , " What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy belief ?" Rom . v . 18 ; 1 Tim . ii . 4 .
CHAP . II . Of Original Sin . 1 . Did the Fall of Adam produce such an effect on his posterity , that mankind became thereby a mass of
mere corruption , or of absolute and entire depravity ? Or is the effect only such , that we are very far gone from original righteousness , and of our own nature inclined to evil ?
2 . Does the notion of man ' s total corruption , or absolute depravity , produce in general ( what is considered its chief recommendation ) a deep sense of humility ? 3 . Has not the frequent repetition
of the doctrine , that we are not only far gone from righteousness , but are nothing better than a mass of mere corruption and depravity , a tendency to destroy all sense of virtue or moral goodness ?
4 . Is it possible , that a doctrine which tends to destroy all sense of virtue , or moral goodness , should be a doctrine that comes from God ?
5 . Do we exalt the Creator by degrading the creature ? 6 . What advantage , then , can we derive from a doctrine which converts mankind into a mass of absolute and entire depravity ?— See Art . IX .
CHAP . III ,. Of Free Will . 1 . Is it in the power of man , without the assistance of God , to do what is pleasing and acceptable to God ? — Art . X . 2 . Is not divine assistance necessary even to obtain the will to do so ?—
Art . X . 3 . But when we have the will to do what is pleasing to God , is not the grace of God ' * working with us , " and thus helping our infirmities ?—Art . X . Rom . viii . 26 .
4 . Would it not be absurd to say , that the grace of God is working with us , ' * if we ourselves had no share in the work'' ?
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5 . Is it not , then , contrary to our tenth Article , to declare , that man has no share in the work of his own salratiorul
v r & ^ l % ough the power which we possess is derived from God , yet whe n God has given us power , does it not rest wjth ourselves to exercise that power ?
7- Does not St . Paul declare , that where the Spirit of the Lord is , there is liberty ?—2 Cor . iii . 17 . 8 . Though it is God who enables us both to will and to do , are we not required in Scripture to exert that ability , and to work out our salvation ?—Philip .
ii . 12 , 9 . Is it not , then , contrary to say , that man has no share in the work of his salvation ? 10 . Are any advantages to be derived from the doctrine that God is the sole agent in the work of man ' s salvation ?
11 . Is not the power of God equally manifested , whether he operates on man immediately , as in a mere passive object , or whether he acts mediately through the agency of man himself , and by me&ns which , as Creator of all things , he must have previously im * parted ?
12 , Is it necessary , then , to deny the agency of man , in order to promote the glory of God ? 13 . Has not the doctrine , that man himself has no share in the work of his own salvation , a tendency to make him indifferent in regard to his moral conduct ?
14 . Can a doctrine , which renders men indifferent with respect to their moral conduct , be a doctrine that comes from God ?
CHAP . IV . Of Justification . Sect . I , —Of Justification in reference to everlasting Salvation . 1 . Does not the Church of England distinguish justification from everlasting salvation ? *
2 . Do not our Articles represent * In the very first Homily , and in the very wording of that Homily , we find the
expression , " justification and everlasting salvation . " If the disjunctive particle had been employed , the terms * might have been considered as of similar import . But in such a case it would be tautology to employ the conjunctive particle .
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508 Peterborough Questions .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1821, page 508, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2504/page/4/
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