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very free with , apparently to make it comport better with the notions of the compilers of this creed . How dangerous is such a practice ! Besides which , they have suppressed the testimony of Christ himself , who in the
preceding verse declares his Father to be " Lord of heaven and earth , " and m this , addressing- him , says , ' * All things are delivered to me of my Father , and no man knoweth , " &c , as quoted by these creed makers , till
they come to the last word of the text , which they render " himself " instead of " hhn , " as it properly stands in the received version , plainly designating * the Father and him onl y * the sole * ' Lord of heaven and earth /'
thus making it refer to the humble Prophet of Nazareth , whom his God and Father made " both Lord and Christ , " but who never , as here falsely represented , claimed the possession of underived and infinite power .
Sixth . " We acknowledge that of ourselves we are not able to do any thing that is good , neither can we procure remission of sins , or justification by any act of our own ; but acknowledge all to be of and from his love , which is the original and fundamental cause of our acceptance , * for God so loved the world , that he gave his only-begotten Son , that whosoever believetli in him should not perish , but have everlasting life . ' ** John iii . 16 . This text is pertinently and
correctly quoted . It is also strictly in unison with the explicit declaration of these Friends in their own language , and equally so with the uniform expo * sition of the corner-stone of Unitatianism . Nay , it is even expressed almost in the very terms of Dr . Carpenter ' s Appeal , and in perfect accordance with many authentic explanations which I have seen of the foundation of their faith . Seventh . " We firmly believe it was necessary that Christ should come ; that by his death and sufferings he might offer up himself a sacrifice to ( Jod for our sins a ' who his ownself bare our sins in his own
bod y on the tree $ ' so we believe that the remission of sins which any partake of , is only in and by virtue of $ hat most satisfactory sacrifice and no otherwise ; for it is by the obejiience of that one , that the free gift is come upon all to justification . Thus
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Christ by his death and sufferings hath reconciled us to God , even white we are enemies ; that is , he offers reconciliation to ns , and we are there * by put into a capacity of being * reconciled : God is willing to be reeonciled unto as , and ready to remit the sins that are past if vve repent . " 1 Pet . ii * 24 ; Matt . xxvi . 2 & ; Heb- ix , 26 j Rom . v . 10 ; xviii . 19 . Eighth . " Jesus Christ is the inters cessor and advocate with the Father ia heaven , appearing in the presence of God for us ; being touched with a feet ing of our infirmities , sufferings and sorrows ; and also by his spirit ir * our hearts , he maketh intercession according to the will of God , crying Abba Father : he tasted death for
every man , shed his blood for all men , and is the propitiation for our sins ; and not for ours only , but also for the sins of the whole world . He aloae is our Redeemer and Saviour ? the captain of our salvation , the promised seed , who bruises the serpent ' s head : the Alpha and Omega ; the first and the last ; he is our wisdom > righteousness , justification and redemption ; neither is there salvation in any other ; for there is bo other name under heaven given among men , whereby we may be saved . " Rom .
* - T ¦« -a « M J _ I I _/* v \~ m . * - * . -a « I 1 I ~ - * . l-k ^ w ^ fc I 4 ___ viii . 2 /; 1 John ii . 1 ; Heb . \ x . 24 , iv 15 ; Gal . iv . 6 ; Heb . ii . 9 ; Mark xiv . 24 ; 1 John ii . 2 ; Isaiah xliv . 6 ; Heb . ii . 10 ; Gen . iii . 15 ; Rev . i . 8 , xxi . 6 , xxii . 13 ; 1 Cor . i . 30 ; Acts iv . 12 .
Ninth . " As he ascended far above all heavens that he might fill all things , his fulness cannot be comprehended or contained in any finite creature ; but in some measure known and experienced in ns > as we are prepared to receive the same , as of his
fulness we have received grace for grace . He is both the word of faith and a quickening spirit in us , whereby he is the immediate cause , author , object and strength , of our living faith in his name and power , and of the work of our salvation from sin and
bondage of corruption . kph . iv * 10 ; John L 16 . Tenth . " The Son of God cannot be divided from the least or lowest appearance of his own divine light or life in us , no more than the sxxnfrom its own light . Nor is the sufficiency of his light within , set up or mentioned
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Tf& proposed American Quaker Creed . 341
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1824, page 341, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2525/page/21/
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