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I do not remember to have seen ftroughf fonvard : in that portion of Uqitariaii disettesum which has fallen undef my notice . With all the reverence and seriousness which the subject demands , if it may be allowed to compare things may ue anoweu iu cumpare tilings
spiritual with temporal , may it not be urged that the title to sovereignty and empire belongs as exclusively to Jehovah , as to an emperor or king , who appoints bis prime minister , as God sent his beloved Son , to publish Ms will and commands , which
commands are to be rendered effective by the operation of an executive p # wer , vested in the several subordinate degrees of civil officers in one case , and in prophets , apostles and numerous ministers of the Divine government in the other , acting under sacred
authority , and the influence of a loyal ( or holy ) spirit , essential to the faithful discharge of their respective commissions ? If peculiar royail or imperial
honours uxp fexclttsively due to an earthly monarchy purely , thfie distinguishing and supreme honours of Deity should be jpaid ekelusiydly to the only true God * the God md Father of our Lord Jesus Ohrifci , and
the original Source from whom proceed alL emanations of the holy spirit which he has been pleased to impart in various degrees to Moses and his other messengers and faithful servants , but which , we are told , " was
not given by measure" to his beloved Son . This explains several passages of scripture wher £ Christ assimilates and identifies himself with his heavenly Father , from whotti , he expressly say 8 , he received ali the powers and authority he possessed , and without whom he could of himself do nothing ' .
O . €€ I and my Father are one . " John x . 30 .
«* that ye may know , and believe , that the FatBer is in me , and I in him . ' John x . 38 . ** Jesus saith unto him , Have I been so long" time with you , and yet hast thou not known me , Philip ? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father - , and how sayest thou then , Shew us the Father ? Believest thou not that
I am in the Father , and the Father in me ? The words that I speak uato you I speak not of myself : but the Father ¦
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A Friendly 0 rrespondence between an Unitarian and a Oalvinnt ^ ( Continued from p . 461 . ) N i& L
v loth October * IF vou understand that , when it is admitted that all things , will be restored to their # |^| r place , that proper place must needs be heaven , although Syour people viiiay : think so * we believe ourselves to be commanded
by the word of God to think otherwise , although we : j have iully considered your quotations . ; > None of us Jknpw the evil of sin , or of the human he ?* H inits best state , by the ML , Blindness , misconception ,
hardness , enmity , unsearchable deceitfulness , &c . 2 iie 3 e are all scrijpture terms , and applied to all men by nature . We shall see these things clearly in the future 9 tate .
It is afflicting to find in others a strong professed sense of the love of God , unaccompanied by proportionably deep conviction . of sin , contrition and compunction ; but much more so to feel it in ourselves . May the Lord save us from ourselves ! N .
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I to N . Dear N . 17 th October . It is now high time to inquire what is the precise object of a correspondence which dicl not originate with me , and which lias involved a
controversy on doctrinal points , which I had not the least wish to agitate , from a persuasion that it was not likely to be conducted in that spirit of candour , humility and child-like simplicity that can alone lead to the knowledge of truth .
We are too apt to place ourselves in the situation of the Jftuler ojf the Universe , to identif y our own notions with bis word , and to regard ^ position to those notions as opposition to
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A Friendly ^ Correspondence between an Unitarian and a Ca ivinisL 601
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that dwelleth in me , lie doeth the works . Believe me that I ana in flie Father , and the Father in me : or else belfevfe me for the very works sake /' John xiv . 9—11 .
See also John xiv . 20 : John v . 17 * 1 ft , 23 , 26 , 27 . John xvii . 21 ; John xii . 44 , 45 , 49 , 50 ; Mat ^ xxvili . 18 ^ &c .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1824, page 601, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2529/page/25/
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