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He then , with his usual eloquence and iu his bappy extemporary manner , pointed out the consequences flowing from this great and glorious truth—that the Father alone is to be worshiped with supreme and direct adoration , and therefore that those passages in the Scriptures which speak of worship paid to others , to whomsoever applied , have a reference
to a worship of a very different kind ; a respectful regard to those who under God hold a high and important rank iu the moral world ; qot what the Sa * viour intended when he commanded his disci p les to worship the Father in spirit and in truth . The Father , he said , has no partner on the throne of the universe , and we can assign him no partner iu the supreme affection of our hearts .
The attendance was numerous , the chapel quite full , very many could not have seats , notwithstanding the persons by whom the pews are taken kept the greater part of their families at home , iu order to give room for strangers . The afternoon service was conducted by Mr . Brock and Mr . Worsley , and in the evening Mr . Evans , of Tavistock , prayed , and Mr . Acton preached again , from Rom . v . 21 , < € As sin hath reigned unto
death , so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life , by Christ Jesus our Lord . " Here the preacher shewed , that the Apostle speaks in this passage not of a spiritual death , as it is usually called , much less of a state of future punishment , as the effect of Adajn ' s sin , but of a natural death * which has ijeen the consequence of sin both to hiip and to his posterity : and that by eterual life ,. he intends that future glorious state to which all mankind
will be raised at the resurrection . Mr . A . made a distinction , common to those who admit the universal system , between the first resurrection , to which all will J ) e raised indbcrioriu-ately , which will be followed by a cprrective punishment of those who shail not then , be iu a state of preparation for a . better and a happier state * and the second
resurrection or their restoration to happiness , wheu their defilement ahull be removed by the salutary applicants the Almighty will employ . The infereqee from this view of the subject could be no other than the comfort all m . eu may take in thw assurance , that God will have all to be saved , iu a final and complete salvation .
Tot Jhip . sealQUfl , } n ( Jus $ rious , and ^ eli-< teserying society * thia wa ; 3 indeed p day of jubMee , which they had btjeu looking for through tuaiiy years , but they hail
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feared would never arrive- Heartful joy and gratitude were strongly expressed hi their words and depicted in their countenances , and streamed from many an
eye . They deem themselves greatly blessed in having been able to accomplish so much by the aid of distant and of neighbouring friends , and by their own raanual labour ; and hope they may be allowed to ask a little more
assistance to enable them to discharge a debt of about a hundred and fifty pounds , which will remain upon their building . A small tract , drawn up by Mr . Gibbs , which contains a brief and clear explanation of Unitarian views , was printed by the Society , and distributed gratis , to the number of five hundred copies .
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Devon and Cornwall Association . On Monday , the 22 nd of June , the Anuual Meeting took place in Plymouth of the Devon and Cornwall Unitarian Association , on which occasion Mr . Acton * delivered a discourse from tBe words , ' * Try the spirits , whether they are of God , " He first directed our
attention to the criteria which are not to be trusted as evidence in any cause , namely , Antiquity , the Creeds of Churches , and the authority of eminent and popular individuals ; and then suggested , that the genuine proofs of the doctrine which is of God will-be found , in its conformity with the dictates . of reason , in its according with the express language of Scripture , and in its having a holy and baj ) py influei * ce on the life and
conversation of tba&ie wbo = . receive u . » vHc re- * commended , therefore ^ , a . . careful study of the Scriptures ^ roiAboftt rt regard i % a > the opinion of others ,- a&d a cultivation of the devout , humble ,, a&tfc tfpciteislato qf mind which is fitted to * , receive troth * and added , that it is > theiu « d <> ilbted duty of those persons wha > bavg be ^ nv s © happy as to adopt the truth , to Recommend . ib to others by every C * ir , cattdi ^ , < aoct ho- * nest means that offer tUemaeiive *; to submit their lives aud co * ivers # tioii u >
* It ought , in justice to our ; frfencl 3 at PevQupocj ^ tto be remarked / tbac there is not perhaps in all England a society of * from two to . three hundred people who have made ^ themselveajm > \ jaell acquainted ' with ikeiiJjmtari ^ nfwi ^ v € t ^ f » they have . Theytayp notary ; of , &w tmndred books and p ^^ phl ^ ts , vijhich they Have l ? ee ^ i r / ea ^ iii ^; carefully for n >^ ny yeaira , and which they have b ^ cniftdus * fciious in kudlng to their neighbours .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1829, page 589, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2575/page/71/
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