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which could not stand in and by itself . Hence the human nature in Christ needed to be sustained by a super-human power , as 4 $ required it in its original purification . No doubt this necessary support the divinity in the person of the
Son could impart to the humanity to which he was united . But the Holy Ghost is always represented as agent in the acts of the Godhead , as he was in this mysterious transaction ; and the Son is represented as condescending to hninble and restrain himself in the
obedience yielded for our redemption . Mr . Irving , it appears , has recanted bis heresy . We copy the announcement of the fact , with some sensible comments upon it , from the World newspaper : " The Rev . Edward Irving , A . M . —
At a private meeting of the Scots Presbytery , lately held at the vestry of the Scotch Church , London-wall , various members delivered their opinions on the doctrine of Christ ' s humanity , in conformity with the standards or the church of Scotland , The result of the
sentiments of Presbytery against the sinfulness of Christ ' s humanity , having beeu summed up by the Rev . John Crombie , A . M ., with that lucidness of arrangement and discrimination by which he is distinguished , Mr . Irving , with his usual openness to conviction , avowed his concurrence in the decision of the Presbytery : with the greatest naivete
imaginable he said , ' Gentlemen , be it so / This is just what we expected from our knowledge of the Rev . Gentleman ' s intellectual character . Mr . Irving delights in trying his strength in any thing out of the beaten path , especially if it seems new , mysterious , difficult , or extravagant . Having amused himself with the seeming prodigy—excited wonder ,
terror , fear , inquiry , and laughter — set people to writing , preaching , ranting , and raving—rendered the doctrine a topic of discussion at every tea-table , and made every one think and speak more intelligibly and accurately on the subject than himself , he flings it away as unworthy a place in his creed or his
conscience . When an opinion has lost the grace of novelty , or the grace of antiquity , and , what is with him of more consequence , the air of mystery , when it is palpably intelligible and vulgarized , it has no charms for him : he no longer writes against his opponents—no longer fulminates his anathemas at such as are
reluctant in giving their assent ; but having act the zealots by the ears , he laughs at their insanity and stupidity .
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What we deprecate is , the injurious tendency of such conduct , misleading the ignorant , diverting the thoughts of man from the essential principles of the Christian faith , investing theology with an air of uncertainty , cherishing scepticism and infidelity , converting the torch of truth into a firebrand of discord . In
the case of Mr . Irving , we lament the misapplication of talents , which , under the blessing of God , are fitted to be eminently useful in calling men from darkness to light , and building up believers on their most holy faith . When Mr . Irving bows his knees to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ ,
that he may be strengthened with all might in the inner man , let him consider how he may turn his energies to the best account , that he may no longer be tossed about with divers and strange doctrines , but , speaking the truth iu love , grow up into him in all things who is the Head of all principality and power . "
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Art . V . —Sermon on the InfullifAlity of Christ ' s Church , being the Se ^ cond of a Series of Discourses on the Principal Points of Catholic Doctrine , delivered at Norwich * By the Rev . T . L . Green . Our preacher sets forth the importance of the doctrine which he professes to prove in the following words , p . 5 :
" It is seriously important to be able to ascertain with certainty what precisely are the truths that Heaven has been pleased to reveal , and in what communion or church those truths are faithfully taught : for reason , my brethren , and common sense , and the common principles of argumentation , convince us of the humiliating and
melancholy fact , that of all the varieties of religion with which this distracted country abounds , not more than one can possibly be the truth . The position will be thought , perhaps , harsh and illiberal , but however revolting it may be to the feelings , it will appear self-evident to every one who gives it a moment ' s consideration . If , for instance , the doctrine of the incarnation be
establishedif Jesus Christ , nay brethren , is really the consubstantial and co-equal Son of the Eternal Father , the conclusion is certain , that those religions are tsseutially false that teach that he is not ; and if it can be proved on the other hand that Jesus Christ has not the nature of God , the inference is clear and at once apparent , that moat of the sys-
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Cntical Notices . — Theological . 627
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1830, page 627, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2588/page/43/
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