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that he is one ( persdn , supreme , selfexistent , and unchangeable : the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ . II . That the Holy Scriptures contain the only infallible record of the revealed mind and will of the Father , and are , therefore , to be appealed to as"the-aniy-authority ^ n ^ aii"matters of Christian doctrine .
III . That to worship the Father in spirit and in truth is true wor * ship , and that our religious homage of prayer and praise , is due ^ oniy to him , to whom Christ himself prayed , when he said , ' This is life eternal to know the © the only true God , and
Jesus Christ , whom thou hast sent , ' 1 W That Jesus is the Christ , the Son of God , and that his wonderful powers , liis transcendent wisdom and knowledge ; and all his glory , were given him by the Father , who hath made him both Lord and Christ *
V . That the one Supreme , as uniformly repp ^ gfented by the Lord Jesus ,- sustains tHe character of a Father in the moral > government of mankind ; his wisdom , justice , and rectitude , as well as mercy , being manifested in the free forgiveness * of all repentant sinners , assured to us through the sufferings , death , and exaltation of his obedient and bestbeloved Son .
VI . That holiness of heart and life is essential to our acceptance' at the judgment-seat of Christ , by ' whom God will judge the world in righteousness ; and in seeking after that holiness , we daily need mercy to pardon and grace to help ; which are dispensed to us freely from the fountain of the Father ' s love through the mediation of Christ .
Suchj-said—Miv Chappell , are the great principles of our creed , which we find expressed in the plain words of Scripture . To us , < there is one God , and one Mediator between God and nien , the man Christ Jesus , who gave himself a ransom for all ;' c God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself . ' * It pleased the
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Father that in him should all fulness dwell , ' and ¦ * him hath God exalted , to be a Prince arid Saviour , to give repentance and remission of sins : ' and ' being found in fashion as a man , he hurnbled himself and became obedient unto death , even the death of the cross , whe # efore God hath lirghiynejtal ^^^ name which is above every name ,
that in the name of Jesus every knee should bow , of things in heaven and things in earth ! and things under the eartji ; and that every tongue should confess , that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father . ' Phil , ii . 8—II . * God sent his Son to
bless us , by turning every one of us from his iniquities ; and ' we must all stand before the judgment-seat of Christy ¦ ¦ : ¦ - ¦— ¦¦ . . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦•• ,- ¦ ¦
This , said the speaker , is what we believe , and what has been denounced by some as blasphemy . Whether it be so is now subrmj £ ed >^ _ to your most serious in > y estimation . A friendly discussion immediately
ensued , in which the Rev : Messrs . Jones , of Northampton ; Tagart , of London jWalker , of Wisbeach ; and Chappell of Yaxley , took part . Objectors being invited to speak their sentiments , several persons , viz Messrs . Seaton , Peel , Castor , and a
stranger , proposed certain questions , which were replied to by the abovementioned gentlemen . The attendance on both parts of the day was highly respectable , and more numerous than was expected , especially in the evening , when the chapel was filled , not with standing the zealous exertions of the Vicar
and his lady to prevent it , by persuading all they could not to attend the meeting , getting the-billsout of the windows , and by endeavouring to frighten the people by saying , that none but devils would be there . ' Nor were some of their
bigoted adherents less ardent in their efforts , in not a little annoying those persons that were proceeding to the place of meeting .
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CORRESPONDENCE * 381
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 1, 1833, page 381, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2627/page/29/
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