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of counsel , without any reference to its spturiousness . / Kie word SFrinity never - occurs < in ; thea wbolfe ^ whiiiie ^ which seems to have been ? composed wth the wish to avoid as much as . possible the air of : con ^ jrover ^ . : ? l Chap . iL of the 2 nd . Part treats de Fersbnk Jesu
CiiristL The doctrihe of hbi simple humanity 4 & laid ddw »^ l « hd objections against it aopwered ; that * for example * which is derived from John viii . 58 , by explaining the text , ** before Abraham became Abraham , i . e . father of many
nations / ' John i . 14 : " Yerbis euro factum est verbum describitur quale fuerit illud verbum quod natum erat , quoad naturam et conditionem , sc , caro 1 e , in infinno statft . " The ^ interpretations generall y given of similar passages are derived from the works of the elder Unitarians . Sect . iv . " The
Man Christ Jesus , the Son of God , is truly God" ( verus Dens ) . Here it is shewn that the word is used in Scripture in various subordinate senses , and the following rule is given to distinguish the different degrees of divinity : 4 * Praedicata secundum naturam
Subjectorum debeat explicari . Quando vox Dei subjective ponitur , sjgnificat Peum Summum ; Christo Domino vero attributa , nusquam sumitur subjective ; nam Jo : i , 1 , cum dicitur Deus erat verbum 9 etsi primo loco sit
posita vox Dei predicati tatnen vicem gerit , ac ab illo Deo apud quern fuisse diciturdistinguitur . ^ Sect . v . " Homo Jesus Christus , qui est iilius Dei et Dominus omnium , divino cultu est honorandus , Jo . v . 22 , 23 ; Acta toi . 66 , conf . v . 58 ; Apoc . v . 8—13 . Qui honor con&istit in ejus adoratione et
irtvocatione , cum gratiarum actione conjunct ^ , —cum tamen hoc diserimine 1 . Ciiltus Christi Domini non terminatixr in Christo D . sed in Patre , tanquam ulteirore objecto . Jo . v . 24 , xa , 4 ^ 43 dvirlO 5 Marc . ix . 37 . 2 . Christus xolitur \ it Mediator , Pater ut omnium , nostraeque aalutis causa
praidpalis . 3 . Deu 3 colitur propter se "; ChristuB jpropter Patrem mandantem etyus Potentia ac M ^ jestas in Christo J > 4 resplenduerunt . Et sic , 4 . . Aliud eat fiindamentum cuLtfts Dei aliud culttis £ Chrifiti 0 . , 5 . > D ^ us
p < tr ( Christixm adoratur , Rom . xvi . 2 ? . Christus etiam Patreni ^ oravit ^ hon vice v ^ ea . :. Qiipyfiv ,. ' De iSacerfotoH t ow ^ Gbr . I > oiwni . '' < His ^ fiiterceemm m thm e&plwmed ; * ' Perpet < u& ,
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virtute sanguinis - in crucfeicffiiM coram Patre apparitio Heb . ix . 24 , et fconii nu& reimssione peecatorum ^ c salntis nostrae procuration * The graceijrf God the primary cause of Oursaiviatiofii , Has connectedthis with the vohintaxy death of Ohrist , and with our ohediencfe t ^> his laws . On Future Punishment :
"• Irn ^ ii merentur ; mortem aeternam D ^ as enim poenaam ^ tavitate . p ^ ccatum excedentem . neinini infligit , qui pri infinite snh sapienti ^ unicuique peccato debitam destinavit pcenam : bi qui vero contumacium ejus inftnitam gra tiam , infinitum bonum contempserunt et minas de aeternk miserik fldccifece
runt , injustum non est ut praefractae suee contumaciae poenas saepius propositas iuant . ^ The whole work concludes with the following passage : " Proinde fraterne bbsecrans , noli quasvis contra eos accusationes , calumnias , obtrectationes admittere aut illorum verbis
facile aurem praebere quorum interest ut male audiant Unitarise religioni addicti : potius si forte eos errareani madverteris , instrue spiritA mansuetu dinis : pArati sunt enhn meliora
docenti et divinae ventati , quae illis omm aliire pretiosior est , locum dare . "They have also a Latin confession of faith . The passage which relates to the person and offices of Christ fe as
follows : —* Jesum C precognitum ante jacta Mundi fundamenta exhibiturn autem ultimis temporibus propter nos , conceptum ex Sancto Spirits , natum e castisdim& Virgine , credimus esse Dei Patris Unigenitum et proprium filium , ima ^ nem que invisibilis Dei , in quo omnis plenitudo Deitatis
habitiat , per quern cognoscimus Patrem Is enim sumrai Genitoris volUnt | tem revelavit et confirmavit ut Propheta et Mediator inter Deum § t humanum genils . ' In hujus sanctissimo nomine , tanquam maximi nostri Sacerdotis invocamus Patrem : namnullum aliud est
sub caelci hn ^ Yynibu ^ datum nomei ^ per quod servaii iioe oporteat . Hunc ceu sternum B ^ gemoc Dominum nostrum , cui' a Deo ; Patre qui eum a mortuis excitavit data edt ¦ omnis : * & Caelo et in Terrft j > otestas ; suppliers divino oultu wtoramiis et invocainus ; et ab eo Bftlutem aetemam praestola
mur , ut a Jtidicie vivorum er mortuo mim ^ 0 $ wtjfa' ^ - ^^ i ^^^ w e ^} a ; Deo « t Rljfb > . ejiis manantem > vim € « $ e Altiesiifii ^ nostrumautem : cbrieo ^ latorem ; < < 5 This * on £ c » Bion -i 8 cub ^
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i tS ^ g Mr . Kenrick ^ Unifarwnismim
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1820, page 198, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2487/page/6/
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