This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1809 Excerpt: ... not singular in requiring th assent or subscription of those persons who desire to be admitted and authorized by the Natio/ial Church as public teachers and expounders of the Christian Faith. without the Divine Assistance, and the Inspiration of God's Holy Spirit, whereby Men are made partakers (as I have already ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1809 Excerpt: ... not singular in requiring th assent or subscription of those persons who desire to be admitted and authorized by the Natio/ial Church as public teachers and expounders of the Christian Faith. without the Divine Assistance, and the Inspiration of God's Holy Spirit, whereby Men are made partakers (as I have already shewn) of the Divine Nature, some knowledge of the latter (so far as the Almighty hath been pleased to reveal himself to us) is absolutely necessary for those Persons who desire to be acquainted with the Law of Nature, and " the Principles of Action in Man: " and therefore some observations relating to the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, are by no means foreign to the subject and i ntention of this Tract. But it is an awful mystery, that must be received more by Faith in what God has been pleased to reveal to us, than by Human Comprehension. The finite understanding of the Natural Man cannot, in this life, conceive an adequate idea of " the Natural Mah receiv-eth not the things ' of the Spirit of God: for they arc foolishness " unto him; neither can he know (them), because they u are spiritually discerned." (I Cor. ii. 14.) that that glorious and eternal Being, wlvicU in every attribute is infinite perfection i Nay, even if we had a perfect Knowledge of that which is now so far above us, yet no language could supply words, no rhetorical figures of comparison could be found to express that Knowledge! and it would, therefore, remain unuttered, in these lower Regions, like those " unspeak" able Words" which were heard by the Apostle Paul when he was " caught up " into Paradise I" 2 Cor. xii. 4. For--" To whom will ye liken God?" (said Isai. xl. 18.) " or what Likeness will ye " c...
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