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dence of every kind, so clear and strong, that the faith of the Apostles was not Unitarian, appears to me practically to question the sufficiency of Scripture, whether as a test of the writers' own religious belief, or as a guide to ours. Such a man appears to me virtually—I do not say designedly-to charge the Apostles with having studiously concealed from view the one doctrine which, of all others, it was important that they should prominently express and clearly define. But such a charge, however made or implied, I feel to be utterly groundless; and, therefore, I believe, that Paul plainly declared what appeared to himself, and to his fellow-disciples, to be the truth — and the whole truth — when he penned the words of our text, "THERE IS NONE other GOD BUT ONE: for though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth — (as there be gods many and lords many) but to us [there is but] ONE GOD, THE FATHER, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him."

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I have now given a brief statement of the Scripture doctrine concerning the divine Unity. I have shown, that Unitarianism was the faith of the Old Testament, the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the faith of his inspired Apostles. I have shown, that the doctrine of the Trinity is a stranger to the sacred records; and that it was unknown to the authorized expounders of our holy religion. I have shown, that they every where recognize the great truth that God is One. If, then, we are to be guided by the teachings of the Bible, if we are to build upon the foundation of Prophets and Apostles - our Lord Jesus Christ himself, being the chief corner-stone must adhere to the simple faith, that THERE IS BUT One GOD, THE FATHER,

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THE

PECULIAR DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIANITY,

OR

RECONCILIATION BY JESUS CHRIST.

Freeman

BY JAMES F. CLARKE.

"God in Christ reconciling the world unto himself."

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American Unitarian Association.

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