Familiar Lectures, on the Doctrine of the Trinity, and Other Subjects

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Excerpt from Familiar Lectures, on the Doctrine of the Trinity, and Other Subjects: Delivered at the Unitarian Chapel, St. Nicholas Street, IpswichControversy is to many pious Christians, dis agreeable, but its utility cannot be disputed, if, when conducted in the Spirit of forbearance and love, it is found to promote the truth of Christi anity, by unfolding its application to the circum stances of our state and nature. With this View of the nature of controversy, the author sincerely trusts, that in his humble effort to uphold what appears to him to be the truth, that nothing will be found to have escaped him, even in expression, as intolerant, or calculated to give offence to any sincere friend of Christian truth, and free enquiry. To him, study and investigation appear to be the appointed means for acquiring knowledge in any department of the works of God, and that there is no other mode by which an acquaintance can be attained of God's holy word.The author is aware of the solemnity and im portance of the subjects he has undertaken to dis cuss, and although his sentiments thereon may not be in unison with the general views of the en quiring community - although much learning and piety may be arrayed against his positions, yet he still hopes that what he has advanced will be calmly and dispassionately weighed by the teach ings of the law and the gospel, and be received, so far as their contents can be fully borne out and justified, by sacred counsel.The author seeks not to proselytize opinion, but the heart and the affections - to win souls to Christ by the exercise of unbiassed judgement, honest conviction, the Spirit of truth, of filial obedience and love. He has no sectarian objects to serve, but the sacred cause of his ascended master, the interests of Christian piety and prae tical godliness, in life, conversation, and social compact, and whilst he fervently prays for the blessing of God, upon this his humble effort to serve the cause of truth and righteousness, he also devoutly implores the Divine blessing upon all classes of his fellow Christians, engaged in pursuit of the same great end.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.