Popery condemned by scripture and the fathers - End Time Deception

SCRIPTURE AND THE FATHERS.
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clency. " From the extreme simplicity of the
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Christian religion both in faith and morals,"
says he, " the Ex. thinks he knows the suffi-
" ciency of the Scriptures. What ! the myste-
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ries of religion simple ! the mysteries of the
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Trinity, of 'the incarnation, of original sin
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and predestination simple * !"
A very few words will suffice to shew the futility
of these exclamations. Did it never occur
to hini, that the existence of a mystery may
be revealed with great clearness and simplicity
Every object in nature is enveloped in mystery
when traced to first principles ; and yet no person
doubts their existence, though he cannot explain
them. In this point of view, these doctrines
which he has specified, though mysterious
in their nature, and above the comprehension
of men, are proposed as articles of faith in a
very plain and simple manner. We are not
commanded to know how three persons exist in
the divine nature, how the Son of God became
man, nor why Adam's sin is
imputed to his descendants.
We are only to receive the divine
testimony that these things are so ;
and certainly,
nothing can be more simply plain
respecting
these points, than the declarations of scripture ;
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There are three that bear record in heaven,
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the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit ;.
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and these three are . one
t.—The Word was
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* P, 101. f 1 John, V, 7.