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16 Decr. 1812
Church ☞ Omitt? To Doctrine
Note
II Topics
Ch. 1. Gov
§.1. Abstract fitness
Not Christ. Paul not
Apostle
3 March 1813 Omitt
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§.1
Part Paul no Apostle
Jesus not Christ
Objections —
1. Christ never used as
an adjunct to Jesus.
2. Jesus' precepts alone
mentioned as subjects
for explanation by teacher.
p.1
Answer
1. The design of the work
being confined to the view
required to be taken to
determine what conduct
should be observed as to
it, by governors, it is
improper to pronounce
any decision on the correctness
of any statement
laid down on controverted
parts.
That Jesus was the proper
name of the person
during his life, is out
of dispute. p.1
The adjunct Christ
forms no part of his proper
name: it cannot be employed
without taking
a decisive part on a
controverted point.
Being irrelevant,
truth is not justification
for insertion of it. In religion
especially, the
more the matter is seperated
from extraneous
matter, the fewer those
who are provoked by it.
2. As to the Apostles, it
is not intended to extend
any sect at the expence
of any others.
This is in pursuance of
the above principle viz.
to avoid possibility of
discussion beyond the
bounds of the present
design.
§1.
Part Paul no Apostle
Jesus not Christ
Every person viewing the
subject impartially, must
see that between the
religion of Jesus, & that
taught by his Apostles,
the difference is considerable,
even though it may
be said that the doctrine
of the Apostles is a necessary
addition to the other.
Discussion on points above
human comprehension,
and such aversion to
pleasures of senses as are
not found in Jesus' discourses,
characterise the
precepts of Paul, his self-
constituted apostle.
So different the evidence,
in one case 4 histories
with the authors names,
in the other one anonymous
do, that disbelief
in the divine mission of
Paul, is not inconsistent
with belief in that of
Jesus. p.4
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paul no apostle / jesus not christ / objections |
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walter coulson |
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