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Mofes. To the law and the prophets the Lord vour God is one God. This article is the and firft principle of the law; therefore, cannot be touched, but muft remain one, and in the fingular number, without infringement.

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Boy. This is the ground and fundamental article of the chriftian religion. These are the words of Chrift, in the 12th chapter of St. Mark. Here, O Ifrael, the Lord thy God is one God. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole beart, and with thy whole foul, and with thy whole mind, and with thy whole ftrength. This is the first commandment; and the fecond is like to it. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyfelf. On thefe two commandments chriftianity is established. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, are one God, in Three Perfons. One Father, one Son, one Holy Spirit, Mofes. This is inconclufive and irreconcileable. The Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. This deftroys the fingular and brings in the plural number, which Ifrael never can admit.

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Boy. One Father, not three Fathers; one Son, not three Sons; one Holy Spirit, not three Holy Spirits, which comprife one God. Genefis ft chapter, In the beginning God created the beavens and the earth, and the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. Ver. 26. And God faid, cadw viuise13 vid in bus S15919.))

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Mofes. This is unfathomable, and not within the narrow limits of our faculties to comprehend. Who is he that dares fearch into the depths of the Almighty, or alter his precepts? his revealed will remains unalterable, which actuates his fervants and teaches them divine truths.

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Luther. Him that dives into Majefty will be oppreffed with Glory; I cannot tell what this boy aims at; young man, you should pay a proper refpect to your elders; this is fome fu perftition, or prieftcraft, that he picked up amongst incoherent and wizardly crew. Confi der, child, that I am feated on the Throne of Gand Mofes, a Doctor in Ifrael. I therefore decide that we be not oppreffed, or put ourfelves in jeopardy of difmay, or being hipped, which generally with us, on our fide the water, brings on a fit of defpair, and frequent ly ends, being champions, in the ufe either of a razor, knife, piftol, halter, or fome other fashionable pleasantry, and not feldom by water. It is, therefore, refolved, on my return, to iffue a decree to mulet every incendiary, that may inflame with religion my good people, by which decree the minds of the turbulent will be animated to try the merits of their cause, and as the spirit of our countrymen, being inflamed with the fpirit of English liberty, will gainfay my decree, it will be productive of very large fums to increase and fill my treasury, which will be a great faving: whilft with the thunder

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Xlorid bas ylons most dw food sa of our voice we proclaim, a Remnant of all Shall be faved, I find myfelf tranfported and befide myfelf in a ravery or phrenzy, fo that the tears of joy trickle down my scheeks for adminiftering to you both the medicine of reconcilement.obao 1 ya G Tuonon bus innvist 10 Boy. In the 15th chapter of Genefis, Almighty God makes his Covenant with Abram, and ein the 17th renews it, changes his name Abram into Abraham, being made father of many nations; and feals and confirms the covenant with circumcifion. In the 22d chapter, Almighty God, by His Angel, calls to Abraham out of Heaven, the fecond time, and faid, By myfelf have Ifworn, faith the Lord, for becaufe tbou hast done this thing, and baft not withheld thy Son, thy only Son; that in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply thy feed as the stars of heaven, and as the fands on the fea fore; and thy feed fhall poffefs the gate of His enemy and in thy feed fhall all the nations of the earth be bleffed. You will note, that this Seed or Offspring is in the fingular number. Since this covenant and promife is near four thousand years. Remove Jefus Chrift and his covenant, which is chriftianity, and in spirit contemplate the ftate and completion, or fulfilling of this Tcripture. nuqte vighs in assod donlw

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Mofes. Deplorable, miferable and abject ftate, I am absorbed and loft in a labyrinth cof intricacies; bewildered, furrounded, opprefled with an ocean of difficulties, darksandr përplexed ideas, which move diforderlysas foerufes without affifting the understanding chain, down

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the foul with fetters of melancholy and black defpair, our Tcriptures laid before us, with ftrict and fevere injunctions of implicit and perfect obedience. O my God, what is man, when for our fins you are angry with us? what can I fay, or plead in excufe for the fins of your poor fervant and nation? O my Lord, you have dif

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your countenance from us. O my God, Ifrael has been plunged in fome great iniquity which, through our obftinacy, thou haft destroyed us; yet, O Lord, thou haft left us a name in the earth, though for our punishment: a name of malediction.

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vd Luther. Why this disturbance of mind, reverend scribe? you are the happy man, if fuch a man can be found; your character is inimitable; you are known on the Exchange of London by the name of the good Jew; your heart melts, while your purfe relieves the indigent; your fortune is affluent; yet poor to yourself, but rich to others. Forty thousand in our funds, and twenty thoufand in Holland, is no trifle, which fums might mightily accubmulate, if you will pafs them into my hands, whicho would cafe you of a great burthen and much anxiety; for, be affured your prefent perplexity is owing to the fall of stocks, and which bears an angry afpect; but I being of fthe church have daily opportunities of putting out money, both in church and ftate, to high badvantages. My own fecurity, which I fhall immediately grant you, and the fooner t the asbettereras have many very high and urgent nwobeniado gaibasfb39d gains sumatters sda

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matters at present, and which makes my return to England neceffary, I have been cafting the matter, and have rated the £40,000 in our funds at £20,000, owing to the fall of stock) you will make up twenty on this fide the water. 105 Dat zo sú sind best gud bite

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Unforeseen contingencies, fuch as attends war, mishaps, and many dreadful alarms, Poftage of Letters, and other correfpondences 100 Invasions and many cafualties, not numbered 1300 Your venerable age, fmall ftature, decay of appetite, and poor living; thefe impedi-qoy ments, and many others of the mind, ren-sui to ders fpeedful to be put on a regimen of spare diet, and as fmall connection with temporals as may be, fo that £50 will be abundant and leave a furplus for charitable ufes, as I Thall fee requifite

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In the 28th chapter of Genefis, Almighty God confirms his promife of calling all nations to the covenant of the Meffiah; and Jacob went out from Beerfheba, and went towards Haran. And he lighted on a certain place, and ftayed there all night, becaufe the fun was fet; and he took of the tones of that place, and put them for his pillow, and lay down to fleep, and he dreamed and beheld a ladder fet upon the earth, and the top reached

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