THE ARIAN INVITER TO THE ORTHODOX FAITH: on, plain and easy Method to lead such as deny the proper .deity of Christ, into the Belief' of that great Article. DISSERTATION L 7, SECTION I. WHEN HE christians aredivided in their sentiments, and break out into party quarrels, the names of their opinions will be tossed to and fro, as terms of reproach and scandal. Arian is made a Word of infamy', and orthodox on the other hand is turned into a jest, arnatter of !here ridicule.. But i have no inclination either to or laugh i nor would f use one of these words in a re- proaéhful 'sense, nor the other" in a ridiculous one ; and therefore it is proper that I should here explain my meaning, thatwhere- soever these words occur in the following papers, the reader may have just ideas of them. I do not love to affix such names to any party of men as they themselves utterly disown : This has a tendency to irritate the spirits of those whom we design'to enlighten, and reduce to the faith and profession of our own sentiments, and therefore It should' beavoided as much is we can. Yet it often so happens in the affairs of mankind, that it is hardly possible to describe the followers of any particular sect or opinion, when it is necessary to speak of them, without using the same nameswhich the world generallygives them And the world generally gives. them the name of these who have been the most famous aasertorsog. pro, fessors of 'such kind of doctrines. As it is therefore my design in the. present essay to, ad- dress those who may have entertained scruples or doubts about this great doctrine of the " Deity of Christ,"" or have de- parted tronï their former principles, I would treat them with all gentleness : And I freely declare, that I believe the name of Arian Bath been often of late given to such as have by no means deserved it,; and are no abettors of the old principies of Arius. An ancientArian is ope who believes the Son and Holy Spirit to be mere Creatures t He believes our Lord Jesus Christ to;be a glorious person, but still as much inferior to the trrae and it 3;
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