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360 [Doc. 245.
TRIAL AT GOTTENBURG.
as one God, to be conciliated for the sake of the second, and
do such and such things by the operation of the third, as
our Prayer-books tell us. Are we not told that one God
was angry and implacable, until the death of the second ?
How does this strike the more enlightened theologians?
Since these views are not met with in God’s Word, and are
opposed to reason, I cannot see why in a determined and
free nation, they should be maintained to be infallible and
pure doctrine. A religion which is not derived exclusively
from the Word, but in a great measure from the human
brain, may be examined throughout the whole world in a
humble unpresuming manner ; especially if it has been estab
lished by men like ourselves. I am far from declaring that
the doctrine, considered as a whole, is of such a nature.
Such is far from being the case. But with all due deference
for the basis on which they rest, I do think that some of
our dogmatic expressions confound the simple-minded and lead
them into error.
"Further, I believe I have declared, or at least thought,
that worship without understanding is no worship, and like
wise that human fictions in matters of faith are bad materials
for constructing the Church; nay, that they are an abomination,
when they conflict both with reason and revelation.
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