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supposton in believing that their sacrifices and ritual
sclemnes atoned for sin and in consequence Of this
they rejected their true Messiah and and are still
rejected Of Him. In this condition Of excitement they
Will remain until they repent and believe the gospel
FORE" and for this was called the everlasting
gosPel"-viI that by the blood Of the Lamb Of God,
slam from the foundation Of the world and once ior all
poured out unon the the atom. made snd sim
iul man justified" Till they believe in this true ounda
ton Of all true religion, they remain in their sins.


The same be said of those who believe in the false
aonement set forth by the Romsh the DEGREES Of
the Council OF Trent By these DEGREES that whole
munion washrown into condition similar to that OF the
Jews both the one aud the other he and still no that
the sacrifice itself and the ritual solsmnity do
SIM The articles OF Church afford stable ground
on which to stand in guarding from these OF
the Church Of Rome Take thess articles the of
their trainers, and set forth and Investigated by the
These articles thus interpreted hold in great
ence and sntreatyou to consider them in the light
Listening e Interpretation that will draw you from the
Prote .tant faith Besides the articles we commend to
your serious consiieraon the Honiies Of our Church
an sno next 20 thsss the pastoral letters adopt
Church. Examine these pastoral letters and you
will see how decidedly they co-demn all leaning 10
rors on the other. How they warned you against
the generalization Of the Fathers so as to rank with
the Holy Scriptures as joint rule Of faith and at the
time how they freely admit their authority evil
dence in matters Of TACT when determining what the
worship Of the church Nothing can be more decided
than the testimony Of dsapproba,on borne by these
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the doatries involved in the doctrine Of Transubstsn
tiation


Being pledged by our conservation vows to drive from
the church all false doctrine, that the pure faith Of
faihers may be transmitted to descendants
ths ordination of candidates for the ministry for
the character Of our Protestant Church. in future ages
peson should be ordained who i not well acquainted
with the landmarks which separate from the Church
o. Rome and being so, who will not dsnc,ly declare
Prosatapt heartily aduring her corrupions,
a. our Reormers did; ana Is solemn ceune- 70 uii
professors in our Theological seminaries aud all othe
Holy Orders to be faithful in their duties that neither
Romaniss the hand the enemies d the Epis
copal Church the other may have to boast that
we have departed in the slightest degree from the spirit
and principles OF the Reformation as exempii6ed in the
Church OF England. 431 4te a.


To keep the prcpes of our reformation frsm contam
nation careful reading Of the Holy Scripture il sure
means and we do think it bounden duty to enjoin
this practice Of reormers ALL especially heads Of
fsmiles. The Old Testament being read with the New
appointed in Calendar, is here alluded to. We
raj and we hope with good effect, In imprnting the
truth, OF our Holy Religion on our minds, with view


We have mastaned that the covenant made with Apra.
ham is an evangelical covenant. II must follow, there.
fore that all things which attended it. as to Its operations
in Abraham and his immediate descendants OF great
Importance to II be children OF Abraham's faith
in US viii Be seen the fruits in Abraham. God
called him out Of Urr OF Chaidess from his country
polluted by doatry and from has wicked kindred there
nd to induce him to do he set before him the land Of
Canaan-a land as yet unknown to him. but BY Divine
promise Abraham believed this promise and obeyed this
call. He went out from his country and kindred,
and proceeded on his journey, whittier he knew
not" And having arrived in Canaan he rep0sed
its soil, though US yet having no possessions in it,
no, not SO much a. buryingplace These things teach
the earthly only as an emblem thereof Thus the Who'll
becomes the apostle teaches an ensampc unto uso
We also called of wicked and idostrous world
and from1 our kindred in transgression unto land Of
promise" not enjoyment; into Church militant not
yet triumphant In this Church are to live the life Of
faith and hope, as Abraham did The unbeleving inhs-
bitants OF the land this holy OF faith among
them; but they never thought Of his being, at that very


time heir to the whole country; least Of all did they
try Of which the earthly Canaan only type The
case the same At the present day When ungodly men
true Christians renounce he world in their baptism,
and freely up its pomps and vanities in order
her the promise and he eaiter enjoy the reality
Of Heavenly Canaan land OF rest and peace, all is an
engma-su unexplained thing-a matter Of doubt il not
Of rdicue and contempt But let not true Christians he
discouraged Like Abrahams their gains shall be great
than their Losses; and blessed Lord hath said
"Whosoever w save his life shall lose itbut whosc-
ever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospels the
same shall save it""for what shall man gave In ex.
change for his soul?"


. the charucsrisc o unbelief to rely present ap
pearanccs But the word Of God teaches different les
son. This lesson Abraham learned from the Of
life which God caused him to lead From a unsettled
and wandering state he earne that the earthly promises
things hat theand which God covenanted to give him
was but type Of heavenly country and so long as he
believed and had hope that which was above the full
enjoyment Of that which upon earth to his faith
ful mind but Of minor consequence.


heavenly
the Apostle comprehends both Isaac and jacob as heirs
OF the same promises with their father Abraham though
they like him. never owned foot OF ground In Canaan
and he expressly speaks their raising their hopes above
this world to heavenly country by faith in Gods pro-
misses. BY faith Abraham sojourned in land Of pro-
with Isaac and jacob the heirs with him the same pro-
misc for he looked for city VIII ch hath foundation
whose builder and maker Is God These all died IN faith,
having the promises but having them
sfar of and were persuaded of them and embraced
them and confessed that they were strangers and
tha norfh for thavt mt deCla
plainly that they seek country better country that is
heavenly where God not ashamed to be called their
God for he hath prepared lor them city"


We have from this statement, the Churchs doctrine
concerning several particulars The Abrahamical being
ing the aonement Of Messiah the only meitor
cause Of prored salvationit evid nt that ne in
stitutions OF both avail only when os represen
tative and are accompanied by faith IN their reception
The sacrifices of Abraham and those commanded by the
Law Of Moses, had value In themselves and when
performed without faith in the atonement Of coming
Messiah they had no efficacy. They but as sha
dows the substance and when that substances was re-
moved from the eye Of faith even the shadow was dis
multitude Of your sacrifices unto ?" saith the Lord
full Of the burntofering of and theta Of fed
beasts and delight not in the blood Of bullocks or Of
lambs bring no vain oblatons' lisa IL. Even
II is with the ordinances OF the Christian covenant "The
Church nier. the true import q ali those expressions in
Scripture which tend to exa faith and deny works they
are works of unbelief which she denies works done
without faith in Christ These she declares not pens
ing to God, in her xiii Article


Bat does she the with the works OF faith a. In
Abraham 2 BY means she condemns such works as
the Jews relied such works the deluded Church
of Rome relies an mertorious and saving BY their
own operation - works a cause, not condition oil
salvation and such works also the Apostle condemns ;
such works eve.y true Christian condemns But In
doing, neither Abraham nor the Apostle, nor the
reformed Church OF England the Protestant Episco-
pal Church of United States OF America sets aside
the necessity Of works wrought through faith in Christ
such good works. these all branches o the Unver
sal Church Of Christ the Apostle exhors, are
full TO maintain q Titus, iii 81


Again: Contrary to the opinion Of those who assert
that The promises to the Pararchs either failed in them
selves or fulfilled to their posery only in tenn
pors sense you have seen dear brethren that they
all in due course Of fulfment then, when might
be most truly said OF them that they strangers and
oil grms, in the very land Of promise for they sought
another and "a better country,'a reality Of which "a.
naan was but the shadow. Even now, have more
during promise OF beter land compared with which the
world and ell its enjoy but shadows This
land has been purchased for by the suerngs Of the


