Substance of the Speech of C. P. Cooper, Esq. as Counsel for the Rev. Charles Wellbeloved, in the suit of the Attorney General versus Shore ... repecting Lady Hewley's Foundations ... 2d July, 1834R. Hunter, 1834 - 81 pages |
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Page 31 - There are three persons in the Godhead ; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory.
Page 54 - An Act for the more effectual suppressing of Blasphemy and Profaneness 2.
Page 38 - Complaints of which being made to the last parliament, they were ordered to be burnt by the hands of the common hangman, and the author to be imprisoned in the Gatehouse.
Page 28 - Q. 7. What are the decrees of God? A. The decrees of God are his eternal purpose according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass.
Page 59 - By those who espouse the side of the nonsubscribers, " this decision is celebrated as the triumph of liberty over " oppression, of liberality over bigotry, of divine authority " over human usurpation, of the sacred Scriptures over " creeds and articles, and confessions of faith."* The press now overflowed with the writings of the Trinitarians and the Antitrinitarians.
Page 60 - Before the conclusion of this period (that is, before " the year 1730,) in every part of England, Arianism was " not only embraced but openly acknowledged by not a few " of the Presbyterian ministers. The heresy polluted some " of the London pulpits. In Lancashire it was prevalent, " and in the counties to the south it gained ground ; also " in the west, whence it first sprang.
Page 51 - ... dispute against the Christian faith, concerning the doctrine of the Blessed Trinity, but also to write and publish books and pamphlets against the same, and industriously spread them through the kingdom, contrary to our known laws established in this realm : We do therefore strictly charge and command you, together with all other means suitable to your holy profession, to make use of your authority according to law, for the repressing and restraining of all such exorbitant practices.
Page 51 - Archbishops and Bishops for the " preserving of unity in the Church, and the purity of the Christian Faith, concerning the Holy Trinity; and also for preserving the peace and quiet of the State.
Page 45 - A Second Defence of the Propositions, by which the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity is so explained, according to the ancient Fathers, as to speak it not contradictory to natural Reason...
Page 47 - Plato, and some antient and modern Divines his Followers; in relation to the Logos, or Word in particular, and the Doctrine of the Trinity in general.