The Book of Religions: Comprising the Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, of All the Principal Religious Sects in the World, Particularly of All Christian Denominations in Europe and America, to Which are Added Church and Missionary Statistics, Together With Biographical SketchesHayward, John
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The Book of Religions: Comprising the Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, of All the Principal Religious Sects in the World, Particularly of All Christian Denominations in Europe and America, to Which are Added Church and Missionary Statistics, Together With Biographical Sketches
Hayward, John
Christian biography; Religions; Sects
Are those who believe that God, for his own glory, hath foreordained
whatsoever comes to pass. (See Matt. 25:34. Rom. 8:29, 30. Eph. 1:3, 6,
11. 2 Tim. 1:9. 2 Thess. 11:13. 1 Pet. 1:1, 2. John 6:37; 17:2-24. Rev.
13:8; 17:8. Dan. 4:35. 1 Thess. 5:19. Matt. 11:26. Exod. 4:21. Prov. 16:4.
Acts 13:48.)
ORTHODOX CREEDS.
Orthodoxy literally signifies _correct opinions_. The word is generally
used to denote those who are attached to the Trinitarian scheme of
Christian doctrine.
The following article is found in the “Spirit of the Pilgrims,” vol. v.
No. 1, and is supposed to have been written by the late Rev. BENJAMIN B.
WISNER, D. D., pastor of the Old South church, Boston.
The following summary contains the more material parts of the Orthodox
faith. Those who embrace this system believe,—
“That, since the fall of Adam, men are, in their natural state,
altogether destitute of true holiness, and entirely depraved.
“That men, though thus depraved, are justly required to love God
with all the heart, and justly punishable for disobedience; or, in
other words, they are complete moral agents, proper subjects of
moral government, and truly accountable to God for their actions.
“That in the unspeakable wisdom and love of God was disclosed a
plan of redemption for sinful men.
“That, in the development of this plan, God saw fit to reveal so
much concerning the nature and the mode of the divine existence,
as that he is manifested to his creatures as the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost; and that these three, each partaking of all
the attributes of the Deity, and being entitled to receive divine
worship and adoration, are the one living and true God.
“That the Son of God, laying aside the glory which he had with the
Father from everlasting, came down from heaven, took upon himself
man’s nature, and by his humiliation, sufferings, and death, made
an atonement for the sins of the world.
“That, in consequence of this atonement, the offer of pardon and
eternal life was freely made to all; so that those who truly
repent of sin, and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, will be
saved.
“That men are naturally so averse to God and holiness, that, if
left to themselves, they reject the offers of salvation, and
neither repent of sin nor truly believe in a Savior.
“That God, being moved with infinite love and compassion, sends
forth the Holy Spirit, according to his sovereign pleasure, by
whose beneficent energy an innumerable multitude of the human
family are renewed, sanctified, and prepared for heaven; while
others are suffered to pursue the course which they have freely
chosen, and in which they obstinately persevere till the day of
salvation is past.
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