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Cheshire — . 



ss properly the Son of 1\Ian, — taken liy 

 the Son of God into union with the Fa- 

 tlier, when the atonement, or ' at-one- 

 nent,' between God and men was fully 

 eH'ected. according to the obvions meaning 

 pf the Redeeniei's prayer: 'As thon, Fa- 

 ther, art in me, and 1 in thee, that they 

 also may be one in ns !' Accordingly, 

 treating of God as ' a Spirit.' and ' honour- 

 ing the Son as they lioncnr the Father," 

 they exiiibii the glontied Redeemer, now 

 constituting a • place prepared' for Chris- 

 tians, as there the intrnile human Spirit — 

 the word tiiat was ' with God,' the Sun of 

 God ' before all worlds," concentrating 

 Liinsdl finittdly ni an assi nied hninan Spi- 

 rit from our earth — the Son of Man * born 

 in tune ;' displaying therein a ' Likeness as 

 llie appearance cf a IMan — the Likeness of 

 tlie Glory of the Lord ;' and beaming 

 thence from the indwelling and embosom- 

 ing Fuiher (that fills also and embosoms 

 the universe) a threefold Holy Spirit, in 

 wliich He — the true ol)ject of all Chris- 

 tian worbliip, unitedly comes to men, ac- 

 cording to promise, '111 his own glorj, m 

 his Father's, and (in that) of the holy an- 

 gels.' This Trinity of Spirit, in any of 

 the ' Father's niansionii,' is represented, 

 according to the Scriptures, as omnipre- 

 sent in miniatuie, boih within and before 

 the eyes of every angel or spirit of 'just 

 men made perfect,' in what has been inva- 

 riably called ' the beatific vision.' Thus, 

 'it is God which woikcth in yon both to 

 will and to do of his good pleasure. — No 

 man hath seen God at any time : the only 

 begotten Son, which is in the biisoni of the 

 Father, he hath declared (or manifested) 

 him. — ' He that hath seen me hath seen 

 the Father. Whatsoever ye shall ask in 

 my name, that will 1 do, tiiat the Father 

 may be glorified in the Son. — The Son can 

 do nothing of himself, but what he seetli 

 the Father do: for what things soever he 

 doetli, these also doetli the Son likewise.' 

 In this way, that ' glnrified' and visible 

 ]\iediatoi of the otherwise invisible God, 

 from a lieaveii as before an angel, is eveiv- 

 wliere the ' express image of the Fatlier's 

 person — the iinaue of his Glory.' — • 

 Asciihing the all of salvation to this Christ 

 of God iind Man, they account external 

 knowledL'C and moral works as of no avail, 

 iinUsb influenced and enlivened by divine 

 mercy and grace. In a word, they bear 

 {esiiniony to this gospel-tinth, 'If any 

 man have not ti.e Spirit of Christ he is 

 none of liis.'" — Such ideas of Christianity 

 being taught only by the Biltle, at a Con- 

 ference helil in ta09, in Christ-<-hurch, Sal- 

 ford, iMauchester, it was unaiiinioiisly 

 agieed. and pnblislied accordingly by the 

 Kev. \V. Cowherd, and his associates in re- 

 ligion, " tiiai they did nut form a Seetarian 

 Cliiiuh under any particular denomination 

 from Man; that ihey wished to be, simply, 

 ' bible ChiisUaus" j that they lieid all tlie 



Derbyshire. [Oct. 1, 



doctrines, but not all the ideas, of all the 

 ('hristian sects— so far as they are respec- 

 tively grounded on the literal expressions 

 of sacred Scripture ; that they labour not,- 

 with Pharisees, to be esteemed good, but 

 to depart from all evil, as sin against God; 

 that they are in perfect union and con- 

 nexion with the sincere conscientious 

 livers, in all the various denominations of 

 C-liristians ; that they presume not to exer- 

 cise any dominion over the faith and con- 

 sciences of men ; and that all who wish to 

 join them in avoiding the common evils 

 and vulgar errors of the viorld, and in ap- 

 propriating to life the real truths and pre- 

 cepts of the Bible, are freely admitted, un- 

 der God, as members of the trne Cliristiaa 

 church. — It is now al-o further ordained, 

 that, among the ' Bible Christians,' every 

 minister should, morning and evening on 

 the Lord's day, instead of a sermon from a 

 single text, regularly read and expound a 

 portion or chapter from the Old and New 

 Testaments." — He requested the following 

 epitaph miglit be inscribed on his tomb : — 



''■ A l.L FEARED, NONE LOVED, AND FEW UN« 

 UERSTOOU." — J. BUOTHERTON, Salford. 



CHESIIIISE. 



The gentlemen of Cheshire and Lan- 

 cashire lately held a meeting, for erecting 

 a bridge across the river Mersey, at Run- 

 corn Gap. When tins desirable under- 

 taking is completed, the connexion be- 

 tween Cheshire and Liverpool will be 

 materially improved. 



A lire lately broke out in the extensive' 

 corn mills at Stockport, six stories high, 

 occupied by Messrs. W. Beard and Co. 

 which were destroyed. 



Manietl.] John Haselliurst, esq. of Mac- 

 clesfield, to Miss Elizabeth Kay, of Lime- 

 fteld. — Mr. W. Tomlinson, jun. of Nant- 

 wich, to Miss Edwards, of Leighton. — 

 Mr. "Thomas Morris, of Ruthin, to Miss 

 Roberts, of Chester. 



Died.} At Chester, the widow of Major 

 Thelwall. 



At Uodlespool, Robert Hodgson, esq. 

 one of the aldermen of Cliester, and a 

 justice of peace. 



At Aliringhain, Mr. Lewis Salmon, uni- 

 versally regretted. 



ULIiUYSIIIRB. 



Joseph WheeUion was lately executed 

 at Derby, for the uiiirder of two cliildren, 

 (his nephew and niece). No motive was, 

 surmised previously to his trial, nor in the 

 course of ihe evidence. 



Married.] Mr. Joseph Langton, to Miss 

 Lamb, both of Chesieifield. — Mr. WiUiain 

 Strong, to Miss Ljdia Alisop, both of 

 Belper. — I\Ir. Edward Ordisli, of Ingleby, 

 to Miss Sarali Pearsall, of Foremark. — 

 Mr. Georse Wade, of Miekleover, to Miss 

 Ellen Bailey, of Biirnaston. — Mr. Antho- 

 ny Holmes, of Dnrley-bridije town, to Miss 

 Sarah Wall, of Durley. ., 



Dkd.] 



