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pointed a day, in which Pie will judge the world: 

 and that, in order to this universal judgment, (here 

 shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just 

 and of the unjust. 



Ai'ain. When it is revealed, That there is but 

 one God, in opposition to the multitude of heathen 

 deities ; that this God is a Spirit ; that there is none 

 good but He ; that lie only is wise, and his wisdom 

 is infinite ; that he is Almighty, hath all power, is 

 above all, the only Potentate, King of Kings, and 

 Lord of Lords ; that He is the Most High the Lord 

 of Hosts, who only hath immortality ; these, and such 

 like equally express declarations, concerning the One 

 God, are evident improvements of that knowledge 

 which w r e have by the light of nature. 



These expressions are all plain and intelligible, 

 so that, when we use them, we know what we say. 

 But as to the following expressions, concerning the 

 One God, That he is " God of himself, Root, Prin- 

 ciple, and Original ;" that he is a " Pure Act, simple, 

 undivided, Self-existent, absolutely supreme ;" toge- 

 ther with the words " Subordinate, co-ordinate," 

 and, above all, his metaphysical " Substance and 

 essence :" these- are not the language of revelation, 

 especially when used to explain the Unity of God ; 

 but affected terms, invented by men, to express their, 

 several sentiments of that Unity. 



Can we sufficiently lament the mischief which has 

 been done by the rumbling of these, and such like 

 sounding words, through whole volumes; to the 



