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is applicable to almost all things in revelation,
and indeed even the nature and perfections of
God; but this word is commonly applicable
to the Trinity, the incarnation of Christ, the
reconciliation of an offended God through the
atonement of the Saviour, and the resurection
and re-union of the same body and soul to¬
gether ; these are great and precious truths,
but they are undoubtedly very mysterious, how¬
ever as they are clearly revealed, it is as much '
our duty to believe them, as to love God and
obey him.
3. Even the gospel, which in many respects
is so clear to a believer, is expressly called a
mystery in many places in the New Testament,
because it is so deep and hidden from the car¬
nal; thus it is called the mystery of God, the
mystery of Christ, the mystery of faith, and
it is expressly called the mystery of the gos-
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4. The doctrine of the Trinity, though a
glorious truth, is deeply mysterious, and indeed
is the leading mystery in the Christian religion,
and those who arrogantly attempt to accommo¬
date it to the grasp of human reason, have by
such an attempt given up the very thing we
contend for. Uishop Brown remarks, “ We
] are not required to believe any mystery in the
i matter, but only in the manner; tiius for in- *
stance, the mystery in this doctrine does not
lie in the matter, or fact, that there are three
! -in one,-but in the manner, or how to account
! for and explain it: we must believe the fact,
i because it is plainly revealed, but as to the
manner, wherein the whole mystery lies, as it
is not revealed, we have nothing to do with
it.”
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