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THE FAITH

ONCE

DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS.

THIRD EDITION.

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American Unitarian Association.

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THE FAITH

ONCE

DELIVERED TO THE SAINTS.

As the Apostle Jude has declared it to be a duty of Christians, to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints; it becomes us to understand what that faith is, and to consider whether we are doing our duty in this particular. To aid us in this is the design of the following pages.

By the faith once delivered to the saints, we understand the Christian Religion;—those truths which were taught by our blessed Saviour for the instruction, the regeneration, and the salvation of man. If it be inquired what these truths are, we should say they seem to be mainly and chiefly comprised in the following summary.

That there is one Infinite and Eternal Being, the source of all existence, the author of all blessing, the ruler of all worlds, who exercises an unreserved and impartial sovereignty over all beings and events:

That this God is one only, without equal, rival, or part

ner:

That this Being, infinitely perfect in his moral attributes, maintains a moral government over his creatures,

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