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Excerpt from The Christian Sacraments: Or Scriptural Views of Baptism and the Lord's Supper
HE Author has endeavored to give to the following Treatise as little of a controversial character as he could, consistentlv with the object which he had in view. Truth stands Opposite to error and to make their contrast seen and felt, it is sometimes desirable to present both. To this, the Author has been almost resistlessly led by the force of circumstances; and it will be readily perceived that the considerations, which induced him to present what he conscientiously believed to be erroneous views on the subject. Which he has treated, bound him, at the same time, to present them. Not in his own, but in the language of their advocates. He has, however, endeavored to quote fairly, and has honestly sought to put the Theories, which he 0p poses, in a light which their advocates must acknowledge to be just: and, having done this, he has busied himself with those Theories, and not with the men who hold them. Against their views he has spoken strongly: against the men he has said nothing. He readily concedes to them. What he is desirous may be conceded to himself, - honesty and sincerity in the views embraced, and solicitude to pro mote the best interests of the Gospel and Church of Christ. He can feel no pleasure in supporting even what he believesto be vital truth by so poor a prop as an attempt to excite prejudice against those, who embrace even what he believes to be dangerous error. Nor has he any desire that the views, which he has presented, should stand any further than they can stand on the basis of Truth as revealed in the Word of God, recognized in the Standards of our Church, and illustrated by its own inward light.
He has quoted the authors, to whom he refers, only so far as was necessary to develop their peculiar views on the points under examination. He has not attempted to follow them through any extended train of reasoning, illustration, or reference to authorities. There is, therefore, a sense in which the present work is not controversial. It does not profess to be a special answer to any other work, or a full critique upon any other treatise. It is. Rather, an inde pendent exposition of the nature of the Christian Sacra ments; referring for authority mainlv to the Scriptures, and showing, subordinately, the harmony between the Scriptures and our own Ecclesiastical Standards.
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