Views in New England Theology: No; I. The New England Theology Contrasted With the New Arminianism (Classic Reprint)

Views in New England Theology: No; I. The New England Theology Contrasted With the New Arminianism (Classic Reprint)
ISBN-10
0267708815
ISBN-13
9780267708819
Category
Religion
Pages
32
Language
English
Published
2018-02-03
Publisher
Forgotten Books

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Excerpt from Views in New England Theology: No; I. The New England Theology Contrasted With the New Arminianism The state of Opinion in the orthodox congregational churches, is in some respects very peculiar. On the part of many minis ters and intelligent laymen, there is a serious conviction, that the course of public instruction through the schools, the press and the popular currents of thought, are drifting away from the cardinal truths of the Gospel; and that another gospel is coming in on the other hand, there are many ministers and laymen, as intelligent and as sound in the faith, who, from view ing the subject from different positions and associations, or from not having so carefully investigated what is taught to and by the younger ministry, are as positive in their assurance, that the fears of the other are groundless. These last are tempted to think and say hard things of those who entertain and excite fears of the spread of dangerous error, and yet these hard things said cannot diminish such fears, nor repress the utterance of them, nor justify those who are fully in them, in keeping si lence. Those whose conscience will allow them to float with the current, in the belief, that all is safe, have much the easiest task, and if withal they have the happiness of a good con science, they can well afford, to bear the inconvenience, which they sufl'er from the consciences of others impelling to utter alarms. It may be that their sense of security comes of their. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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