Excerpt from Christ Crucified, or a Plain Scriptural Vindication of the Divinity and Redeeming Acts of Christ: With a Statement and Refutation of the Forms of Unitarianism Now Most PrevalentThousands of hearts, quickened by the death of Christ and washed through his sanctifying blood, have echoed the language of Paul, God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ 3 while the whole com pany of evangelical ministers who serve at the altars of his church, having kept the faith, de clare, We preach Christ crucified. This, beyond doubt, was the alpha and omega in those strangely efficient ministrations of the apostles. The only door of hope they opened for the despairing sinner was through' a propitiatory sacrifice having stated this doctrine with no markable clearness, as we will hereafter see, they guard it by fearful denunciations against those who attempt to teach some other way of justification. If we, say they, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel, let him be accursed.But it cannot be denied, that among those who are called Christians, and profess to receive the testimony that God has given of his Son, very different opinions concerning the character and work of Christ have obtained. It is not important, in this place, to trace the history of errors which have prevailed, but it is due to the candid reader that I give here a summary statement of what we believe to be impliedfi'About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.