Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Three Letters to Hugh McNeile (of Liverpool): With His Letters in Reply With a Few Additional Explanatory Observations on the Meaning of the Phrase Inward Light
Being a citizen of many years' residence here as a bookseller, I have had several inquiries about our faith in inward light, in consequence of thy sermon but I am unwilling to believe that, as a Christian minister of high religious profession, thou wouldst intentionally libel any religious body, knowing it cannot be consistent with that charity, without which we have no mean authority for affirming, even should any one speak with the tongue Of angels, he is become but as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal. There fore, as a member of a body stigmatized from the pulpit and press of our city as one holding a dangerous error, may I respectfully ask to be informed what thy views are of our erroneous profession in this respect? The Scripture says, Ephesians 5 chap. 13 But all things that are reproved, are made manifest by the light, for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.' Our Saviour calls himself the light of the world. And his apostle says, Romans 8th chap. V. 9 - But ye are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if so be that the Spirit Of God dwell in you. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you except ye be reprobates - 2nd Cor. 13th Chap. 5. From the tenor Of thy reported sermons it would appear to be inculcated by thy teaching that the Scrip tural record was the only light. Surely the Holy Scriptures are not the light, but an emanation from the light. That was the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. Trusting to thy Christian candour to be informed if the phrase, as reported in the sermon, was intended to be an impeachment of my religious profession, or can be explained in any different sense. 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.
