CONTENTS OF VOLUME FIRST. 1. Sermons on various subjects by Henry Kollock, D. D. 2. A statement of proceedings in the first church in Coven- try, Con. which terminated in the removal of the pastor, 5. Bible News of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. By Our Saviour's divinity in primitive purity. A sermon. An impartial review of testimonies in favor of the di- vinity of Christ by Christians of the three first centu- ries, and by the council of Nice. By Noah Worces- An appeal to the testimony of Christ as to what dis- istent eternal God. A letter to Rev. Samuel Spring, D.D. The record which God has given of his Son. By 6. History of the first church in Boston, together with two sermons. By Rev. William Emerson, A.M. A.S.S. S.H.S. 7. An Account of expeditions to the sources of the Missis- sippi; and through the western parts of Louisiana, &c. &c. performed by order of the government of the United States, &c. And a tour through the interior parts of THE GENERAL REPOSITORY FOR JANUARY, 1812. Theological Department. NEC TEMERE, NEC TIMIDE. A DEFENCE OF LIBERAL CHRISTIANITY. AMONG protestant Christians, there are two principal parties, which have been denominated with no great propriety of language the orthodox and the liberal. Between such however, as may be decisively ranked in either party, the whole interval is filled by men, whose different opinions, some more resembling those of the one side and some those of the other, may supply every shade in the gradation. But though the limits of neither division can be accurately defined, and though in each are comprehended men, who differ much in belief and sentiments from one another; yet there are some general characteristics of each division, which are sufficiently distinguishable. Those are to be considered as liberal Christians, who believe that Christianity, in respect to its main design, is a revelation from God; a revelation of religious truths beyond all comparison more important and interesting, than what unenfightened reason can with any approach to certainty discover; a revelation of the being and moral government of God, of the immortality of man, of the purpose of the present life, of the character here to be formed, and of the happiness and misery of a future state as depending on our present conduct. There are many indeed to be considered as liberal Christians, who, believing that Christianity is in its main design a revelation, do yet believe, that there are other important purposes of this dispensation. The orthodox on the contrary do not consider |