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HOUSE OF GOD,
A'S COMMANDED TO BE OBSERVED BY THE TRUE
STEWARD,
JESUS CHRIST,
AgD DEPOSITED IN HIS LA St WILL AND gflgS-
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BY ALEXANDER MACK :
PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTED BY JOHN BIN^S,
1810
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INTRODUCTION.
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PREFACE.
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A CONVERSATION BETWEEN
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Of Excommunication.
Of Variance.
Father. This spirit meets such people, who
are not sufficiently instructed in the ways of the
Lord, similar to the serpent who spoke to Eve
in Paradise : Ye shall not surely die, for your
eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods,
knowing good and evil, in case ye eat of the for-
bidden fruit ; which in part so happened for
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Of taking Oaths,
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Of Love,
Of Faith.
Of Matrimony.
Of Adultery.
Of Excommunication.
Son. But if either party of husband or wife
sins so as to be excommunicated by the church*
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Of outward Worshift.
Son. Thee told me however of a number of
things, which in the opinion of many were need-
less to be observed by the faithful. They were
no more under the necessity of dwelling upon
them, from their having been transferred to a
heavenly condition, and conversant in nothing
else but religious affairs.
Father, True, such people I have seen
enough myself, but they who hold up doctrines
in its favor err greatly.The reason is plains
thev are in want of that humble mind so sub-
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Of Everlasting Torment.
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A Parental Advice.
Father. I will endeavor out of a parental
love towards thee, to give thee a good and cer-
tain advice, of which thee will always think thy
life-time ; let it never escape thy mind, and be
it thy principal care, wherever thee may come
to, that all thy sighs and wishes may tend towards
the love of God, who created thee, and Jesus
Christ, Who redeemed thee with his precious
blood ; and that it may be the case above all
things in the world, whether beauty or riches,
or whatever may come in thy sight or hearing,
a love occupying thy whole heart, soul, and
mind. And in this love, fear God with a filial
obedience, meditate day and night upon his
commandments keep them with a pure heart,
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xv. 30, 31. Heb. x. 28. And the soul that tlocth
ought presumptuously, and breaketh the Lord's
commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off":
his iniquity shall be upon him. Thus firm wa$
the word of the Lprd given by Moses and eve-
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NEW BAPTISTS,
PARTICULARLY TO THAT OF WITGENSTEIN
WITH PLAIN ANSWERS,
ADAPTED TO THEIR IMPORT, BY ONE OF
THEIR MEMBERS.
BELOVED FRIENDS,
1 Question. IS it not probable that'a thousand
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whole, it is astonishing to look for such com-
plete unity in these days of darkness and obscu-
rity ; when many, boasting of internal spiritual
baptism,still disagree and evince such uncer-
THE END,