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The Apostle’s method is worthy of
imitation. All wise people distrust novelty, and incline
to say that whatever is valuable has long been. We, like the
Apostle, should endeavor to show that the true Gospel is not a
new theology, but the old theology; not a new gospel,
but the old Gospel; the one foretold to Abraham; the one
declared by the Lord Jesus Himself and by all His
Apostles. In proportion as we would show that errors
prevail today, which had their origin in the “dark
ages,” we must show that we are not forging a new theory equally
erroneous, but that we have discarded the errors of the Dark
Ages, and have gone back to the first principles and
precepts and instructions of the Gospel, as announced by
the Lord and His authorized representatives, the
Apostles. |
