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A letter to the author of the pamphlet called An answer [sic] to the…A letter to the author of the pamphlet called An answeer [sic] to the…
A letter to the author of the pamphlet called An answer [sic] to the Hampshire narrative. : [Three lines from Proverbs]A letter to the author of the pamphlet called An answeer [sic] to the Hampshire narrative. : [Three lines from Proverbs]
Boston: : s.n., Printed in the year 1737
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Mr. Nathaniel Huntington's Testimony, Narrative Page 54. I well remember that I asked Mr. B—whether he really believed ••at those that were bo•n and brought up in a Country where they never heard of the Gospel, ⟨p. 77⟩and know nothing of Christ, and had no Faith in him, could be saved; and he said he did not doubt but they would, if they lived up to the Light of Nature, and did all that was in their Power to do. And I several Times discoursed with Mr. B—about these Things, & he oftentimes said that the Heathen that lived up to the Light of Nature, should be saved without Faith in Christ, or any knowledge of him. In the Discourse, I said to him, I thought he held that all Men might be saved if they will; and he said yes, to be sure! All Men may be saved if they will; and it is very harsh, (and I think he said) unjust in GOD, to punish any Man for not doing what was not in his Power to do.
The Rev. Mr. Kirtland's and Mr. Isaac Lawrence's Testimony together, Page 62, 63, Then Mr. Kirtland asked him to Instance, if he could, in any Articles of Faith that were not contained in the Scriptures: His Answer was in these Words, The Salvation of the Heathen that live up to the Light of Nature, is an Article of my Faith or my Belief, call it which you will; and that it would be ridiculous in GOD, to require Men to do what was not in their Power, for nothing could be our Duty but what was in our Power.
Mr. Timothy Allin's Testimony, Page 45, When Mr. Robert B—preached at Scotland, he delivered, in his Sermon, these Words, as near as I can remember;—For my Part I look upon it to be a hard and harsh Doctrine, to suppose that the Heathen that lived up to the Light of Nature shall be damned, merely for not believing in Christ, whom they never had Opportunity to know.