";s:4:"text";s:4544:" He answer'd and said unto them, Because it is given to you to know the MYSTERIES of the Kingdom of Hea∣ven, but to them it is not given.And Jesus said to his Disciples, Unto you is given to know the MYSTERY of the Kingdom of God; but unto them that are without, all these things are done in Parables.And tho I have the Gift of Prophecy, and under∣stand all MYSTERIES, and all Know∣ledg; and tho I have all Faith so that I could remove Mountains, and have no Charity, I am nothing.He that speaketh in an unknown Tongue, speaketh not unto Men but unto God; for no Man understandeth him, however in the Spirit he speaketh MYSTERIES;The MYSTERY of the seven Stars which thou sawest in my right Hand, and the seven Golden Candlesticks:The seven Stars are the Angels of the seven Churches; and the seven Can∣dlesticks, which thou sawest, are the seven Churches,And upon her Forehead was a Name written, MY∣STERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,And the Angel said,—I will tell thee the MYSTERY of the Born in Ireland, he was educated at the universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leiden and Oxford and was influenced by the philosophy of John Locke. John Toland's Christianity Not Mysterious book. For I would not, Brethren, that you should be ignorant of this MYSTERY, that Blindness in part is happen'd to—The Church, whereof I am made a Minister according to the Dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the Word of God, even the MYSTERY which hath been hid from Ages and Generations, but now is made manifest to his Saints: to whom God would make known what are the Riches of the Glory of this MYSTERY among the Gentiles.Having made known unto us the MYSTERY of his Will, according to his good Pleasure which he hath purpos'd in himself, that in the Dispensation of the Fulness of times, he might gather together into one all things in Christ.the Secret of the Vocation of the Gentiles is in the Gospel made known, ma∣nifested and declar'd; and therefore re∣mains no longer a Mystery.but we shall all be chang'd in a Moment, in the twinkling of an Eye;—the Dead shall rise, and we shall be chang'd.for that Day shall not come except there be a falling awayfirst; and that Man of Sin be reveal'd, the Son of Perdition,And now you know what with-holdeth, that he might not be re∣veal'd in his time; for the MYSTERY of Iniquity doth already work, only he who now hindreth, will hinder till he be taken out of the way, and then shall that wicked
93. I know, and am perswaded by the Lord Jesus thatthere is nothing unclean of it self. After what has been already observ'd, I need not add, that all 76. Christianity not mysterious shows the influence of Locke—of his Essay, however, rather than of his Reasonableness of Christianity, which, published only a year before Toland’s book, can hardly have affected its argument. These Passages alone sufficient∣ly prove the Assertions contain'd in N29. In fact, Christianity Not Mysterious described Jesus, the Scriptures, and early Christianity in deistic, rather than Unitarian, terms. In Toland's first book Christianity not Mysterious (1696), he argued that the divine revelation of the Bible contains no true mysteries; rather, all the dogmas of the faith can be understood and demonstrated by properly trained reason from natural principles. Christianity Not Mysterious: Or, A Treatise Shewing, That There Is Nothing in the Gospel Contrary to Reason, Nor Above It: And That No Christian Doctrine Can Be Properly Call's A Mystery. I think I may now warrantably conclude, that nothing is a 24. And, first, I affirm, That 11. Locke’s 3111047873 From all these Observations, and what went before, it evidently fol∣lows that 68. Toland, John, 1670-1722. by Lilliput Press Answer him, that so sick Persons desire Wine: But if it be given to any unseasonably, it makes him fran∣tick, and so two Evils happen; both the sick Man is destroy'd, and the Physician is disparag'd. There are others far from this Simplicity, but as firmly resolv'd to stand fast by their old Systems.