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And whereas many of the students in this Seminary may be devoted to the sacred work of the gospel [Illegible] that the — true & fundamental principles of the Christian Religion may be with-voted, established, and perpetuated in the Christian Church so far as this Institution may have influence, it shall be the duty of the Master, as the age & abilities capacities of the Scholars will admit, not only to [illegible] & establish them in the truth of Christianity, but also early & Diligently to inculcate upon them the great & important Scripture Doctrine of the [illegible] of the One true God, the Father, Son, & Holy Ghost – of the fall of man — The depravity of human nature__. The necessity of an Atonement — & of our being renewed in the Spirit our minds – The Doctrine of repentance toward God & of faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ – of Sanctification by the holy Spirit – And of justification by the free Grace of God, this the redemption that is in Jesus Christ, in opposition to the erroneous & dangerous doctrine of justification by our own merit or a dependence on self righteousness together with the other important doctrines & the duties of our holy Christian Religion.
Eph. 4.23.
Ach. 20.21.
Rom. 3.24. Rom. 5.16.
That [illegible] mind of man is tied to piety & virtue an obvious [illegible]
Box 1 Folder 35-36
Phillips Family Papers
Phillips Academy Archives & Special Collections