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although neither of these events took place till sometime afterwards . In these places * and several others which might oe produced , this day and to-day cannot he understood to mean instantly , or the diay on which the words were spoken ; but to refer generally to a future time not far distant . **
We could wish tnat our limits -would allow of our inserting all jflilr . Kenrick ' s " Reflections ' ' on this portion of the sacred writings . No enlightened friend to truth and goodness can read them without admiration . We cannot refrain from making two extracts .
<< Let no one take encouragement from this instance to go on in sinful practices , f rom the hope that he shalL be able to repent , and to make his peace with God > in his last moments . Whoever t « usts to such expectations , relies xipon that for which he has no authority
from scripture , and which cannot take place without a miracle ; and a miracle too in favour of a presumptuous offender , and performed in direct opposition to every other part of the divine proceedings /* 46 Let it be remembered that the
customs of ministers of religion visiting notorious criminals or open violators of the law of God , when they are about to die , absolving them from their sins , c > r giving them assurances of pardon and salvation upon the profession of repentance , derives no countenance from this
example : for Christ possessed a knowledge of the hearts and characters of men , which it would be the highest presumption in the ordinary ministers of r eligion to pretend to : he might therefore justly give assurances where no <> ther person can dafe to offer any , without assuming divine powers . Besides , it is pretty clear that the person to whom
they were given in the present instance , was not a man who had led an abandoned life to this time , and who never thought of God or religion till the last moment ) as is the case with those of whom we are here speaking ; but one of upright intentions , and , upon the whole , of a good character , although not without blemishes ; to such a man hope might be exhibited , but not to the : « thf | P . . -. ' ¦ ' « « .. '¦¦¦
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Mr . Kenrick lays before hh readers , at considerable length , two distinct explanations of the introduction to John ' s gospel , which have , at different times , been proposed by believers in the simple humanity of Christ .
Some , translating o Xoy $ fy wis ~ dom have supposed that the evan * gelist , intending to point out the guilt of the Jews in rejecting our Lord , begins his gospel with de * daring that the wisdom of God , which belonged to him from ever-.
lasting , dwelt in the man Christ Jesus , working the miracles which he performed and suggesting the
doctrines which he delivered , * Mr . Lindsey ^ Dr . Lardner Dr , PrieVtley and Mr . Wakefield defended this opinion , and it ha &
been adopted by men eminent for talents and scriptural knowledge . Mr . Kenrick thought it 6 c at least very plausible /* but it did not g ive complete satisfaction to his mind . He has pointed out the difficulties which embarrass it .
Others understand by the Ldfc gos , Jesus Christ , the person who is the subject of the . rest of the history , and regard the ex p ression ,
" tlit word was God / ' as intiinaU ing no more than a complete union of counsels and desi g ns be ** tween the word of life and Goci ; so that the authority of the one might be considered as the san ^ e with that of the other ; jutst in the sense in which Christ s , ays ccl ancj my Father are one ; " and u he that hath seen me hath seen the Father / ' This interpretation is supported b y a force of argument which it is difficult to resist \ v \ Mr . Cappe ' s * . * Critical Remarks /' vol . i . p . i . 4 " * It r ^ cpimuendc 4 itself to Mr . Kenrick on apctnmt
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 742, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/36/
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