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Christy wh « n he is come , he will teacKdus all things >' « It appears hence that the Samaritans expected the Messiah ) and that they entertained juster notions of him than the Tews ; tor they conceived of him as a
teacher only , while the Jews regarded him as a temporal prince . This difference in their opinions is probahly to }> e traced to the different books which they received , as containing a revelation from . God . For in the Pentateuch the
Messiah is spoken of only as a prophet or teacher , but is represented as a king in the latter prophets . This may also account for Christ confessing himself to be the Messiah to the Samaritans , while he carefully concealed it icom the Jews * The Samaritans , with such notions of him , were not likely to disturb his ministry . "
We think that our auttior has mistaken the sense of John v .
37-38 . 37 . ' * Ye have neither heard his voice at anv time or seen his shape , '' ory " ye have neither Usttried to his voice at any time nor seen his form . ' *
¦ ** Hearing God ' s voice is a familiar phrase in scripture for obeying his will , and seeing him , for observing his hand in the acts of his power ., Neither of these things had the Jews done as they ought , which their history abundantly
testified ; and their conduct is therefore justly urged against them by Christ as matter of reproach . If the words are taken literally , they are not true : for God had spoken more than once to the J ews in an audible voice , and appeared to them in a visible form . "
3-8 . " And ye have not his wbrd abiding in you : for whom lie hath sent , him ye believe not ; . " " The maxims of former revelations have no place in your minds , and produceno proper effect uponyourconduct , as ; appear * by your rejecting him who has the clearest testimonials of heaven in his favour . *'
According to this interpreta * tion the passage is attended with much obscurity and is very unsuitakle tp the content . The words slioulcl be translated as int crra£ aiions ; tfaeV will then bs
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plain arid pertinent : u Have ye never hoard his voice nor seen his form ? And have ye not his word abiding in you , ( that ts 9 have ye forgotten or do ye not regard , his declaration , ) that ye believe not him whom he hath sent ? Our
Lord manifestly refers not t 6 his miracles , but . to the visible de ~ scent of the spirit and to the voice from heaven , at his baptism . See Dr . Campbell ' s excellent note in loc .
The following explanation is peculiar to Mr . Kenrick : ' John vii . 27 . " Howbeir , we know this man whence he is ; but when Christ cometh no man knoweth where he is . "
" An illustrious prophecy concerning the Messiah , Is , liii . contains the following expression , according * to our translation . ' And who shall declare his generation ? which the Jews probably understood as referring to the difficulty of tracing his origin , and wnich in modern times has been referred to his supposed miraculous birth , or his being without a father . But Bishop Lowth thus trans ' * lates the passage , * And his manner of life who would declare ? ' And another
able critic , * And the men of his genera * tion who will be able to describe V In either case there is no reference to the birth or origin of Christ ; but the JewA might possibly mistake the sense of thjd passage as we have done . ** We prefer , we must confess ^ the explanation which is given of
this verse by Lighfoot and Whitb y * Mr . Kenrick retains the story of the woman taken in adultery * , John viii- 1 —11 . Believing it : be the narrative of the evangelist , h ^ supposes , with Bishop Pearce , that the mark affixed to it in same
copies , was intended to renfrind the reader that it was tp be pa $ - sed over , and not , likp other part * of scripture , to be read in public * This , it is said , " originated fty * foolish apprehension th 4 ^ ^ oi ffJ Lord ' s behaviour to the won > au
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Review .- —Kenrick s Exposition * ^ 4 ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 745, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/39/
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