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    the church at Corinth 1 . Cor . xvi . 1—4 . 2 Cor . vrii . 1—4 . It is evident that , at least when these collections took place , all private property was not put into a com * mon treasury ; and this single circumstance furnishes a sufficient answer to what Mr . Gibbon and such

    writers have insinuated on the subject . Mr : Kenrick has some reflections , in another part of his work , which are too apposite to be unnoticed - Speaking of Zaccheus , Luke xix , 8 , he says , ** We see how the influence of

    Christianity disposes men to acts of liberality . No sooner is Zaccheus acquainted with the doctrine of Christ than he gives half his goods to the poor . v The precepts of of Christ indeed did not require from him so great a sacrifice ; yet such a voluntary act of benevolence is a noble

    proof of the little value which he placed upon temporal good things , in comparison with those spiritual benefits with which he "was become acquainted ; and of his gratitude to God for

    communicating them . It is also still true that wherever the genuine principles of Christianity are felt , they teach men to regard with comparative indifference the riches of this world and incline them to acts of liberality to the poor .

    Mr . Kenrick ' s explanation of Acts vii ; 59 , is , in our judgment , the most satisfactory and , at the same time the most ingenious which we have ever seen . The turn given to the passage will , we presume , be generally approved by persons who are acquainted with the phraseology of the scriptures . u they stoned Stephen , crying put , and saying , Lord Jesus , receive my spirit , '' " receive my W'e" . , ¦ . " TJmr word God ha . s been very improperl y inserted in this verse in our trans ^ latioiv as it is not found in the original . Stephen * having just been favoured with a vision in which he saw Jesus , and retaining the junpreseion of it still strong ») poa gig tiiitid , perhaps , itill stcmghlm

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    at the moment when he was dying , k > naturally led to address hint , requesting * him to accept of his ' Ufe , whith he surrendered in his cause . But ; bo argument can be adduced , from the extraordinary circumstances in which Stephen was at this time , for addressing prayers * ta Christ in general . ' * r On the history of the ' ^ Ethiopian treasurer ( Acts viii . 2 ( Jtothe end ) Mr . Kenrick offers these jast reflections :

    < c Happy are they who like this nobleman , have courage to avow their religious principles in the most trying situations ; who , amidst the cares and pleasures of exalted stations and important employments , can find leisure to attend to the duties of religion and to improve their minds in useful knowledge . They

    will find that the time thu » employed has not been spent in vain . In the principles which they hereby acquire , they will experience support when every earthly succour fails . The favour of princes is uncertain , and soon lost . All worldly grandeur will cease at death , if not before ; but of the delightful

    prospects and divine consolations which religion affords , men can never be deprived These will follow them to the grave , and live beyond it . Let no business or station induce us to neglect what is so necessary to our welfare . It is th 6 only consolation of the poor ; the last resource of the rich . '*

    We are much pleased with oqr author ' s criticism on Acts xvi » 30 , 31 . " Sirs , what must I do to be saved Y rather cc to be

    safe ??*—And they said , "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ , aswi thou shalt be safe , and thy house . " <* In asking this question , « What shall I do to be saved V or to be safe , th « gaoler , who had probably never heard of a future life of happiness or misery ;

    ~ as preached by the apostles , referred , entirely to his personal security , ^ typqp which he was naturally alarmed , i » consequence of the earthquake wni 6 h / naa shaken the house to its foundations , and opened the dobr » of the prison ^ Thdaja * swer of Paul' and Sifas , therefor ^* aA ? suring hio > tfrajt if ; £ e , would Relieve m Christ he should be safe , and his howic , must refer to the same subject . In the circumstance ia which the gHftta were

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 749, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1707/page/43/