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: AbS . Spirit signifies here ' no more than life ; and $ m pas-,-sarge is well explairied by : Gen . Vu tf , * f and the i-OFdHform ^ d alan-of the dust of the ground , and breathed into his nostrils 4 he , breath of Ji& ; andhefoecame a living soul , " or a-living peb * ^ on . r
Ecelesi lii 2 l # 4 C V ^ ho&noweth the spirit of man that gaeth mpwsp&l and the spidtbf the beast that goeth downward to the ea , rttiP ' Ans . In tfeSs Tersfe ^ be wfiter asks , > where is the differeuce ^ between the mau whb , in consequence ^ of his erect posture ^
^ fereatheth upward , and tfoe beast who , *• in coftseqnenxie * of a deferent posture , breatheth downward ?—^ it ^ siiiuatingy by this question , that diere is ., ! so far , no diflFerenbe at ali . - > Matt . x . 28 . " Fear not them which , kill the body , but zxt mot able to kiH thesoid * ^ * ' >
Ans . Here again soul is life * There is a parallel passage * and satisfactory explanation in Matt . xvi . 25 ^ ^ he that loseth liis lifej ( in the original , he that loseth his soul ) for my sake ^ shall find it . ^ N ^ Matt , xx ; 3 21 u 1 am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and tlkfc God of Jacob ; God is not the Gad of ^ thb dead bitjt of the living . ^ ' . Ati ^ . Christ Ss provin g ia this place a Tesuwectioa of the dead to some that denied it ; The sentence added in the parallel
passage m Ltike xx . 38 , is decisive of our Jjord ^ s meaning s * all live to him / ' i . e . in his aH coraprehendtng mind , all that are hereafter to be raised from the * dead are jilreidy alive , and therefore God ' s catting himself their God , was a proof that ^ that ixonour was intendedfor these patriarchs . .
Lukexvj . is . The parable of ihe rich man andLazarus ^ Ans . Circumstances are mentioned here tot ^ y incoilsistertt with the idea of aseparate ^ spirit , e , ; g . abody , atotigtte , afinger . The only design of this parable is ta teach floten the rigbt use of wealth .
Ltrke xxiii . 43 . ** To-day ^ altttheube with me ^ paracfase . ^ Ans- Christ lay after death in the gravfei undfef the smiles of heaven , and with the certainty of a resurrection to ^ tern « ii Jife : ihis state of tbe dead our Lord , in Jewish language , calJs i ? ara ~ 4
¦ ise 9 and promises a share in rt to the dying malefactor 2 Cor . v , 8 ,. << Willing rather ^ and to be ^ present with thb Lord /* . Ans . The Apo ^ tle is speaking here ^ f hiaiseif , ofiiis whoje person , aigtd of tbe change of it at the msUrrection ' of the dead ibr one iiicorrupitibie andimmbrtab Oppresafed with fatigue , he thought this change d ^ sirable- ^ -but did not expec t it to take apfaee \ Vithout death . .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1806, page 147, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1722/page/35/
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