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      and Pontius Pilate—some of the patrons of the Evangelical Magazine , and of the Monthly Repository , will exclaim that I am two centuries behind the present fashion of religion , even amongst the Non-conformists ! Be it so . It is worth while to

      be singular in a case that involves character ^ usefulness , the glory of Godj and the holiness and happiness of millions . Our fathers walked in the same path , with honour to themselves , with advantage to the cause of Non-conformity , and with profit to their age and generation . Near Exeter . P . Q .

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      ON THE INTERVIEW OF JESUS WITH JOHN ' S DISCIPLES . To the Editor of the Monthly Repository . Sir , Allow me to offer your readers a few remarks on the man * ner in which our Lord received the disciples of the Baptist , on their being sent by him with the inquiry— " Art thou he that

      should come , or do we look for another f" Matt . xi . 3 . I am not proposing to enter into the question ( which , indeed , dees not affect the argument so far as the conduct of our Lord is concerned ) , how far John was himself acquainted with the divine authority of Jesus , or with what view he sent his disciples with

      the above important inquiry : although I confess that it appears to me " most consistent with the previous history to suppose , that he meant by it to introduce them to an acquaintance with Jesus > and secure their receiving from him satisfactory evidence that he was the Messiah . He had before expressly declared to the people , and no doubt had often repeated it to his disciples , that Jesus was the Christ , and corroborated his declaration bv

      referring to the sign from heaven which was given at his baptism : but as he did no miracles ^ and consequently could produce no immediate divine attestations to t | ie truth of what he taughtj its credibility rested on the evidences which he gave of the goodness of his understanding , that he could not be

      mistaken , and of his integrity and veracity that he would not deceive . Here then the point must ; of necessity ^ for some time , rest . Indeed the design of John * s ministry concerning Jesus appears to have been only to awaken the attention of the people ^ and to prepare them for a more careful and candid examination of the more authentic proofs which Jesus himself should afterwards give that he was the Christ . Accordingly when John heard that Jesus had already entered

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      538 On the Interview of Jesus with John ' s Disciples .

      I M _, I I ¦ — . ., ¦ ¦ . -F . - . ; "..' ,. .'. "" - ."^J ¦ ¦ ' I ... ™-7"' ^^^^^^P T^ Biblical Criticism.

      i m _ , i i ¦ — . ., ¦ ¦ . -f . - . ; " .. ,. . ' . "" - . " ^ J ¦ ¦ ' I ... ™ -7 "' ^^^^^^ p T ^ BIBLICAL CRITICISM .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1806, page 538, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1729/page/34/