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blushes * two or ihtm iltf ^ ip tfoe f ^ $ « f ^ ^^^ pi ^ i ^ t | at the simplicity of my ^ ioctriB ^ Perhaps some of his readers i may think it not attiiss , if he had reserved a few of h * $ Wjislsgs * for the absurdity of hjs own * t
S . This complete refuter of the Unitarian doctrine x&sexpe ^ ( p . 22 ) -- ^ f The Sacred Scripture no where tells us , that Christ is qaly a human treing ; it no where tells us , that he was and is in all respects a * n ere man , 1 ike unto- other men * This I insist upon , and challenge the world to deny , or refute , If therefore the Scripture no where tells me Jesus Christ is only a human being-r-a mere man in all respects , like unto others-
—( and it doth not ) then I will not believe the doctrine , because I $ a # e no ground from scripture so to dp , ** This reasoning appears somewhat extraordinary to us who judge of it by natural understanding only . The worthy author will not believe a man to be a man , unless the Scripture says that he is otily a human beings in all respects a mere man . I also , in my turn , insist upon it , and I challenge the world to deny or refute the
assertion , that the Scripture no where says that Moses was only a human being , a mere man , in all respects Jike unto others ; and yet I do not conclude , with our zealous author , that we liave jid ground from Scripture to believe that Moses was only ahuuianbeing ^ and I suspect that our opponent himself will somewhat abate his confidence in the validity of his argument in this case , thourfi it is exactly parallel to the other ^ This
gentlertian is also a little mistaken , even in the premises which he so boldly challenges \ the world to refute . The Scripture does affirm ( Heb * ir . 17 ) , not only that Christ was , but that it was needful that he should be , in all respects like to his
brethren . And though it is not usual to bring arguments to prove p . man to be a man , and no more than a nian yet the writer to the , Hebrews has professedly done this : for having shewn , h \ the first chapter , that Jesus was superior to all former prophets
and " messengers" of God ( improperly translated *< angels "see Wakefield ) , his professed object , in the second chapter , is to shew that the Saviour of mankind was not , and ought not to be ^ a being of superior rank , but one of the human race ; a
partaker of flesh and bloody in common with those whom he came to redeem , from ignorance ^ vice , aud ausery a » nd in all respfects like unto his brethrea . * w ¦ ,-. ¦ ¦'¦ ¦¦ ' * - 1 .. * SC 60 . 9 . — Were any man to assert this * ( viz . that Christ wa ^ a human teiiig , selected , &c . ) and I were present , f should actually blush for the tnan . ^ And , again ( p . t 5- )> <§ Simple enough it is fyiz ; Mr . B . *» account of the matter ) and « uch , I should be disposed to say , as a man of wndestanding and ; , icfl ^ ctioo ^ must deeply blush to * dmit and a vow . "
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1806, page 589, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1730/page/29/
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