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it poor i but a rich man ^ ( or a roan possessed of property ) may , while he is rick ^ be poor ; and thus , strange as it may appear , while he is in the act of endea-Touring to prove that Mr . B / s declaration involves a
contradiction , he falls into a palpable contradiction himself . The detection and exposure of this little error , is only by the way , and would p robably not
have been noticed , if it had not been judged expedient to do so , in order to shew a new instance , in which one who has been
always esteemed an acute reasoner , may , in support of a favourite hypothesis , be betrayed into an inconsistency ; and to shew my old friend , how possible it is for ; & , man in the excess of his zeal , to fall into a ditch which he had iug for another .
Now sir , as to the merits of the case , I must beg leave to observe , that it is possible for one to be rich and at the same time to be poor , and I must contend , that the apostle Paul in the words in question , meant to say so much of Jesus Christ , that is , that he
was at the same time both rich and poor , and I must beg further to contend that to say so is no contradiction , ' For it is only necessary in order to shew the
truth of thi § last position , to say , that it is possible for a person to possess the most ample means of gratif ying his wants and his passions , and yet to forego the advantages he possesses , and to ,
assume a state . of voluntary poverty ? by denying himself all the advantages his riches would furnish . —Will any rrian deny that Damei , Dancer of Harrow Weald , was not poor in the
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midst of a great superabundance of means ? I knew him well and his house establishment , and I do say , that although he possessed large property , he assumed a vo- ; luntary poverty , and was therefore both rich and poor at the same time . Or , if it will suit my friend ' s taste better , I will say with him , that although he
possessed great riches , yet while he " denied himself commenr necessa * ries he was ± not rich" We need go no further . We have Mr . M . ' s own positive declaration to con * tradict his contradiction . If Dr . Hammond's idea of the true rendering of the text in question be a just one , ( and whether it is or not I shall leave to the
learned ) , it goes rather iarther than the common rendering , to prove the truth of Mr . B / s construction—he translates it , " who being rich was for you a beggar ;" and in this rendering , he is supported in part by Dr . Barrow , formerly of Trinity College , Cambridge , and one of the chaplains to Charles the second , who in one of his sermons on patience y page 219 . has these words " SI iihSig ki / fw ^ eva-Sj he was ( as the Apostle saith 2 Cor . 8 , 9 . ) a beggar for us ? Now if Dr . Hammond ' s is the true rendering
of the words , then they expressly declare , that he " being ( not , having been ) rich was poor for us , " and in tfris way the words expressly state , that he was at the time both rich anci poor , " being v \' cly he was poor . " And in what sense this declaration was to be
understood is evident , if we consult the context . The apostle was evidently endeavouring to stimulate the Corinthians to dceiU of charity , by the example a *
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Defence of Mr . Belsham against Mr . Marsom . $ 03
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1809, page 203, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1735/page/27/
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