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rtptbiag' like . tbe . . 4 priori method of investigation : we have oftly .-tQ . qoijsuJt . tW p ^ g ejs of bis . -, tpiyaild * h bpQK . of nature ; and
idtiese . arc * spread before , our eyejs * Not approving however of what had been already dono ^ Rtr . Wood •* determined , rp try . the better method of induction , the method
so universally , anci successfully adopted , by all natural philosophers *—He accordingl y collected und arranged 5 in four classes , all the miracles recorded in the . New Testament . The first cla $$ -consisted of thas . e in wiuch Christ is
represented as , the ^ gent , —the secovd , of th&ae wihic . b had a clejajv ) y express reference to him , but in which he did not appear in any respect as the agent—the third , of those miraculous events
in which the apos tles appeared m some degree as agents , and the foiu : ih of tfiose . in which they were not tfre agents ^ liitf the subr to thi
j < ae £$ . " As . t ^ & seq ue l s classi fie atio n wc ex pec ted a p re - cise aad comprehensive definition . Ija ti ^ e . alpsemr ' e oJF it ,., ^ e .-fcave . IHv tie i ^ ore tfa&n ftirtbgr diviision and
de « € riptio » v Miracles are first divided iiito two kinjis , perfect a ^ 4 . impcjr ; f ^ ; a ^ d / a p&rfeet roiraek i § stated tQ bp a prophecy instantaneously fulfilled ( pp . 3 \* > 3 ^ . ) Now this view of ' the . case
w e ^ pp 3 < 2 d . tp many objections ; m ?^ conte nt . qH ^ clyc ^ , with taking two .. First , it ia totally in * e ©® ncileable with thes tex ^ ts wlxich ^ p e ^ i ojf Qhris > t > n& $ Q $ jsjesi $ ing cipd exenmffg nvTMW xm le » & than
knowledge , witl ^ tlmtr , for example , in which , he $ ay 3 ttet ^ power is gone om ^ of hin& ?/ an ] d with tfee very numerousI ' .-. p ^ B ag ^^ iu which he d ^ scrife >< 5 himself as doing sv-¦ perAatiiBiL . vwAa ,. An ^ s ^ candly ,
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ijt leaves the , Jexm prophecy entirely unexplained ;; whereas a prophecy is itself a miracle ^ a miraqle . of' knowledge ^ of kaipvyled g ^
as contra-distinguished from the generality of recorded miracles ^ which are miracles of power * We suspect that , in this instance * Mr ,. Woad was led astray by his baj > its of classification as a
patural . is . t . Some communications upon to- ^ pics of theology , he appears to h av e m ad e to h i s ce I e bra ted p . re - deeessor . lie had requested Dr . fricstley to procure for him the
loan of Stephens ' s folio edition of the New Testament ; " aiid his correspoiident observes to him iu answer , * I am . g } ad to find that you have a . turn for works of this kiacL There are too few of us
tiuwt haye it . The clergy are taking the lead of us in , biblicai learning . But then they ha * ye the means for it which we have not , and . tkoir sxibseriptiozis * &c * tie up their bands from , other ir ^
quiries / ' We cannot forbear to notice , this very sing \ xlaiy not to call it psavadoxieiiC manner of accounting , fpr the assumed fact-Be it admitted that the clergy are
superior to the dissenting ministers in biblical learning , and that " th ^ y have tlie means for it which we have not / ' AH this we fujly understand , and in the main cannot controvert . But their
subscriptions , - &c » without doubt , have a tendency and effect the very opposite of what is ascribed to them by Dr . Priestley , Fqr the most part , they tie up their hands / rom theological and biblical inquiries , . and compel the studious class of th *> nx to seek a ref " g $ in- literary and scientific pjirsui ts , in shorty iu almpat aoy
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1809, page 223, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1735/page/47/
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