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      be either ihicldle or passive : if middle , it requires the 1 st . or £ d . or 4 th , rendering ; if passive , it requires the 3 d . rendering . In favour of the Jir&t , _ it is to be observed , that the verb in- this doubtful form is gener&Hy used in the Greek translation of the O . T .

      in this sense ; and perhaps always so irf this connexion , ( with ' the name of the Lord' after it : ) ancl that in the N . T- it is several times used in this sense , viz . Acts vii . 5 Qm Rom . x . 12 . 2 Cor . i . 23 . 2 Tim . ii . % 2 , 1 Pet . i . 17 .

      The second is ah unusual ren , dering ; but it is somewhat an ? tboriged-by Acts xxv . II . whert Luke records the word ? of PauJ ^ C appeal to Ctf * esaf : ami it should be observed that Luke and Paul only use the phrase in ' cfu&i tion .

      In favour of the tMfd Ireftclering it may fate tirgeel , th ^ t the verb in thiS'dmibtfu | forrn its ti $ ed seveft times m the writing ^ of Lti ^ e With the passive force , ( viz . Luke xtfii .

      3 . Acts x . 3 , 3 8 , 32 .. ' xi . 13 . xll . 12 . v * v . 22 ;) and oneie i p t h ^ Epistle to the Hebrewg , xi ; 16 : and * that with i \ it exciepttbn oi Attsii . 21 . ^ ii . 59 . ( and probably ) xxii . 1 « . Luke always itees the verb in this sense , or in the

      second . In favour of the fourth it may be said , that the language admits of it ; but we are not aware that there is any scriptural evidence

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      .. •?*• • • * The following remarks are principally designed as supplemental to the statements in the Keview of the I . V . ( p . 220 . Cpl . % ~) and are referred to in the continuation oi that article in the presi nt number . The expression translated in the Common Version , 4 who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ , ' is by many considered as a direct proof , that the first Christians prayed to him ; and if

      this were the fact , it may be thought ^ o justify prayer to Christ in these days . Neither the comJ xnoo rendering , nor the inference from it , is called for by the apostle ' s , words . In endeavouring to prove this , -aswe have chiefly in view the difficulties of thoser who

      t ^ innot exainme the originetl for themselive % we ^ faiali state the case with as much plainness as we can . The- original wards tak ? &'unconnected lyv adniit of four renderings ;~—1 , Actively , 4 lo all who call upon > the -naaae-of mir Lord Jt'sus Christ : * -+ ~ 2 . Also ^ cU ^ ii y ^ ' tp all who appeal to the , name of our Lord Jesus Chribi : ' - —3 .--iPu& $ ivefy \ < to n \\ who- ^ re called by [ or according tpj the -name vf our Lord Jesus Christ : '—4- With the middle force , c to all who call upon themselves , [ or take upon thenbselves , ] the name of ihe Lord Jesus Christ . The cause of the ambiguuy is , that the present tense of the verb in question , may

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      Remarks respectin g the rendering of I cor . 1 . % ^ X ^ TJM E I 3 V 45 ROVED VERSION , VIZ . * WHO ARE CALLED 'BY THJi ^ AME OF O jLJ R LORD JESUS CHRXST .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1809, page 266, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1736/page/20/