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iftaf BifSR ^ td m ^' pTd ^ tiin ' e ^ r $ & £ < £ M&tm * tbtfS weri i ** &bU ?^ . 1 ( V ^ J jKve aere ra-t £ ier uj ^ ineajto Ju / flk , that this verse is intimately con-He ^ fedi : > v kjh the versejs , whicfa 4 pre - ^ e it ^ Xfoat jtbe pi 7 orai&e is limited to the apostolic ^ ge 5 and that it
relates to the powers bestowed on the apostles , after our Lord ' s as-Ufcnsjosi , " to work miracles in his B&ttter' * -
"'"" The explanation of Matt . xix . 3 S » is singularly happj : — " . And every one that hath forsaken houses & ¥ bretfiferi' or sisters , or father or ^ jpt |^ r 5 ox wife or children , or lands for my . name ' sake , from
attachment to mtf religion ^ shall jfective ian hundred-fold , and shall inherit everlasting life /' ^ . Christ here speaks of the more escdtlent biies&ixigs and advantages , which Jb&foflowers would receive in the pre-^ iitworid , in the place of what they might Ipse . This appears from the
expffss vror 4 s of . Mark , ( x , 30 . ) and from the l ^ st clause of the sentence , in which f !\ c reward , pf eternal life is mentioned , in . addition to what had been said before-TEe qonstructipn of the passage is likewise illustrated by the event : for in the place ; of one house which they might lose , they had the free use * of many Hotises ^ Jfo r a few ^ brothers and sisters , ^ Enumerable multitude of the
disciple * of Christ ; for ( heir children , as many , ^ as \ tftey converted to tnc faith , V ? h *)^ regarded thejn as th , eir fathers in CKrist ^ Tor lands , all the wealth of < 3 Hristiahs , which became common . ** Mr . Kenrick supposes , that tlic parable of TKe labourers in the
Vineyard , ( Matt . xx . 1—1 G \^ is designed to show , that " at whatcVet ' tiine rnen come to the belief of Christianity , whether early or late ; their towards will be the $ a « ife ; their merit consisting in obeying the ctiB whenever it was ghcn ^ &fid the t iine of the call / depehdihgMpbu thV k wi 11 6 fhinf 0 \ viid tTkndeit" We much doubt > V ^ i ^ tne ^ this t ? c fKe ^> fop ^ r int rT
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pt&t&fi ( ft ( . ., [ IV > iirii ^ o ^ pTS f ^ jvhat appear to be rnateii ^ il In ^ u dents in the ^ ory \ the dissati ^ foe - tion of th ^ larbc ^ urers who w ^ edited- * in ( he rnornihg , and the severe remonstrances \ yhicli that dissatisfaction occasioned . It ?»
surely fer more natural to undc ^ stared by the early labourers , did Jews , who , we well know ? were filled with unreasonable envy and discontent , and even rejected the gospel , because , the Genti ) es received at a later period into , covenant with God- were admitted
to % he enjoyment of equal Chris- * tian privileges with themselves ; In this sense , our Lord ' s prediction , " the last will be first , and the first last / ' was signally fulfill , ed ; and , if our view of the subject be correct , it is manifest , that the familiar Jewish adage .
with which the parable closes , " many arc called 'but few chosen , ' * in other words , " all do not recommend themselves to the di . vine favour , by the improvement of thejr advantages ^ is very perlineajkiy a ^ ppliod . Mr . Kenrick is unable to affix to this clause any
meaning consistent with his notion of the pp , f < ibte : he therefore thinks / ^ fter Bishop Pearce , but on ^ slen ^ der authority , that it is an interpolation , inserted hero from € h&p . ^ xii . 3 4 . Such conjectural <• - inendatipns *\ £ the text * arc to be
admitted with extreme caution . We copy the judicious rt'inarkR on Matt . xxii . 45 . " If David ; tl ^ n call him . Lor ^> bpw , is . b « , his son }"
t : The Pharisees . expected that the Chrifit would be a'te ' oiporal prince , w > io would possess g ^ cat power and sptendovt ; btft tl ^ ey ha < 3 no conc ^ tioi ! tihat Ws superiority to David could be so great , as tp entitle hmVto thcappfeltefion iofWs V ° ™ - Iliey ^ efc riot , therefore , aW < i <> a «*
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1809, page 626, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1742/page/40/
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