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* r « r tfibagnestiop ; lafcvwfcat perplexed M ? ^ c 9 «^ * p &mstoy & mj *<* wJkc ve consider the extraordinary rtatnraoicatiofis of i > 6 wer * mfl knowfedge which were toade to the sod of n * Yid , * hiie in the world ; tfceAutfcoto he
j ^ y , yehidk ^ waited , s ^<^ his dcatJb , Mag aia 4 e , h ^ d . pyp : a £ &fcg ? to the church , and appointed governor of a kingdom , 1 vhi h rs tofaow sio ^ i * Kits Swat tiic ibottn < £ aries « f the wottld , 3 ^ entrusted witl * a ^ thotiity ; tbp E&fep $ e dead , an 4 ,, ^ ipng the rest , iis ^ n ^ cestor David nimseJf ^ and to . dispose of Acir future concikion ; we immediately
see that he ifc unspeakably saperior in d ^ nity to » ny of * ke king ? of Israel , mat excepting the xnos , t illusuiops of them , David and Solomon ; so that £ > a-* $ , foreseeing his glory , migfot well tie kUtaoed to call Mm his JLord .
* U is plaio feojfn tbfe passage , tihat ife lews . exjpfctfd tbat tfee Messiah would be a uiab ; for had ^ hey con cere ed 61 him to be' God , equal with the Father , or Some super ^ ans ^ tc being , they ^ would have found no difficulty in , a ** swej * in our Saviaitir ' s question . Tp ^ sJl yfh ^ , pj \ e who was a map should £ ail him , who WAs (^ 3 d , hi ? JL . ord , wotildiiave been a question so plaid , a » hardly to deserve aaaDsw ^ r " .
. Mr . Kejaiick * ? r ^ fle c ^ io ^^ &n Ma * t , Kxiin 27 f < to the e ® A % ^ r-p at pnee pa 4 ; Heiic ^ i « 4 i ^^ rw e ^ iv ^ e . v « W « haly-e here a striding e ^ ai ^ iple of tl ^ e benevolence and lmmanity oif Christ , tyhen speakinjr pf tl > e vices Mid hypocrisy of the Scribes , th ^ re ap « pears aq asperity in bis language , which approaches to harshness ; not vfxsktgfxppa any malevolence of temper , but front an honest indignation ; yet , when fee oomes to speak oftfie sufferings of this unhappr people ^ his heart naelts intQcotnpa " ^ - w > n ; t \ e forgets tlie injuries t ! heywere now intending , and w < wtd afterwards
commit , against himself , and nothing ha ^ pjai : c in >} s J » r < qast bw | pity for % be siyffcrers . An ^ l is it . for Jerusalem that « c ttus weeps ? the city vvlxerelxts most itttet entt * enerrtiet resided , aiKl which va $ to be * he scroc p / hus cr / uci jcr \> ci 6 it ^ fFH ^ I ^ ath ^ Hp w ^ r-ea ^ ia Jtfoe magn ^ TOjty of the Sayionr I Oae , might rtppa ** from nis language , that it was Jor a friend or a brother . Thus let us wotow ^ ep over ziie £ * AUe * &f tbate * who may hate and persecute us for our tttaphiuait to tbe cause of truth and
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c ^ ttBoosnfip : tfrgr » gw ED ^ ^ w ^ a ^ titir CjJHCCt ^ TCC E ^ ty . 'Inf f ^ iflWIff ?!^ ^ P ^ r ^ M ^ b ^^ ^ P ^^ ^ l ^ P ^^^ WF ? WP » fe ^*^" erthan those which they imtict ttpen Matt . xxv . 4 € . tt And ! A « fe sfiati go « wny iiito ^ everiastmgpti * "rristoment , but the ri ^ l ^ ous into life eternaa . ** This passage ti $£ been < svpfk > 9 rd to prove , th ^ fwicked ioaeBwill be ifcrjevtfr misej ^ ble and ^ verj ^ stiDg ly ^ oxi ^ eiUed ; for ill a ^ dvnit hence that the future life oi the ricfeteoos wiH lie strictly eteraaji ^ yet * h e sbme epithet is appEed in the «
pjginai , akitf > Big ^ »«> t <« irtja « 9 te » oaa , ta the puojs $ Q 2 fnt &f JCbe / v ^ cked .: « o # must therefore be as 4 ^ ra ^ le jas tfcieot ^ er ^ i . e . eyeriading ; and ribose wlio ar # everiast ^ ttgly punished wiist live ler < e * cr , to endure thai pttnishjoient . ^ n £ , ifed 5 » f
ftpthi ^ g here of the sutler Swco&s&te Detween . the supposition of a creature'J enduring eternal misery , and aE our ideas otttie divine «§ ercy ansft go *< h » css , or 4 > f the disproportion between t&e e £ » fence and thV jp u © i ^^> ent ^ &pt * n th ? & ^ tein ; J ^ hajtl ^ jy ^ tserye , tk& f , punishment may be ' &&& to he & lie strictest sense-of the word eternal ,
although die heiiag vep&a whom it is in *» iixcte 4 l > e no logger ^ live , tf thatp ^ ofeh ^ meat be pe ^ maiiept stpd soever rej » oyedU It may likewise , in apopular and
scriptural sense , be said to be eternal , n it last for a very long and indefinite period . ^ Ajcwi&Vy tiw ? wojr ^ l ^ e ne vena ploy * . ed it is ackr ^ awledgerf by * U , rousl aaoot ^ Ymes ueocs ^ aiiJy he h » -
( kM btoad m a very i ^ nUed sense Xhie fioljire happiness of the righ * teous is always spoken of by the sacred writers ^ as eyejlasti ^ g . 1 ^ is Represented to be such in so many passages , and ii > so great a variety of expressipn , as to le ^ ye no doubt , whether ihe ierm should
be taken in its strict and proper meaning . Whe ^ on ^ he coritrarjr ^ tfm " or any similar epitbet is £ pi » plied to \ he pwniohttj ^ nt of ihe wicked , a subject with . which it is w } df > m £ W ^ eot&df U * o pn ^ uijiption is , rt > a * ii ^ bvuW m * f * dpr * stood in a qualifi ^ l sr ^ s « « n 4 w #
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Jlwinr . —r ^^ ricyfcf ' Ejfio «^« . 627
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VOL . IV . 4 N
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1809, page 627, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1742/page/41/
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