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Peter vindicating his conduct to Jiis brethren : at Jerusalem , states , that 4 < as I began , to speak , the Holy Gi ? ost fell ; on them ^ as on vs at the beginning /' In strict coafotrnity with what
is already mentioned , we find Paul at Ephesus , inquiring of the dis-< : ipl (* s there , if they had received ilic Holy Ghost ? But finding they had only used John ' s baptism , he baptized them in the name of the Lord Jesus . Ci And when
Paul had laid his hands upon them , the Lloly GVost came on them , and they spake with tongues ^ and prophesied . If we consider the remarks of our Lord in Matthew xii . 31 .
respecting blasphemy against , the Holy Ghost , we " shall , find th ^ m perfectly in unison with the foregoing view of this subject . It is fliere represented that our Lord , addressing himself to the , Generation of vipers / ' aske 4 lhem " flow can ye , being evil , speak 9
good things ?* Again ,, /* By idle wards that , men shall speak ^* haviiig to give an accountof them Again , '* ' By thy words tbou shalt be justified , and by thy words thou shalt be condemned . " ' From
this censure cif exercising the tongue in ah improper manner , is not the inference manifest * tnat it was a privilege peculiarly appropri ated to the tongue thf | t had thus suffered disparagement ?
Ihtv illustration of this heinous ' ^ ftnee , as thti ^ gi . v ^ i ' by our Lord ^ sryins siffongly . tf > corroborate the ^ ct which ' this view of the subjee ^ ' » as alread y ^ ti ^ gested . : ' ' ' . . Thaj ( -yth ' ' ^ ' Hol 'U ^ r Ohost is to be fp fisilcrcd * as privilege belong-^ g to sn wcfr fe SiMy d « ducible *¦¦
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from the symbol by which it was first m&nifested * * clavemtonguesf * denoting that division of the fa . ctilty of speech , by which different languages were at one and thfc same time to be communicated . Analogous to this idea , Peter and
John are stated to be u ignorant men , " but " being filled with th * Holy Ghost , spake the word of God with boldness . " Having comprized what ahasty , outline will allow in the a-bova
remarks , I submit them to the examination of your readers , some of'whom , I have no doubt have more ability and more leisure to devote to inquiries of this
nature than are within my own reach . But truth , and especially biblical truth , is a matter of prime importance , to which the aid of every one , however feeble ^ ought to be devoted . Permit me
to add , that your pu blication seems eminently calculated fur promoting this purpose , by alloxying ample room for free investi- ! gation . Happy will it be for u * ^ and happy for posterity , if th « $ result of this be more cor *
rect , and consistent views of the prominent features of our re * ligion ; more knowledge of local events connected with its . institu * tion ; consequently less food , for mistake , less giound for enthus . fi asm , and less objection against its practical influence * . In this instance the conscicn ^
tious and the upright Christian . ^ ought not to be alarmed bepius ^ he feels not the " workings Qi * th 5 j spirit * ' of which ignoranjt eijittiMSJU j asts and pvangolic ^ l iUuraioeeat so vauutingly ^ o ' ast Nqt shpuld w § sive the . least credit-to arroaant
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 675, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/25/
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