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stroyv t&e obligation we * re under to follow tbe example of Je sos ; as it reti-< Jercd him not properly a man , and therefore , only in a remote sense intfedfl , an object of imitation by men . AT length , however , even this did JMje $ ? ft ! $£ 3 £ my mind , and , therefore , i < dctef « urve 4 , earnestly supplicating the Ftftintain of all Wisdom to bless me in
the attempt , to examine the Fopir Gospels , with 4 particular reference to this &&j £ Ct jMfQtie . , I was surprised , when I did tbW to fc * 4 bow ^ xtfeniely slight the evidence lor the pre-eristence of Jesus appeared , especially in the three Gospels of Matthew , Mark , a ; nd L . uke . iie
t&jjtefejtta&e writing ^ except | m ^ rar ^ ulous conception * *^ ch , I » qw th ^ nk , rather militates against the pre-existence , than . supports it 5 and some sacrifical terms , w&ieh may be supposed to reqake ** : $ 0 give ti * em , due importance , ^ iere i $ not-an expression in ^ hese three
Evangelists , wni £ b countenances the doctrine of otjir JLord ' s being any thing more than a- human being * * . < The Oospei of John yet remained to be exaniiaed ; and there , ^ I thought * wrere several expressions whx ^ Ji could not fee explained , without admittinc ^ this
doctrine . ' i particularly thought , that tJa& £ pSL ? gS $ Z pf the , 17 th shap * erf was decisive iip ^ a fh ^ subject t ' And now , OF ^ l ^?^ , giery ^ thpu me with thine mr ^ i js ^ . lf ^ witt the glory which I had IvitS thce bc % re tfee world was . * This I tb ^ gfe * * uU 9 t tdfef u > a fotipier state jFSfiJf % r i ^ Wck our X ^ or / J had , pp ^ sessed bcl ^ e the ^ r ^ bation of thi « world . *—lix
what a < jo # ^ rcpt hghj ; does this very exm ^ ssiqn , m > w appear to me ! The glory £ f , ^ WdSk . i ^ j »^ , ^ , here praying , is , f l gjfy ^ . j ri ^ t j tf vhic > he sgeaks v . 2 a . Oii ^ g ^ iX of uiiti uc ^ Wi g and reforming the ^ orTd ^ aii 4 ^« i cli glory he had ^ iyen tp jbi $ Apostles . His personal mij ais ^ ryAya ^ now drawing to a close ; he , 'Sj ^ w ^^ ^ ^ > ^ w ^^^ ww ^^ tP 4 o it . ; but .
con-^^ » WCWg wJhatJUjtJ ^ success upon the i ^ hiHe he had juet with , he earnestly ^ fr efjjb ^^ pil tfrll mQfe of this glory TOgl ^ t hc ffivfn hira , in that infinitely ^ rcafcef ^ rea 4 pf the gospel , whirh it tb $
» . '? . /^ kjp the l y ^ iinou s Notes ilpop xvlL chapter of John ' s Gospel , ih the Imtra' ^ fi ^ rsion , arVTcrsioi ^ VfiitH , Notwithstanding sorae defects of ] nontov i ^ npbrt-% ^'^;^ M ^|; h ^ ^ i&fer ^ peciali ^ V ^^ . ^ merou ^ * ^^^ F * ixzdty Cttftl * - oatofy notes are Ufceii ibto ^ rii ? account , . a ^ the bc ^ t Tran * lacion of tlwNcfr Tey t ^ nent , whi ^ h has vet appeared from the British pres * .
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was , from ill eternity , the jwr ^ pwe of his heavenly ^ atNer t » ^ oomlili ^ n ^' " ? Finding , when this text was thus * ^* tfsfactorify explained , nothrnf ; fa tfid Gospels to support the doctrine of die prevexistence , f proceeded to the B 00 & of ActSy and , if any doubt had remained , the language which , after their i ^ Hlitamination on thrc day of Peotcbost , -hi * Apostles there hoVd , conc ^ ritiiig the& ~ beLoved and exalted master , wo « iid bstre
fttU j settled my mind . I could na longer hesitate upon the subject , I xras'coaviirted that ' Jestrs of Nazaretfc wa 4 £ . man' highly * approved * and assisted « of Ood ; but nothing mores TJfodt the * miracles and wwders aad sigii ^ that Oo 4 did by him , * were proofs ot the divinity of kw mission : btrt : fcb more
proofs of hts being Ood , or an angel , ott a super-angelic spirit , thaii the mutodke& wrought by Mose ^ and Elijah ^ tveae proofs that they were angels , or pre-ek istent beings , ' " ¦ " - "
The great atid declared object oF ^ the resurrection of Jesas , as i pledge ^ afed pattern of the future resurrecti <« i < a £ lit % followers , had also greii | weight Witi * me in settling my opinion' oh tats heskf That Ood should raise a Wo « Iron * tte
dead for this purpose , affords a reaso ^* ble ground for concluding , thai other men will hereafter be raided by the Sam * power , whether exerted immediately bjp God himseJf , or by Jesu ^ , * as his dele * gate , upon that occasion : bucltowdoes it follow , that because " a Ood , or a su < -
per * an ^ ehc spir it , after be « g < ou ^ ne 4 in the grave for a certain time , ^ for tx » talk of' the death of such oeings is absurd , ) is brought out oik . again , th ^ C therefore human beings should , aftec ^ they have died , be brought to life again ?
There is nothing analogous in the ca « % The supposition , therefere , thac Jesut -was any thing more than a main , appeared to me , as it has ' done to man ^ othen ^ to remove from thia grand , fundamental article of the Chri ^ ian reve lation , ft * ¦
best support . ¦ - ' ¦ - This , brethren , in a brief sketch o £ the progress apd ti ^ rminacion ol my M-<| iiiries upon this important article of our co iwmon faith . I trust and Relieve , that
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1809, page 681, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1743/page/31/
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