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Rom . i . 32 .- — * not only do the same , but have pleasure in them
that do them / ' " As if , " says Bowyer , ( Conject . in loc . ) " to approve a wicked act , implied more guilt than to commit it . " But this learned man would / scarcely have hazarded the observation , had he attended to the nature of the
human mind . Such approbation supposes the existence of a disinterested ) that is an inveterate , habit of wickedness , a love of it for its own sake . It marks the
height of depravity , a judgment completely darkened , a conscience stupiiied by vice . —iii . 2 . " Much , every way &c /* Markland ( in Bowyer ' s Conject . ) asks , ' how is this to be
reconciled withstfocvTovz in ver . 9 ? The answer is , Paul speaks there of practice , here of privilege . Markland stands deservedly high as a classical scholar , and was characterized by urbanity and candour as a critic * ; In his
remarks on passages of Scripture , he is less successful than many of his fellow-labourers . 1 Cor . viii . 5 . — though there be that are called Gods , whether
in heaven or in earth , ( as there be gods many and lords many ) : '' Le Clerc ( Ars Critica , 77 ? 2 d . ed . ) thus paraphrases the last clause , u reverd sunt J&eo ; ttoAAo / , Dii multi et Domini multi , '' and supposes that the apostle and the
Jews in general occasionally and seriously applied the word Gods to the Gentile vanities . Paul , however , is addressing proselytes from among the heathens to Christianity : and is it probable that he who bad just before declared " Sec his excellent dedication of his edition of the Supplier of Euripkta .
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' ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ » ¦ » know thai an idol is nothing ill t&e world , " would make so
importaht a concession ? Surely he speaks here of reputed deities and describes the primary and secondary gods in the language with which the Greeks supplied him : surely , Le Clerc ' s comment should have been , ut tales sunt Srsoi
ttoWoi , &c ! 2 Cor . v . 16 . — " though we have known Christ after the flesh " —Mr . fielsham ( Calm Inquiry , &c . 357 > 358 ) thus paraphrases the verse , ' If I had been the
intimate friend of Christ , and in the habit of daily personal friendship with him , \ must forego all the delight and advantage , of his society , in order to fulfil the purposes of the mission to which I am appointed ; ' — However , it seems but reasonable to suppose that the phrase u after the flesh /* has the same meaning in both clauses : and this meaning is
ascertained by other texts to be knowing any one with reference to his external distinctions of birthy coun try ^ religion , SfC . —x . 6 . — " having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience ,
when your obedience is fulfilled . ' ' So far as respected the Church at Corinth , the Apostle had almost effected his purpose by lenient measures . But this being done he would proceed to . inflict punishment on their seducers . Paul ' s
determination appears to have been voluntary , and not , as Whitby ( in loc . ) imagines , forced from him by the necessity of the case , —xi . 8 . — " to do you service , fooMOviOiv ; * that I might serve you in the ministry of the gospel / Not , asGrotius ( in loc . ) interprets it , ' that I might help your indigent members , ' of which fact we
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1812, page 102, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1745/page/38/
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