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      Resigned to his lot , anct fovcmreA with a divine attestation , his noble soul soars far above all suffering and death—he even ex « Its , looking to the glorious issue of them * ( v . 31 * 33 . ) " Soon is the unjust judgment of this world to Ibe passed on rae !

      Soon shall I , the prince of this world , and who have just been hailed fay the public plaudit , under the character of a prince or king , be cast out with odium , denied , judged , condemned and put to an ignominious death , but alt hough I be lifted from the earth ,

      crucified , in consequence of the unjust judgment of the world against me , yet I shall come off victorious , and by my cros& draw all men to me as r t $ y disciples . ** This sense

      appears to me to receive confirmation froDa considering ^ f ; that Jesus was actually condemned and put to death , under the character and appellation of a prince

      or wler ^ u T& 43 King of the Jews /' as John particularly relates , eh . xviiu 33 . &c . ai \ $ i was in three

      languages declared such by the tklcs en * his cross , ( ch , xix . 1 . &c *) 2 . Jesu <* said / ( John xvi , 8—11 ^ " Wfien the comforter is come ( the promised spirit ) he shall convince the world ojf judgment ) because the Prince of this world is judged /'

      Tne two preceding articles evidently refer to Jesus , and I concliide this is to be understood , iij relation to him . £ ? < & Tlie ^ Spirit in my Apostles shall convict the Jews and Jewish rulers of partial and unjust judgment in condemning me , an innocent person , and ordained of . ( Sod to be a Prince

      and Saviour , to a cruel death /' And 3 » this the Apostles laboured at , in their preaching , from the very day they received the pro - mised Spirit , ( Acts iu S 2—36 . iii .

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      13 , &c . iv . 10 , v . 28 , &c . ) and actually effected upon great numbers , to the thorough Conversion of some to Christianity ( A 43 ts iLUT and 41 . ) aad to the cutting

      mortification of others ! ( Acts v ^ 3 S . ) Through early and Idng conlinued association , many will doubtless find a gfeat dSflftetilty ih admrtting that Jesti ^ mtant * fii ' ^ self by ** thePrince of this world , ^ one so opposite having been usu *

      ally so termed , but to me it seemf to make the plainest and best sense , to be most slgreeafole to the drift of his discourse , both in John xii . jcyi . chs . and the strict propriety

      of the . appellation to him , will unquestionably be owned by all , " W . hen ^ the kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of th £ of the Lord , and of his CKri ^ t , and he £ hali reign for ever a nd ever . * ' Rev . * LiS . '

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      On HeB . k \ u * T . [ From the Introduction to " A Ftinc ^ lal Senmon , for the Rev . Mt . Seddon , of Warriftgton ^ fr ^ B ^ ** Sermons > y tfep Rev , P . HolUnQ , ^ Wo Volmncs , 17 § 2 * Vol . ii . pp . ; i £ 7 » 1 ^ 3 I ? cb » xiii * 7 . Remwnher thost

      x vfto hqtpG the rMfy Q * Q £ rjhQfc w / io have spqhen unto U 9 # She word of God ; wJfa&tfqiihjottQq ^ considering the end qf ' their c * flyersofion * These wards evitjenlly re ^ r to thkQ pastpr ^ aja d teachers of ike Christian sfciucfo j but the sentir ments conveyed J > y our translation , are not the same with those of the

      original . For in the first place , we should conclude from the former part of the verse , in the En . gjjslj , jthat tfofe pet * ons spajfen of were still living , in opposni ^ n to the Jiatter part , which supposes them to be dead . Resides , the words . ci them which have tke

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      If 4 QnHeb . xiii " 7 .

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page 174, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/38/