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rule over you , " will give an En . gish reader an idea of c « rtain powers in the pastors , either to determine the faith and duty of others , or to inflict certain penalties on their disobedience ; neither of these notions is consistent with
that authority in the church , which our Saviotir has reserved to him - self , or with the obligation which lie [/*>«] upon every Christian to search the scriptures , and to make the best use in hjs power , of the
understanding which God has given him , in order to determine what U& is to believe and practise But the words of the original coiivey no such sentiment . The primary-sense of the word which l €
we translate rule , " js to lead ;* and though it may sometimes be applied to governors , yet it refers to them only as persons chosen to lead or precede in any particular
affair . And thus the words may be rendered : Reinember your pastors or guides , who have spoken thte w 6 * rB * of God unto you , and considering the end of their cott-? ers&tion , follow their feUbJ "
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XUustrations of Scripture ^ [ l ^ m aii interlfcavcd BMr ] JT&ft . xxxi . 26 . 2 t *
On the first appearance df the new moon , which they look upon to be newly created , the Pagan hatives , a * well As Mfthomedans , say a short prayer ; ami thb swtn * to bk t ) & only visible
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adoration , which the Kafirs , [ the infrdellB , Pagans , ] offer up to the Supreme Beigg , Thjs prayer , is pronounced in a whisper ; the party holding up his hands before
his face : its purport , ( as I have been assured |> y mftfiy different people , ) J * to return thanks tpGod for his kindness through tW existence of the past moon ^ an 4 to so . licit a continuance of his favour , during that of the new one . . At
the conclusion , they spit upon ^ their hands a $ d rub them over their faces : this ^ eems to be pearly the same ceremony ^ which prevailed ^ mong the heatliens in the days of Job /'—Mungo Parfe ' s % r < weU in Africa , 8 vo . 18 IO . p . 4 ti 6 m
Jerentiah xhx . 19 and \ . 44 , u After having descended th « outermost bank , yoijjL go about ; a furiong x > n a levef strand , before you £ ome to tte immediate bank of the rive ^ This second bank
is so beset with bushes and trees ^ such as tamarislc , willows , oleanders ^ &c . that you can see no water till you have rnade your way thtotigh ^ them . la tti ^ s thitke ^ antieiitly , ( and the same of it is reported at tbis day , ) several saris of wild-bea $ f $ were wont to har *
bout ihemselvei ; whos 6 being washed out of the covefV by tte overfldwiD ^ of the river , gaVe oc ^ casion to that Elusion , Jer . xlix * 19 , &t . **^ MWH&kh Joarhey , ** o . A UO * . tAttft ^ l iML l $ lO .
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Illustrations qf Scripture * 17 &
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1812, page 175, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1746/page/39/
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