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    jfoutfg Itetton w ^ s edited ; com ? itfasftilV oixi of the hotise where lie was ,, to ibqufre what was the matfer . SSfK Le Clerc in his French Testament , lias an useful . note npon thja jilk . ee . He observes the natural simplicity of the fivangefistsT narration ; which , as he jtfetty savs , confirms tKe truth of

    their history . " Luke i v . 16 . - — d $ his custom was , he went inta the synagogue , on the Sabbath-day . "

    In some passages of the gospels , Christ is said to have discoursed , in others to have taught , and in others , again , to , have performed miraculous cures , in the

    synagogues of that part of Judaea where he happened to be travelling . And these statements , when taken together , constitute a strong presumption that he habitually at- * tended such assemblies . However ,

    lest any person should , suppose that he repaired , thither only on extraordinary occasions , it is recorded ,, naturally ^ . nd incidentally , though distinctly , that it was his

    custom to go into the synagogue on the Sabbath-day . Now there is $ , harmony "between fthese words of juke ' s and the more direct reliatiojns , b y himself ajrjd the other evangelists on this subject , wjii ^ h

    prevents all suspicion of imposture on either side . If thq practice of Jesus was to go into thp synagogue on the ^ a ^ Wth , vye are &q * $ ur ~ i prjzerf ' mat a { , sora ^ of these $ ea * r $% 'H . wp ** 4- & * wKM k ? Wght ^ io wprcl an ^ d efg ^ ; * W $ * ^ ¥ ^ ) ¥ fi pwfitJ * mw w ? w fi W him m the $£ WWm 9 i < circumstance , by the way , which x > t

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    events , u ^ n us ^ a ^ infier ^ atl ^ ' g ^ % \^ a ikere is / the greatest probability thajt ; h ^ wa ^ custumari / y preseni , at thp si ? religious meetings . f John iii . 34 . —God giVetfi not

    tiif ^ spirit by measure unto him /* Xhe ixiiracutojus powers bestowed on Jesu § , did not differ in natuc ^ from those of many preceding messengers of the Divine wjlj And he hina ^ elf declares , concern ^

    ing his first disciples that some of their niixacl ^ s would , at least in buman opinion ^ excel his , ( Jofrii xiv . ] 2 ) r * Hq that belieyeth on me , the works that , I dp , shall he do also , and greater works than

    these shall he do , because I go to the Father ; " in which words Ue refers to their ability of speaking foreign languages , without having learnt them , and of imparting this faculty to others . The proposi * tion , therefore , * ' giveth not

    the spirit by measure unto him /' must import that our Lord ' s s u ^ penjatuial gi ^ ts dwelt in him during the whole of his ministry , and could be employed , in son > e degree , if not altogether , conforra ^ ably witti h ^ s own j , u 4 gna ^ nt ^ |> rijnK ciples and feelings *

    To this doctrine , for whi ^ fi { might quote other parts , of tb ^ New ,, Testan ^ ent , especially Jphn xiv . 11 .. 2 Gior . viii * 9- l ^ uk ^ iWi . 46 . Philipp . ii . 6-5 and ; v ^ lncb

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    Remurfis oil Pafedges of Scripture * ' ^ 75

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1812, page 575, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1752/page/43/