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conceive th # t it can fail to be apparent to others who will impartially examine what he has said , that the apostle did not by these terms describe the humility but the dignity of
Christ , and that he meant to assert that our Xord did not think it an injury or an usurpation to be like ( jod ; in the authority with which . he spake to his disciples , and in the whole of what he said and did , as
Lord over all things , to his church . In vindication of his opinion , lie enters ^ a an elaborate investigation of all authorities cited by Lardner , amongst which that of Heliodorus holds a conspicuous place ; and , as it appears to me , he' is successful in his attempt * ' to transfer some of these from Dr . 'L / s side to his own- "
Much as I may have trespassed upon the time and patience of your rfeaders , Sir , I cannot lay down rrjy pen without expressing my regret , that the critical labours to which
I'haye just -referred , have obtainecl so little , I do not say of favour ,-bjit even of notice , froni tljose who might have been expected to take a peculiar
iirterest in t ] he subjects oii which they are employed . We are told by tftfe excellent editor that u they were the result of miic } i serious inquiry , deep study and laborlQus investigation ; and every page affords sufficient
evidence that they were so . Though not personally known to many of liis contemporaries , the author was generaHy esteemed while living , as a man of profound learning ; when dead he was honoured by one who knew "him well , as a man who had been " mighty 1
w the scriptures . ' His works , with all the imperfections of a posthumous Publication , prepared for the press ™ er the most disadvantageous circumstances , are a proof that , to such
taour and esteem he was fully en-Wled . I have no hesitation in adding , though I well know how ifrwill be heaved by soiiie , that these volumes coatiin tjie principles upon which mne Urtitarianism can be rendered a
patent System , the Christian scrip-9 ^ satisftctoril y ' ' explained , and the 'T ^ fon doctrine successfully vindi-™* t ftro m the objectioas of the unbefe r : t ** * Tieait dictiA difficilisque fides . At « ert ^ eredeiiiiK "
I alto , Sir , your ' s , &c . .: ' : ¦ '¦ 4- ; ¦ " w . r > .
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Natural Theology . jVir ) . Yl . —The Sense of Smelling . 3 ( 51
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N Natural Theology . No . VI . On the . Senses of Smeltiny , Tasting and Feeling ^ rilHE sense of smelling is performed JL by the nose , which is constructed of bones , cartilages , small muscles and
the external covering or skin . The internal part of this organ , which is the seat of smelling , has an extensive surface formed by the convolutions of four small bones , two in each nostril . A soft pulpy membrane covers them through all their windings , and
it is upon this that the branches of the olfactory nerve are distributed , by means of which the sense of smelling is supposed to be effected in the following manlier . The eifluvia of
bodies , consisting of volatile particles * being carried , with the air in which they float , through the nostrils in inspiration , strike against the olfactory nerves , and produce in them a kind of feeling which we call smelling .
The nerves of the nose being almost naked , require a defence from the air , wiiich is continually inspired ahd expired through the nostrils for the purposes of respiration . There is * therefore ; a thin mucus formed for
the purposes of respiration , but which , by exposure to the air , becomes condensed into a sort of thick crust . This mucus is poured out from the very numerous small arteries of the nostrils , and covers over the surface of the
whole olfactory membrane . The mucus accumulated in the night-time , in too great quantity , is expelled during the day by compressing the nostrils and forcing the breath through them ; or by its dry ness and acrimony it irritates its very sensible nerves , ancl
is then expelled by the sneezing thus excited . But the sinuses , which abound with mucus ,- evacuate it according to the different postures of the body , soiue of them being always
at liberty to discharge it , whether the head be erect or any ways inclined . The tears also descend through a proper duct iuto the nostrils , as well to keep them moist , as to dilate the mucus .
It has been observed , that the , allwise Creator has made abundant provision for the reception of scents by the apertures of the nostrils , formed not of flesh or bone , but cartilage , the better to be kept open , and like ^ wise to be dilated or contracted , as
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1815, page 361, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1761/page/33/
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