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judge of all mankind , because he was the Son of Man , i . e . ( however supereminently ) one of ourselves , and , therefore , as such , capable of entering into the condition of man , of sympathizing with his weakness , and of conteniplating the possibility that lie himself . might have fallen . For , if Jesus were not liable to fall , from any quality inherent in his nature , then is he no example to us who are } and the extolled merit , and pro-Riinent excellence of his character , that of being sinless , vanishes altogether , if he could not sin .
It is obvious , that if the apostle ' s language in the introduction to this gospel warranted the orthodox construction of it , another and a higher reason might be assigned for the delegation of all judgment to the Sou ; but , how deficient in the consolation , which the reason he has assigned for it abounds with '
The anomaly , however , of such , or of any , delegation of authority from one member of the Trinity to another , upon the orthodox hypothesis of their co-equality , is palpable . But , when has the nonsense of a
religious tenet been found an impediment to its reception ? If the great and prime constitutional blessing- of Englishmen , the Trial by Jury—per pares !—wanted an argument for its support , it might be insisted that the principle of this
cherished and glorious text is that which pervades and distinguishes it ; tracing the institution , as it were , to a divine origin , wherein justice and benevolence , though finely blended , are equally conspicuous . BREVIS .
P . S . I am sorry to observe , that the Editor has another Correspondent with my signature , and would willingly change mine * were it not so appropriate to my communications , on which account 1 hope 1 may be allowed to retain it .
It is a curious coincidence that my namesake ' s wish , expressed in your NufnberCLVIL , [ p . 19 , ] should have received a moiety of its fulfilment in
the letters of John L . ocke , communicated , in the same Number , [ pp . 11 , 1 % ~ ] by the indefatigable and highly appreciated labours of Mr * Itutt . B .
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S 20 Sillical Criticism *—Brief Notes on the Bible . No . IV-
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to this 126 O , it brings to 1573 as the period of the cessation of the persecuting pursuit ; this aera it therefore is that commences another of the ecclesiastical aeras .
Chap . iiL 1—6 . The Church of Sardis , or as it signifies , the song of joy , or the song of the joyful assembly . The Reformation was indeed a matter of triumph to every true Christian , but of it Jesus said in this message , that they had but the name of reform at ion , they were dead . " Be watchful , strengthen the things that remain and are ready to die , for 1 have not found thy way perfect before God . "
Their work was reformation , to reduce the doctrine and practice and institutions of Christians to the test of the Scriptures . Had their works been perfect , there would have been none of those practices in reformed churches , national or dissenting , but what could produce Scripture evidence for their
authority . But where do we find arch-bishops , bishops and tithes , or rituals , or ecclesiastical marriages , or doctors' commons , or angels , or devils , or original sin , or atonement , or reprobation , or predestination , or two gods , or three , or hell-fire * or everlasting punishment , and hundreds of nonsenses that have emanated from
them ? 1 his message then pronounces that all will not be equally guilty , a few will preserve their garments undefiled ; but on the remainder judgment shall come like a thief in the
night . This church finished its period A . D . 1791 : th <* next thirty years after that period is a time of vengeance . It will be wisdom in the reformed churches to recollect how
judgment has come on the Catholic church , and prepare , by the fruits of repentance , to avert those which now hasten to fall on them .
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Brief Notes on the Bible . No . IV . JOHN v . £ 2—27 . " The Father judgeth no man , but hath committed all judgment unto the Son ; and hath given him authority to exercise judgment also , because he is the Son of Man . "
This is a remarkable and affecting instance of the Almighty ' s tenderness to human frailty . He has appointed aa indi ? idual the
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1819, page 320, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1772/page/40/
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