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t On i / ohnviS . £ 8 ,: &c , * ¦ * itefbre £ &tfffiam was , I am . * Jtfhftviii . 58 . fTTHiE olrtltc ^ toxi interpretation of JL this = tei& Is fiamfliar to your readers . It 4 smtMy ^ 8 ljgn to dear my humble testimony against that almost
intofemble bafcliriftge 6 f Attranasian Ism cm th $ s particular subject ; th £ onlyrfrgtf ^ a ^ t I propose is the argtfi ment <^ #£ r ££$ M # Mfcf » . And one might thinkit were decisive enough with an ordinary controversialist ;; ** Goe > the Son" ( on the shewing ' of these
innovators , ttfkm scriptural phraseology ) is unwittingly challenged by tbe Jews as " tarfcing to ® much upon hii # s £ lf , in riiakin £ use of words vrMch seerfied to them to imply that he was in Ina own opinion ** ' something greater " than Abraham or the prophets . Tfc
this challenge He is prepared , it seems , if we are to believe itase advo ^ . cates of his equality with Gob , categorically td reply , aiid is about to do so in such express and ^ unambiguous terms , as shall leave no doubt in the
minds of hy disciptes of his being not only superior to the ^ e Jewish worthies , but of his beirig their Jehovah himself . He postpones , however , for a few moments the astonishing disclosure , ft is not ihade , where
undoubtedly unkter such circumstances he might have loolted for it , eo instanti with the disparagement of his person , on the part of his incredulous opponents . No , the rebtike is
inimediately parried by a somewhat different assurance unqhesth > nably . " Whom inakeftt thotr thyself ¥ ? is the question asked . Thfe Almighty , in the person of a human being , is catefchised as to his pretensions to tank above Moses
and the prophets . Wtoit is the reply ? ** If I hoixWir myself , my honour \ % nothinfg : " Ib it' possible % o repress a srnile upon th ^ ptodpectlve construction of the ctmfcluding avennfent ? The * ' I wfa" about to make the awful
anagndtwis ortly a' ftiOtaent or two afterwards , leads t ? o it by " tfhe precedfeg observnti ^ wobf Aspect foi * the * intrinities of 6 tir coxttmon nature arrests « ny pen . I ftrel a Wush rising on my own ch ^ ek , and spftre thit which must surely by thia time have quite < rimsoned that of my opponent .
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iUpon the ve ^ vutu qtu&stio * ( Jon the & ( m" aaflv the Sson bfc . Go ©^ , 11 0 incident recorded in vthe tNewr . Tea * arnent ^ eem s likely to thi : a \ v more iijfht , or to afford moi $ » imeqti&oeal evf ^ dence , than jt ^ tat which is cesn movky entitled the ^ Transfiguration . , Whether " the VMcai" determine ia favour of the orthodox hypothesis , or 6 f tiiB scrfetural statement , let a review , of
it in a prominent point ctedde . 1 : > . The supernatural exhibition appears to have been vouchsafed for the pur * pose of attesting the person of Christ .
^ We were eye * , witnesses of . his xaa * jesty /' says one of the spectators some time afterwards . Aad the accompanying attestation from Jieaven was i& these words , " TM « is my beloved Son /* What theii was this *?
m&je 8 ty ;" . a&d what the precise meaning of this testimonial ? We cannot eurely ascertain ekher point better than by referring to > the impression made by \ i on the minds of the parties at the time .
And first , let us put the . question to the contemporary witnesses ! . PeteF (¦* * not knowing / ' indeed , according to the Evangelist ^ " what he saad ^ re * xnarka , ia the agitation of the moment , ?* Let us make here three Tabenta ^ cles : one for Moses > and one fatElibt&i and one for .. *» - < Gt > o the Son , ??
Could delirium at its height have angv g-ested such a proposition as this ? How well his subsequent conduct and that of his . fellow ^ disciples corresponded with any such notion , ia well known . They resume theirf discourse with this their glorified Master more tsuq : Peter rebukes him , and John is
seen , lying on his bosom . Let us * now make our appeal to the * Old Testament saints . They nnist surely have been well acquainted with * ' the mystery * rf godHoe 8 s , have rightly apprgefa&fed " the majesty '' of thei person , mtb whom they - wei ^ e at the ; moment brought in contact . Are they ; llieu
seen prostrating theniselves before the second person , of the Txiiuty , veiled in human flesh , in mute , unutterable adoration ? ** -They were talking witli Jesua / ' says one of the renortera ^ of the « ev ( ^ nt ^ " they were speaking of J ) is ^ € ce 3 e whii ^ i he should accomplish at Jerusftlein , ** another . >~ . < , ¦ , CLERICUS .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1823, page 227, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1783/page/35/
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