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ing the sense ^ of the corrupted , and others that of the genuine verb , and agreeing in nothing but in overlooking the meaning of the passage . In the Jewish . Scriptures angels are called " sons of God . " See Job i . 6 ,
xxxviii . 7- Now as the Jews believed that angels were employed under God in superintending the affairs of men , and as the title by which angels are elsewhere designated is here used by Moses , it was natural for the Jews to conclude that the same writer meant
angels iti this place . But it seems that some of these angels , while engaged in the affairs of men , perceiving how fair their daughters were , became enamoured of them , and seduced them ; ^ ind thus fell from God . Josephus , the Jewish historian , who cotild not have been mistaken as to the
sentiments of his countrymen on this subject , states this to be the fact , in express terms . See Antiq . Jud . i . 4 ; and also Just . Martyr , Apql . 2 , p . 112 . ' Here ^ we see the origin of fallen angels ; nor is there an , ofcher single verse
in all the Jewish Scriptures that can be considered as countenancing the fcatae &bsrurd and impious notion . But though the Jews believed in the pre'posterous notion of fallen angels , they did not think it consistent with the
character of God to suffer beings so BUbtle and powerful to roam at large , worrying mankind and seducing them to evil . They therefore imagined that the Almighty keeps them chained up in hades till the day of judgment . This notion is countenanced by Peter .
2 Pet . ii . 4 : " For if God spared not the angels who transgressed , but cast them down to hades , and put them in chains of darkness , to be reserved for judgement , and spared not the old world .... when he brought the
flood , " &c . It is needless to say that this is a piece of Jewish mythology , which forms no part of the goapel . For neither Christ nor any of the Evangelists sanctions it ; and Peter alludes to it as an opinion , which he tfelieved in common with other Jewfe
before the coming of our Lord ; and he himself refers to the very passage in Mosres , on which that notion is grounded .
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Brit thesfe fallen kiigels , being spirits , could not have commerce with flesh and blood in a state purely incorporeal . The meaning then was , that
they had previously entered the bodies of men ; and the men , thus possessed , acting solely under the influence of the supposed indwelling spirits , assumed their name of ** sons of God "
In other words , they were demoniacs , tyrannical and violent men , instigated by demons 6 r evil spirits . Henee the origin of demoniats ^ possessions . According to the " 'Jews and many Christians , good angels are still
employed in administering the affiiirs of men . But tt is thought they will not look in the fac ^ of women , lest they be tempted , and follow the example of their fallein brethren . And to this
alludes the following verse of the Apostle Paul : " For this cause ought a woman to have a veil over her head , because of the angels . " This illustrious champion of the Christian faith correctly understood the language of Moses , and his words are to this ef *
feet : * ' The marauders and oppressors of old , who go under the name of sons of God , or angels , laid violent hands on those females who came within their view- For this reason let every woman wear a veil , lest she should
become the victim of temptation , — Ie 9 t she should expose herself to some person , who , by intrigue or violence , by wealth or power , may lead her astfay . " Nor should it be forgotten th&t this admonition was given to the
women of Corinth , a place celebrated for its wealth , and in which rich men were collected from every part of the world to expend their property with loose women . Hence the proverb , said in reference to those who had not
nches to dissipate in debaucheries , Ov aramros it ) &po { e $ Ko $ u / Qov £ < rd * 6 wKsq , It is not every mtfn that can sail to Corinth . The circumstance thut many
men flocked from all p&rts to this city to purchase beautiful women , and to carry them &way either by force or money , must appear to rive much propriety to this precept 01 our apostle . JOHN JONES .
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354 for . J Jones x > n Gen . \ v . 2 & .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1823, page 354, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1785/page/42/
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