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of th * $ & * K i » & 1 * me& fey the jcOBr uABimtioq , < l * a $ ttey could have had no motive la « ¥ iite » « mi they #$ , if their narratives were false : they have not flattered th « ? Qaity of their couatrvmen , and as tfceir contemporaries
must have kaown * ke character of the ancient recQF * ls to which those historians appealed , so their deseeadants would not hwe received t&eir productions , without a rational coaviction of their bsmg elidible .
To all the prophetic books the term authenticity is applicable without exception : for efush of these books is ascr ibed , and , wje have reason to believe , justly , lo & particular author , la estimating th ^ c red ibility ^ f the
prophetic wrMfii ^ s , we should reoaember , that &s a hjgfcsry may he l ^ ue , though th £ author ia unkaowa , so a prophecy may be true , even though it proceeded not from- the author to whom it fa comEnoaly ascrifced . Two
questions must here he aa&gd t the former , J > 0 l&e woiste of the alleged propheey , a ^ c ^ rdtog tQ their plain and literal meaning , relate to that distant eveoi , 4 ; o ^ which t ^ j ^ y bayie been subsequently dp plied f The fte * coad , Was tkali prophecy delivered
90 long before J&a j&v ^ at pnedticted , a $ to place it ^) ey ^ &jd the reac h ^ f iiama n feresiglit ^ - ( 4 r ^ H . - ) Wkh tfae Margaret Professor we thixik that ^ prop hecy oa ^ y be literal w 4 4 iriiae , ^ jbefeber it be an authentic part of tibe feook wljjeh contains it , ^ r not . Thene is aa o ^ ydatis iai podSr
Unce , however , ia a ^^^ taioing , if we cwj , # ve name aud JbSstory of &h # wii << ex ; for tbe purpo&e of © etter de ^ termi ^ ing * w * die « ge jood ebaracter erf the alleged prediction . Bkhop M ^ h concludes hm thirtyfirst Jfeet 4 « te witii ^ some yery general remark 8 on the # utiqiiSiy and nature Of the
or Mm rwmlritag l ^ aoka Old Testameat 9 oa Je& , the Pa * Uns , JPnor verbs ., Beelesiaates , and Scdamewa ' s fa the thiittyr 8 scoD ^ k ^ tsare ^ he |^^ a ( iitfbit eac . view of all the Jewish ^ Pjtuoes , md coofiidei ^ £ hem * iot ^ diwd iudiy ^ j ^ t aaijfeciijtoiy ; .-ahrflto Wmi ie * £ $ hem 4 « wpliirp Ifie teria
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he applied ^ ' Thig ^^ r // y he fiftd * i » ^ te ^ femipDy <^ ^ tr % v | fpp t wMcJi has bee ^ i b ^ rnc , ia vaj ^ u ^ ^^ yg , ^ the books of the Old Testam ^ t . B ^ jr Jesus Chriet the Peatatf i ^ h 1 ^ 9 quoted repeatedly , as the -WOTk of t pf
Mpse ^ . Ne * t ; p ^ wr || ipgf $ h& 4 k&mgvn&hed J ^ vygiFer , h ^ . imd ff $ & gTeatest life pf the book qf F& % lms , ope of vvliick (^ e l ] 0 t ^) h ^ e ^ pre ^ s ^ ly ascribed to David . r Fhe fact is thq saoae as to l ^ e books pf Isaiah and # f be
Daniel : ^ se spe cifically attested But the greater part pi bis (^ uot ^ ioji ^ fron ^ the Old lestamenX vve re n ^ ade without refer ^ eiice to t lie particular book , fj-om whiqh the passages vv ^ re taken . Th }§ mode af quotation w «
agreeable to the practice of the Jews , Whenever he appealed to the ficrifhtqres , ttajfc ifc , to tjie 3 cripti ^ re 3 ojf the Old Tfptj&P ® &ts be ajp ^ pal erf to tfc ^ Hebr ^ y Scriptures vvitkout di ^ jtini ^
tfoil ? all of tfeeru , 49 th ^ y exisj ^ ed in l ^ S tipae , received | iie sattctioa of ina autho ^ -ty . Ti ^ ey \ yzre theja , s $ rtiey ^ -e iat gf ^ e ^ t ^ fi ^ ided , by ij ^ f Jevvs , i ^ to jthfee ^ la ^ s ^ e ^ : ^ fi 4 ti ^ f
threefold arrangement pf thei ^ pi ^ r I ^ MT ^ i observed ; hi ^ appeal to th ^ ipf correfppnding wi&i th , e appeals $ f Ph . ilp ^ a 4 J ^ se ^ i ^ s . S ^ puJW ti be objec . tejd , jth ^ t , aqcof < &ng to fhe Je \ pr ia ^ i r ^ cfep ^ j ^ g , the thr ^ e . c ^ wses po ^ 7 ta £ ne 4 twentyrfwo feool ^ , ^ h ^ rea ^ tk « fl jua
canonical bpo ^ : ^ ^ f ^ e e ^ re w ^ fi ? ^ aog ^ 9 ^ - ^ W ^ . fWWP ^ to t&ivfttfiiW , § « Wgh ^ ^ t ^ p t ^ pa $ p ^ m ^ oef ^ f ^ omp ut ajtigp vy ^ l cp i ?>^ i ^ . 1 ^ tfey ; ^ e djuB / swa ^ e jjs o « ly ajg ^ % - re ^ tt j ai ^ d ^ pt ^ e ^ l . 4 <| ifflci 4 l ; y ^ removed , i ^ . c ^ iv ^ fef i 4 iAp ^ Pfwfr
( 17—3 JI . ) T ^< J Wffif bout 403 ^ cftui ^ th # l ) I « K r gare ^; ^ o fe ^ Qr x ^ e a ^^ S . with , jkM ^ Wr gwe ^ js ^ repgl ^ , * B # ^ r jg ^ n c ^ *^ ll be ^ tLs ^ c t ^ ry Xp tho ^ e pf ^^ f ^ ^ 1 ^ , j Lil ^ e oi ^^ Vq ? , * fe . aJready ^ giv sua ^ d (^ ; tl ft tjr ^ fr ftf yUri $ |^* j ^ ^ ^ r , thek « s ,, f 9 jr tte 8 j | kp p f ot ^ e ?^ we | Shp » l 4 . ba « p » Sef ^^ 4 We Jrea $ ii 3 « attfcwe twp ^ eydatioua jm rfip WJWr #
5 Thfi qfe ^ clt of fBi ^ p ^ rsh ^ t ^ Tr xy ^ Uwt ^ Jl f ^ W ^ M : ^ &Fm * >*) lllf < W sanction of Our Saviour , contained tne same books which are « " o « t contained la « w JiaUretf BibdeB O £ » tii 8 irfeottty lioweset , ' 0 »« a « * jetoiiojil . w « enefe caiuiot ; at « k « l « tt « , *» e 0 bWi » : d . 3 ftto-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1823, page 595, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1789/page/35/
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