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teatalrfe worship , wS »> # coa ^ mlptf mid ha ^ ed ^ fbr ^« ch ^ fi ^ oKsM and abdaamable ^ be HodtJbMfe * # * ^ Qb ** 6 , is designad' to shew that no sucb . being as the Pevti , ztceotdmg to the popujar opinion ; can b& found in the Old Testaments . The introduction to the
draitfatifc book of Job is here fully e ^ ffljj $ &ffl 9 und the whole book is pron ^ a ^ rfed an oriental fiction , invented B ! fc 3 " iWtf Lord ' s p&raWes f 6 * tie sa&tf 4 ^ i ^ tt iiil fcstruction . ** Tbe poem , however , is beautifijl and suMiaie ; full of © fcty and devotion , of
resignation and submission to the Almighty Rtrier of Ike universe ; and it was admirably calculated to oppose the ido-&tFO « & worship of tn £ Sift * aod the Mood , wMcfe was then prevalent among the Chaldeans and Phcemcfens ( ch > xxxi . 26 , to
27 ) . Hence it ap ^ eara * ine , that we are justified in co ^ Meidug the first two chapters as an aJlegai 4 Gal lesson , which is explained and enforced in the poem itself ,- teaching that as Jehovah created the world ai > d 4 ll its inhabitants , so all
the Qcdut& 0 ee& 6 £ J £ fe ' drte under his Sote direction aa * d at Iris entire disposal , with * out the intervention of any being wfcat * ever , tq occasion or tp promote what are termecf the evfls of life . These arise from the operation of second causes , under tne appointment and controul ot tfy& ^ grgat first Caase of all . So far , ther ^ &jre * . is
this introduction from countenancing the opinion of an eviL malignant spirit acting in opposition , to Go ^ , that it incalcates a doctrine the' Very r ^ e rs e ; instructing us . from the exaiaple | Spf Job , to look to God as overrati ng a | ij | biup for good to thoge wild worship hlbi in humility , who serve him with sincerity , who submjt to his
appointments with piety , and who acquiesce in all his dispeusa-uoiis with meekness aarf patieoc ^ e ; . ( jh » whether th 0 t Lord give ^ or whether hfc ^ fafce from iis , we may be always di $ jfc $ j $ . to bless his name /' " *—jpp . 40 i 41 . v it . ¦<( ' ¦
Having gone tMittgh ail the passes iii ' drafts Wtartei » U » ^ liieh the terfi ^ Satan occurs , the jCe ^ turer gives in the conclusion the ISSllovviagtwrauttary Of the i ^ ij uiry : ** Froin th ^ preceding irite ^ tigfttion it Appears that t&ei'e ai'e tao ttraceevV ^ atever 1 of the in
td ^ Jfcft discovere d X > m \ l the jA ^ Mtl ^ Mr of tlie Old Testament , under 4 ]^^ rtri Shat an , which Christian divkies ha # ^ is ^ ufped to be used ^ one of Ms uauies . Wfe h »^ feeeti tliat it uu 4 formly signified etifettry , ^ ^ advet ^ ary , ^> r oppdivefit ^ or ttccujser ^ r And that dttt of tAe
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thii * tyifour > tlfla ^?» ia whick j ^ w ^ eai ^ Ioyed ^ fourteen are to be fomwl io tfoe-ftist aiid secoii ^ chafers ¦ of JMb Afr ^ U these refer . , m | tMSR ^ afe poipf » tfee ^ p may be con * sidered ds o ^ e exaatple : twewty wilj th ^ n
remain . Jto % 6 of these twfioty v the tterm i ^ it * the c ^ iumou- versaots , rendered Satan , thereby oie ^ n iug th ^ Devil . Three of these 6 ve rei&te to the same persons , ( TattiBi , « &Cv , ) aU [ d thepefom may be eoai . sidered as one : the o ^ her ^ ipi ? are to be
found m 1 Ctooi ^ v xxi . 1 ^ aod Psalm eix . © .- IHer ^ ane ^ theay , / eifr iostance * m which this term is , iu the common version , applied to the Devil . In the foltowing psmsge& f ftumtiera xsii . 22 ; 1 Samuel xxix . 4 ; 2 Samuel xix . 22 ; I
Kings v . 4 r ^ . 14 , 23 , 2 $ ; Psalm xxxviii . 20 ylxxi , 13 , dx . 4 , 20 , i 2 % it fe rendered by adversaries ; and in Numbers xxii . 32 , to withstand ? Ezra fv . 6 , accusation ; aud ki Zech . ifi . l ^ / o resist . After this statement , can any thing more be necessary ?> f —Pp . 44 , 45 .
In Ledt . III ., Mr , Scott examines several detached passages in the Old-Testament Scriptures , which are supposed to inculcate or imply the existence of the Devil . The text is 1 Kings xxii . 2 ^ 1 ^ and tj ^ ia np pa investigation is ( kciaTcd to be ^ a alle gorical vision . The evil sj > ici (? that feroubJbjed Saul , I San > . xvi . 14 , is next
considered , and k regarded as nothing more than the riofeftC workings of ^ the several strong passiona 0 f tne mind , anger , hatred , disap |) d ^ tment , jealousy and revenge tvliich proceed iiasanity , or at least , temporary mental derangement . The explanation of two passages in the Pent ^ euch follows , which we shall quote V
" In Deut « xxjmi . 15 > we ' ' $ ^ , Moae 9 complaining that the fsrad | t ^ s foj sook God and despi&ed tt ^ 4 ^ t || or of tlieir salvation : hence ,. he *^ y % f They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods ;' i . e . by worshiping tbeia * . J 3 $ theif aboinlaatl ^ ris they provoked . him tQ auger ( ver . 16 ) . ^' Tbey s ^ cri fi ^ d te ( O » 1 ^ 7 ) xhe&m 9 todcempnyf n ^ re ^ ably to the tfc ^ word
S ^ ptuagint , which r ^ nd ^ is by Sobif / wwu ;; iudee ; d , it canpotwpan devila , since neither the Cauaa ^ G ^ nor any other natipn , sacrificed . to ^; oir ^^ Wrdiiped any such being as the Devils 5 They sacrificed unto daemons / saya Moses , ( ver . 17 , ) 4 not to God ; to gadb whom they knew not ; Dei new goda that came newly
up , whom jw > w fathers faired not / These were evidently , the Mote which were w ^ w ^ l ^ il by ihfe v ^ iqus nations of the Cw » 4 iifieg . The whale passage speaks
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$£# Review . - * - Scott ? s Lecture * tifcthe Betiil .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page 654, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/38/
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