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of Mse go * , r iot of the Devil : of idols , which tvite without life ; and , therefore , could nm be the Devil . The > sai « e ward occurs in Psalm evi . 37 , where ato traaslators also tern devils , but witch fiie Septuagint has again rendered by & ** $
jwift demons ; -nail -tlifs ia cleatfy the meaning of the PsjtUgfst ; for , in connexion Wth thesfe daemons , ( ven 38 , ) he refers to them-as € be M <*\ s of Can aan ; the vindictive aad destructive daemons ,
such as Moloch , Baalim > &c , to whom they sacrificed their sons ahd daughters . " In Lev . xvii . 7 , the Isrjaelites &re commanded , now that they had left Egypt , TiOinore to offer their sacrifices to ( CV £ tt ^) Sheirim , unto dcefnons ; i . # . says Dr . Taylor , * * the hairy deities worshiped in Egypt ; such as oxen , dogs , wolves , nionkies , goats . Bo ^ chart . It is
to these th&t Moses refers , # nd not , certainly , . to any such being as the Devil , who cannot be a hairy animal , if he . bs , as it is said , a spirit . Consequently he could not be here intended by Modest , who had no kind of acquaintance with him , or with his * serpentine Ways ;* nor did he knaw anything at all about him / fit appears / % dwever , that the Israelites had been accustomed , whan in Egypt , to join in the worship of catstjogs ^ nd goats ,
^ and other such disgusting idols : hen < je it is that Moses so ttgoricms ^ y jo rjjiids thein anymore to slaughter their sacrifices to these hairy deitiefs ^^ fteT whicli he t ^ lls thein they hankered ; and on account of this debasing arid abominable hankering , the severe puoish # ent of death was to be
ioflicted on the offender . The same word is used in 2 Chron . xi . 15 , and , of course , the same kin 4 9 ^ goat-worship must be intended , ; acfd this . you will fia ^ l to be the case if you read the passage with
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all the priests anW Levates thr € M |^ iS ^ I ^ r ^ ael r ^ soii : ed ,,, t ^ pi ^^^^^ lto ^ of $ x % ; l ^ rd , " and cous ^ itu ^ pri ^^ ll ^^ r * wnUp » Jbr theg < mt 3 #$ & t / ie 0 ^^^ t l ^ e had nxape . You see , Jerpb ^ m ^ aad hjs poos piade t ^ ese fifi ^ ^ d ^^^^^ they could not therj | foTe be vth ^ JO ^ PU npr aay of his angels , § ince tjiese Q 0 Wi not be manufactured either by # * e M }^ of Israel or the princes * his sons . T ^ Pp . 59—61 . . -
^ . ISfe . ^ : ' * ' The hmimtr tb ^ explains * # ftifc terms and phrases Lumfer ^ fti ^* 5 # ^ 12 ) , Me great serpent ami Leviathan m . « xvii . 1 ) , -f ^ l Kl / <^ p ;^ ^ Si . pf , &c ) , and someotfters that have been fefieifdiry tote ^ # | W K ^ f the chief of tire evil sj ^ ti i ^^ , fcp ) acludes with stating that ^ h $ r ^ m % ^ M ^^ f ftpm the scriptures ^ mfs ^ pljd Testameut , relating to the 01 ap&s % pf j ^ JD ^ vII , has been iav ^ stigiited ^ aad . that in tjie ^ ti tire v olurjae no such bfp $ g . Is to bp discovered , If the Bible te-ldlowed tt > ¦
b ^ its Owa / interprefeer * T ^ Mr . Scott begins -iii £ . e ^; . IV . Tiis examination of ' tbe New Testament . ^ Riis future is cOK # Bed to thfe > f ^| i-. catiofi !! the worti Supn . in , the fo ^ r G | s |) els and the i ^ cts of tli e Apostl ^ , qfib in tfee text Cpjfoft . xii , ^^^ 'J ^ e 4 t ^ er pJqc ^ s is exJ ^ 4 ned to mean ^ i adversary to tlievpe ^^ tt spoke n of , an ei |^ in y to Christ ar 5 pi& ^^ #£ , ^ s-iwill be seen by the following table c
" Matt . iv . 10 , ^ ^' Mark } . 13 , > ( 4 . ) ( Temptation ) personal adversary . Lukelv . 6 . J Matt , ja ^ . 26 , " ) " J £ Mark iifo i 83 , 26 , > ( 2 . ) Demoniacal or idolatrous Worship . Luke xi . 18 . I ' * -
Matt . on ^ . 21 . ( 3 ) Peler , a personal adversary . Mark m 15 . { 4 . ) Enemies ta the gospel . ,. Luke x . 17 . ( 5 . ) The same . , # r ¦** > < ? . \ . f . uke xtii . 10 . < 0 . ) AppMed to the woman affikaed ^ 0 ¥ * & the ripd % i iof ^ 5 back-bone . Luke xxiu 31- ( 7 . ) EnemWi ^ leo Jesus and to Peten :. . , w I ^ " % V ^ a-Bi JWW ^ uE ^ C ^^ M jr ^^ fc ' 1 ^ ¦ f ¦ " 4 LukeWii 3 4 Applied l > y these evangelists , and not by j £ S U £ ^^ f ^» . Acts xxvi . 16 . Idolatry ; tased by Jesus after his ascension * y . > " > # v Acts v . 3 * Applied by Pciter to the covetousne ^ a of \ Ajiaiiii& / f ^
* " Gaucoed . * R . 1 ^ 94 , XIL t " The ^ robihition evidently abides to the worship of Pap , tmrd ^ tn ^ mmipf <* goat , op ^> th ^ r AvlM A ^^ arti *» a ^ lWch as the fawns and satyrs were represented
; Uo be . Thfe $$ tatf ^ in particular , W ^ MKW ^ S - ^ ^ . \ do- " latry , * tfi i ^ : wfi- ! SH ^ and l ^ s < dvious . ' SeemtM ^^ Hmroz ., L , xl ^ . p . liii . p . 1 ; Geddes' Crit . ftem .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page 655, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/39/
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