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. Ja ^ this Lecture occur the following jttd | ejt $ u $ observatio | ii 3 ioa t&e e $ se of ^ eJ ^ vKkISUS "In Luke xxii « 3 , we are informed , that at the approach of the Passover at which Jesus sufFericT , Satanas entered into Judas , surnamed Iscariot , who was
of the number of the twelve . This is mentioned by John xiii . 27 , to which the following observations will equally apply . John also reports another expression of oiir L 6 rd * s which will serve to illustrate
these two passages . In chap . vi . 70 , Jesus , iu addressing his disciples , said , c Have not I chgsen you twelve , and one of you is a devil V diabolos . No one of you ever supposed r that Judas was that evil , malignant spirit called the Devil : if he were not , what was he ? An accuser ,
a traitor , an adversary . We have already seen that such is the meaning of Shatan in the Olof Testament , and we shall , in its proper place , have occasion to shew you that our translators themselves have so rendered the word Diabolos , in the New Testament . Satanas and Diabolos
dre , therefore , in these passages used as synonymous terms . What then are we to understand by Satanas entering into Judas , if it were not the Devil personating him , or getting possession of -him ? If we look atTthe next verse , we shall find that Judas , under the influence of his
covetous disposition , went and communed with the chief : priests and captains of the Temple , how he might deliver Jesus unto them . That this was his own voluntary , base act , appears from ver . 5 ; c And they were glad , and covenanted to give him money . * This was exactly what he
¦ wished , and wliatJ he seems to have himself proposed . He then engaged to seek a convenient opportunity to deliver Jesus up to them , apart from the multitude , not doubting but that , Jesus , in consequence of the great power which he had so often seen him display , would easily be able to rescue himself from any force they might bring in order ^ to apprehend
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MRv ' Cov ^ pMp ^ *^|| fe % fcan * 9 which , entered Jud ^^ an ^ t ^ p ^ the full possession of his mind ^ b ^ camfe his bane , his enemy , his adversary ^ and not the Devil obtaining the uae t ^ fwfeotf ft and carrying him to the \ J ^ si ^ m fH ^ rs : he had , on several occasions , manifested the great influence of this base passion on
his mind . We must either admit this construction of the # ord , or that Judas was considered by our Lord as the Devil himself , or one of his angels j * Have not I chosen you twelve , and one of you is a devil ?* In that case how are we to
account for his choosing him as one of his immediate and select disciples , and even making him his purse-bearer ? But it was this office which brought the principle of covetousness irtfo action . Wheu
he saw tha ^ Jesus was cpppletely in the power of tl | e Jewish rulers , he was evidently astonished and disappointed . When he found that he had irrecoverably betrayed innocence , even his covetousness forsook him ; he went to the council ,
confessed his guilt , and returned the money . Would the Devil , whose enmity to Christ is said to be always running , as it were , in a stream against him , have done this ? The conduct of , Judas , as soon as he discovered that he had
surrendered hjs Master into the power of his enemies beyond deliverance , is a sufficient proof of the DeviFsJIaving nothing to do with it , but that Jw ^ pras ' splely actuated by liis avaricious disposition . The shocking catastrophe of his death , whetherit were suffocation by tijjjj 0 bQt < l , or anguish of . mind , tends also to shew that it was
the love of money Which induced . him to think of delivering his Friend and'Master into the possession of fyis inveterate and malignant enemies . " —^ Fp . 77 —79 . The Vth Lecturef | p < feQin 2 Gor . xii . 7 , ) contains an itf ^ tfiry into the meaning of the term Sa *> % in the thirteen acknowledged BmMs ' of Paul , the result of which is tOTS stated .
" In the thirteen epistles which are generally ascribed to the Apostle Paul , he has used the term Satanas in only five of them ; and , in these five letters , ten times . The author ^ of the Epistle ' to the Hebrews has not made use of it . " ( 1 . ) Rom . xvL 20 , it designates , the persecutors of the Roman ebWerts . ( 2 . ) 1 Cor . v -Jf > 4 excommunication for a tkne . ( 3 . ) 1 Cor . vii . 7 , the violation of marriage vows . ( 4 J 2 Cor . ^ ik 11 , personal opponent to Paul . ' ¦ $$$ ?' ( 5 . ) 2 C 6 r . xi . 14 , false apostles , > *' ( 6 . ) fi Cor . xii . 7 , corporeal infirmity . ( 7 . ) 1 Tfeess . ij . 18 , Jews , persecuting : Paul and Silas . ( 8 . ) 2 Thess . ii . 9 , the same persons still persecuting Paul . ( 9 . ) 1 Tim . i . 20 , excommunication , ' f " ' ( 1 & ) 1 Tim . v . 15 , idolatrous indulgencies . "—P . 104 ,-Note . Iii the same manner are explained , ia tke conclusion of jtlie Lectu re , tlie three or four examples of the use of th ^^ m---S «^ in . the .-boQk of the Revelation . ' ¦ ,..:
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S& 6 Review . — -Scot ?* Lectures on tAeDeviJ .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1823, page 656, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1790/page/40/
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