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- \ There have been , and in our day still are , enthusiastic interpreters of the Scripture prophecies respecting the Jews , who would really seem to intimate that the salvation of that one particular nation is the primary object of the Divine Mind ; that , instead of its being the chosen instrument by which Providence began and , will perhaps complete its grand designs towards the whole world , the whole world and all its complicated interests are to be
subordinated to the single purpose of teaching , guiding , and restoring the lost sheep of the house of Israel . While protesting against this narrow view of the Divine counsels , it is impossible not to allow that the conversion of the Jews to a belief in " him whom they have pierced , " is held out in the sacred books as an event of no trivial importance to the world . A spirit of affectionate interest in the welfare of these our elder brethren must , if we are attentive readers of the Bible ,
be the result of our meditations upon those many beautiful passages in which the compassion and solicitude of God for his people are . portrayed . There we find it hinted , and in no obscure terms , that to the Gentiles will one day be committed the grateful task of restoring her through whose ^ diminishing" they have obtained " riches , " to the possession of more than
her former blessings . It is said that the Gentile hand and heart shall xiot be slow in this work of righteous retribution . How careful should we be then to cherish in our hearts such feelings towards this interesting portion oi the human race as may be in conformity with the prophetic declarations , in conformity with the spirit of affection which Christ himself displayed , when he beheld the devoted city and wept over it I . i >
A Christian will even be disposed to look with some tenderness on every effort , however mistaken , which bears upon its general aspect an appearance and profession friendly to the peace of Jerusalem ; but this will not ; blind his eyes , nor deaden his understanding . He will not thi ; ow the . darts q £ ridiciile among any men or sets of men who may be associated together for . the purpose , as they think , of performing the duties enjoined on them towards this people , nor will their failures excite either triumph or memuaent , but they will dispose him to inquire fairly what the nature of the case demands from him .
?* # iothing that I have read from the pen of any member of the Jewish nation seems to me more calculated to do good both to Christians and Jews than Mr . Caisson ' s little tract . It is the production of one who is both Jfew' ^ nd / Christian , one who is most anxious to convert his brethren to a belief in Jesus as the Messiah , but stoutly maintains ( why may he not }\ the necessity * of remaining steadfast in the observance of the law in which he
W-afl born . He contends for the superiority of a form of worship of confessedly divine origin over any of mere human institution so strongly , and puts the case as it applies to himself and his brethren so forcibly ! , that I canno * see how it i&tiasy for some of those sects of Christians * which lay a great stress upon mere ritual observances to withstand / i hisi arguments ) . - » ' The only tenable ground for Gentile believers * when disputing with > % Jewish Christian , seems to be that which the language of our Saviour to the woman of Sa-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1827, page 716, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1801/page/4/
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