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An Examination of the Remarks , on Stone ' s Sermon . 177
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is self-existent , and consequently not of the tribe of Judah , This person was to come forth to Jehovah , and therefore was not Jehovah . The whole description is that of . a proper man , like other men , who was to be born of the tribe of Judah , and advanced to the throne of Israel . So far the prophecy is clear , and does not admit of any doubt . But we may add further ^ that it is said of this person , verse 4 . " He shall stand and feed
in the strength of ' Jehovah , in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his god : " he was therefore dependant upon God and supported by him , which cannot be true of the very God himself All this is perfectly applicable to the man Christ Jesus , who is supposed to be the subject of the prophecy . But what is there in it that unequivocally expresses his divinity , and proves him to be properly God ? - —But the Remarker probably rests the proof of his assertion on the latter clause of the text , <* Whose goings
forth have been from of old , from everlastings although ^ he adds , in his human capacity , he should be born at Bethlehem . " If by his human capacity he means to insinuate that Jesus is both God and man , , and that one part of the prophecy refers to him under the one character , and the other part tinder the other , we reply , the scriptures , know nothing of such a compound Being ; they use no suchphraseology , such
senseless jargon ; their language is plain and simple ; , they tell us iC There is one God , and one Mediator between God and men ., the Man Christ Jesus . " We have seen that the subject of this prophecy is evidently a man , this clause therefore must be ' so understood , as to comport with that idea . His goings forth , then , cannot refer to a personal going forth ., for thus applied to Jesus Christy or to any other man , it would be inexplicable . What goings forth are intended ? From whence did he go forth ? ^ Whither did he go ? These are . questions , which upon that hypothesis are impossible to be answered . It must then refer to his fame , to the promises respecting him , or to the
predictions that h a ^ l gone before of his person , character , and work . Thus Abraham is said to have rejoiced to see his day , and he saw it , ( in the promise , that in his seed all the families of the earth should be blessed , ) and was glad . Thus the Chaldce Paraphr ^ st understood this passage and renders it , " Whose name ; was foretold of old / 7 * The hebrew word d 6 ijf does not always mean eternal ^ but is used to denote a remote period , so Joshua xxiv . 2 . " Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood , CD ^ iyo , from everlasting , even Tcrah the father of Abra * ham , and the father of Nachor , and served other gods , " * Vide JLowth in loc
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1807, page 177, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2379/page/9/
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