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the sacred books of the Jews contain a series of prophecies , which received their proper accomplishment in the person and character of Jesus of Nazareth . " In }/ lr . B / s judgment cc the truth and divine authority of the Christian religion , may be , and has been proved , independently of the truth of the Jewish revelation « ' *( p-113 . ) 0 ur readers , w e trust , will examine this assertion for themselves . But least any of them be offended by the apparent novelty of the preacher ' s doctrine .
we recommend them to peruse the very sensible remarks of Dr . Paley on the connexion of Christianity with the Jewish history * . " 1 scruple not to allow , " adds Mr . B . that a man may be a sinters Christian , a rational and firm believer in the divine mission of Christ , and a humble , virtuous expectant of immortality by him , who may at the same time heVitate to admit the divine legation of the Hebrew law-giver . " Such persons we have known , and if credit inay be given to a man ' s onvn ( leclaratiqnt , and to the testimony of his most intimate friends concerning him ., such , undoubtedly , was the late learned and iug ^ njoqs Dr . G e ( J 4 es . It is an important question , whether the institute of IVipses be , i ** ^ ay par t of it , binding upon tt ^ e Christian ? The reply of the author beipre us is cj ^ cicjedly iu th $ negative ; but yj $ shguld ] i&vp been happy if the nature aiid limits of his dis
-* View &q . Vpl . ii . pp . ^ 92- ^ x 93 , 8 th edition ' . f See tlie Latin verses , " # 4 amlctim znei arJianUsshrU / n y DJ * at th end of Critical Remarks * « fcc .
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courses h ^ d percpiitted him to state the reasons of this opinion . Our Lord certainly speaks of himself as come not to destroy but to fulfil the law ; and his appeals to it are -solemn and repeated . We believe the true interpretation of his language to be that the object of his mission was to verify some of the Jewish prophecies ^ and to give full effect to those precepts of the Mosaic dispensation which are purely moral . In what man - ner he has accomplished the latter of these purposes , we perceive in his sermon updn the mount . Consequently , though the disciple of Christ has nothing to do with the law of the Hebrew legislator , as such , he is under ai > obligation to obey thoss of its injunctions which his master has sanctioned and improved , and incorporated with Christian morals . This writer , however , does not look upon the man w 6 o , professing the doctrine of Jesus , suspends his faith in the Jewish revelation as a xvcll-informed beliver , ( p . 115 . ) He may be a sincere and , in a practical view , an eminent Christian : yet his judgment may in this instancy be defective . We heartily approve of this discrimination . In order to make way for the proof that the Hebrew nation was actually favoured with a revdation from Heaven , Mr . B . sets itside the popular notion of th § plenary inspiration of all the books of the Old Testament , and pf every thing coatained in them . 0 / tl * i $ supposition he says .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1807, page 327, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2381/page/39/
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