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Doddridge , is very unnatural . It is plainly parallel with that in Lament , v . 19 . " Thou , O Jehovah , remainest for ever ; thy throne is from generation to generation / ' and I doubt not ought to be similarly interpreted . Indeed St . Paul
himself in & manner teaches us how we ought to understand it . In the 1 st chapter of the epistle to the Hebrews he draws a comparison between the dignity of angels and the dignity of Christy far the purpose of shewing the infinite superiority of the latter ovsr the former . Accordingly he
cites two passages from the Psaljns , which he teaches us are addressed to the Son . ^ But unto the Son he saith , Thy throne , O God , is for ever and ever , Sca—^ and , Thou , Lord , in the beginning hast laid the foundation . of ,, tt ) $ earth , Sec . ' This latter passage is quoted from Psalm cii ,. and , if j . Mwill take the trouble of turning ; to it- he will find that that
psalm is addressed to Jehovah , for it begins with " Hear my prayer , O Jehovah / ' and afterwards celebrates Jehovah as the creator of heaven and earth . St . Paul however teaches us , that thts very psalm is addressed to the Son , and consequently that it celebrates him as the universal creator . Hence it necessarily follows , that in the judgment of Su Paul the Son is Jehovah ; and hence , even admitting the
Socinian translation of the other passage , it will stand J- M . in very little stead . But I contend ,, that the very circumstance of St . Paul ' s applying to Christ a psalm addressed in the original to Jehovah , naturally leads us to conclude ( what indeed the parallel passage in Lament , v . 19 . requires ) that the other passage ought to be translated * Thy throne , O God / ' As for the fellows or associates above whom Christ
is anointed , I think , with Doddridge , that the angels are meant-It seems to bean allusion to . Christ , the great angel of the covenant or Jehovah the messenger , taking the peculiar charge of Judea , while the atigels took charge of other countries
See Doddridge in Joe . and Dan . x . Here I may observe , that what is usually translated cc the angel of the Lord" ought to be translated Jehovah the messenger . " Wherever this divine personage appears , he is uniformly represented as being God ; a remarkable instance of which occurs in Gen . xlviii , 15 , 16 .
where " angel" or * messenger" is used as synonymous with " the God of Abraham * and Isaac / ' J . M * would do well
attentively to read Dr . Allix ' s judgment of the Jewish Church ; or , if he be unable to procure that book . Dr . Jamieson's vindication of the Doctrine of Scripture , voU 1 . p . 1—117 * He would then see the opinions which the ancierjtt Jews entertained of the divine xnessengerj and would be able to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1807, page 409, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2383/page/13/
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