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persons . J . M . attempts to get quit of this text by saying , that the words are the words of the prophet . What then is the meaning of" saith the Lord } ' * " Thus saith Jehovah of hosts , — Ye shall know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me . Sing and rejoice O daughter of Zion , for lo 1 come , and I will
^ 0 % ^^ . dwell in the midst of thee , saith Jehovah . " What is it that Jehovah dots say , if he do not say " Jehovah of hosts hath sent me ? " But , if he do say it , then Jehovah describes himself as sent by Jehovah . Jehovah who is sent is JehoT vah the messenger , ill rendered in our translation CQ the
angel of the Lord . ' But J * M * himself acknowledges , that Christ is the messenger of the wonderful counsel . Maiachi however represents this very messenger ^ the messenger of the covenant , as being Jehovah : and yet the coming of this messenger Jehovah to his temple is announced by Jehovah of hosts , ( Maiachi iii . I . ) Christ therefore ^ the messenger of the covenant , is Jehovah . For my own part , I have often wondered how Lowth could interpret the passage in Zechariah as he does , when the person who says " Jehovah of hosts hath sent me , " is expressly declared to be Jehovah ^ and when the whole passage is viewed in connexion with Maiachi iii . 1—6 . Other commentators * however * have " adopted
a more consistent interpretation . To say nothing of the moderns ^ Vatablus , Castalio ^ Drusius , and those whose expositions , are collected in the Critici Sacri ; none of whom entertain a suspicion that the prophet is the person seat ; Jerome , Theodoret , and Cyril of Alexandria , all understand the passage in the same manner as myself > and all argue , that , since Jehovah is sent by Jehovah , and since Christ is the person sei > t , therefore Christ must be Jehovah . Nay , even the Ra ^ bbi David Kimchi himself refers Zech . ii . 1 O , 11 . to the Messiah r whence , if there be any propriety in his reference , it will necessarily follow that the Messiah is Jehovah , See Dr . Eveleieh ' s sermon on the text .
Since Stone ' s sermon has occasioned this letter , I would ask J . M . before I conclude , whether he admits or denies the authenticity of the parenthesis , * as was supposed / ' in Luke iii . 23 . If he admit it , then Christ was not the son of Joseph : if he deny it , let him prove its spuriousness ; for we cannot allow a Socinian to displace by his mere dogmatical ipse di-vit a passage that opposes his favourite system . In a similar manner , I would fain know JL M / s sentiments of the first chapters both of Matthew and Luke . If a Socinian is to set aside by his sole authority whatever contradicts his preconceived opinions , there is an end of rational argument-
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The Clergyman ' s sdits&tr to JT ± M * 413
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1807, page 413, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2383/page/17/
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