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    ed to comprehend the full design of his obscure expressions , to request frbm jlestisiiitiiself an explication of them , Which then perhaps they would be betteY ^ prepared th ? in at first to receive with caiidbur and

    . 1 v impartiality . This seems thine to be the true reason why our Saviour made so freqvient us <^ of pbscure expressions and difficult parables in his discoures to the Jews , They could not adrnit of a more direct

    and explicit treatment . Selfish and sensual dispositions in thg heart ; high esteem of apd de ~ pendance * oq outward forms and |

    ceremonies , rights , and privileges ; predominant pride and vanity , on account 6 f these things ; joined with a captious and cavilling humour i lire things which do most

    effectually indispose mepi to a candid and impartial inquiry , or the reception of the truths of rarational religion , or the discharge of the duties * of roO . ral goodness . This was precisely ^ the distemper

    of the generality of the Jews , with whom oi ^ r Saviour Jiad to deal . tie . cjoes not , hojvvever , abandon thern , as absolutely \ n ± curable ah $ Incorrig ible , bqt treats

    them ( not * indeed as he would have chosen , j'f they could ii ^ v-c admitted a plainer treatment , but ) as their present , atate of mind would bear , and ** s was most

    likel y tp ipafce in } pre ^ &iqn oxx them , anjd bring them to a tetter state , if ahy thing coi | 14 dp it ; in such a ipanner as frid fei . rest to wean , off their errors . ' graduall y ^ without hurting them z Jq excite ilk them ? 0 \ d

    fL spirit of pop ^ 4 £ r ^ tiQji \ inquiry I to ijistil iru ' tti into them as they could hvfrV it f . and inure Jhem to a ' patient attention and candid admission of truths , whicH fe # jd J ^ eep mQst dis ^ gfee ^ ble Jo

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    tjienx . i Thiis he did qot u $ e par * ables ^ n $ d ark expression i ^ n Ms discaur $ e ^ . Mn pr 4 cr . tq cpnjpeal the truth from , ' his Jewish ^ udi ^

    enqes , because tliey vyere nnwpr ^ tby of it , aTHl by way of puni $ linjent for that upworitine ^ J ^ Vif out of kindness an 4 POJ > dej | censJfe ^ tp their weHkne , ss , t ^ ec ajuse tjbi : > was t ^ only method i $ wJiich . Ue cpulfe ^ nvQy Ms instruction * . jtp t ^^ K ^^^ £ frtieiit . W W biui

    of tip ^^ iliph ^ { they hepn mpre ^ i ^ pfciUy delxve | -ed , ' le ^ r y ^ poAy e * l ^ sipn ^ ani p ^^ p dice , ^ f his : he ^ r < ers \ tou 1 vI ii ^ fe ?" ^ n | u imTXie ^ We revolt * ^ 4 ~ en g&m 4

    them in the roost determined qp ^ position . Thisy ' indeed ..- | s the reason whicjfe , our Loijd hii ? isri £ assigns , why he chose this manner of treating with the Jews . Matr . xiii . 10 , &c . J&ejflg asked by his disciples , Why speakest thou unto them in parables ? He replies ,

    Bec&usa it is . given ' : unto you [ who are well disposed to receive the truth ] : to know [ clearly ] the mysteries [ or pecutor dactr ^ es ] ot tl ^ e kingdom j& ^ Q e 9 y # 9 but to them , it is no ; t given [ to J ^ e p ) qp ly instructed in them ] . For , whQ-r

    soever jbJVtU [ i . e . f a good dispo - sition to . the truth ] , to hir ^ sharH be giyep , ^ nd he § t |^ U , have ippre a ^ unda ^ ce j but wfeosopver fyatU not- from hiijn , shall' be takqp

    ^ tw ay even that h f h ^ tt >» Thc rcT fb ^ re , spcakJ | to them in parable because , jH ^ - seeing , . Sjee xkeft i and hc ^ ri ^ P ^ ey hear , no |; ,, neith | er do the ^|| qdci ; st ^ # ,: find in them is ^ fulfilled tt | e prophqey qf

    Esaias , which ,, suith > % i taprifig yq jshall hear , atKl slia ^ J nojt un ^ t dqrs > tand 5 apd seeing ye shall see , and ^^ H Wt jjjpcrceji-yTo ; fpr tUi ^ peqp | e ' s heart J& : waxed' . grpss ^ a ^ d tlicU * ear ? p . ^ e d i | U of bearing ^ ai ^ l

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    Observation&gn John vi . 3 £ , ^ $ fate Rev . . Turner ;

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Jan. 2, 1808, page 37, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2388/page/37/