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two of hisgreat arid leadingp 6 $ ntsf , first , that x \ i& irifihitfc JehbvaiV is the messenger of isome being , and secondly , that there are two Jehovahv one jehovah themes * senger coaling to his temple , and the other Jehovah of hosts announcing his coming . But , alas
one small var iation of the prophet from the cVer&vrri&tl , overturns all " this migMjr system . The prophet ' s word ^* Lord , " -when'speaking of the ' messenger oi the cove-! ie
nant , is no ^ as affirms , Jehovah but Adon } The clergyiman has * here been guilt ^ of a fault whichstudents are to& -apt to fall into , that of quoting from memory ^ for ; I cannot suppose it to be the effect of ignorance , find I will not impute W hifn' an intentional
imposition . The ftekt passage is Isa . ix . 6 ; 7 * The whole controversy ujkm this * passage turns ixpbn the o ^ attiftg ' of the words ^ El Gibbor , reiidfered the mighty Gocl , &tfd \ Vhethcr they jprove the child , tile subject of the prophecy , to be ; Jehovah - Upon the ideal medmrtg Vof the word El , i 1
given b y ^ Par ? kh ilrst and th < 6 other word Gibbbr ^ vvtrich in a variety of passages is tr ^ anslafed man , ( see the text refdrr ^ d t 6 iti my letteri / M ^ Rsposf vtit » xt . p . ' 1 790 I ' ^ g ^ gested whether El Gibbor might
hot be rendered the interposing fnan which ^ iis the clei ^ gyman ^ acknowledges * , was a mere suggestion oh which I did not rel y * vet on this he occta f tfes nearly three
pages . He says , ' ^ wherever the singular conipoutid' appellation El Gibbor occUrii it is ( unless I greatly mistake ) irival iably applied W the Supreme Being . ' * In support of which , he refers ti > four passag ^ , * 1 > T , Rejp os . idViii pi * 4 ? t .
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¦ ^ viz . ; -Detitv '* . IT , Neli . ix . 32 , Is « . x . S 1-, and Jidr ^ Th * xxxii . 18 , ili ' i one of whrch only does the compodhd name El Gibb&r occur ; in * the three others it is the great God / the mighty , &c . He « ays , Et Gibbor is *^ ryfte of tHe extrusive
titles of Jeft&t&frfiyet in thel fbH ^ vmg page he ^ aysV ^ It Revert was the prbpff > nam ^ © f Christ . " Fforn \ vhich tBe'plkiii wfcrenceis ^ . 'that he is riotthat J ^ feoi ah wbos& >
exekfsive titl ^ iSwf Kte ' mlrls , ^ 1 ^ is " nei th or mpre , noi ? < tes ^ v t han tm appellation < Jes ^ cri ^ tive ^ df the cka ^ rticter of th < 3 * cMckbarriS * If it i&
descriptive of his character dn ^ y ^ . afed not of hfis lmtiife ^ i ^ carrtK > t ' pVove him to be Jehovah . ; What then is it meant to describe ? Is itnot his powe ^ r ^ nd domirrion ? This ide ^ a is admirably suited to * thei
nature c& - the pro p ^ cy > wbich ^ says , * thfe gc ^ vemi ^ eW sfeal l he vtp&tx his shotild ^^ - ^ df fhfe increase of his governtiieiit ' an # : peaje'e there siiall be no endyV ^ ipoH the vhrone ^ of David arid upon Ms kingdom ^ ?* < fec . Aad this is also agreeable
to the cl ^ rgyman ^ s iUea of the me-aning of the words El Gibbor ^ the first of which , he supposes , means , " strength / 9 and the other u might . " But he asksj , 4 < Is it credible , that one of the exclasiv ^ names of Jehovali should here
be bestoived upon a mere nian * - Can we believe , that the Almighty \ yptiid lay snares to delude his creSatu ^ res into idolatry , and then punish them for being guilty of it V Elo / iim is the most frequent of
the names of theDivine Being ; and yet this name is given by Jehovah Hiniself to mtre ? nen ^ to magistrates . Now . there can be i * o < snare in this because every k ¦• f Idem p , io .
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S ¦ M X . . s Rl $ i f to the Clergyman oKitie&Mnitty ^ Christ . IT
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1808, page 77, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2389/page/21/
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